Hotsauses First 600w Grow

Hotsause said:

Not sure my new light is 8000 Lumens and it came with 4 Cool Bulbs. My ballast and Reflector from www.bestgrowlights.com still hasnt sent me a tracking number

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Yah, new toys!!

FYI: Lumens is the light power, 1 lumen is traditionally measured as 1 candle light output basically. So you got 8000 candles up in there, haha. Anyway, you also get a kelvin rating which as a simple rule is, 2700k range (red light spectrum) 6400 / 6500k (blue light spectrum) You can also pick up 4100's as well, these are more blue in spectrum. Most good cfl's will have that on the box. However I done a quick search on your cfl, and imo sounds like you done the right thing to get rid of it....read some of these comments
http://www.onebillionbulbs.com/cfl-bulbs/N0420M-Mini-Spiral/2075/US

good luck with the new light bru, the girls will love it.

Peace, DST

also u shouldnt need a cool tube for cfls

mine comes in a 6900 kelvins, very blue

These T5's were only 130 at Way To Grow In FoCo i didnt know they had such a selection i would have just ordered everything from there. Guess you live and learn but they didnt have the Super Sun 2 i wanted so o well i am trying to hang my light and IT IS HARD AS HELL to get those screws threw wood any suggestions?

maby euse a scres driver to screw them in, haha just kidding im sure u alrady thought that, i would hammer a nail about a 1/4 inch in then take the nail out and use the screw driver to screw in the screw the rest of the way

lol i tried but ill just wait to another day. For now i put it up in my closet using a long string and it worked fine(For now at least) I put a fan in the closet and thats where they will be for tonight.

O Duhh sorry forgot pics

can the light be any closer, or is it to hot. i heard t5s are really cool to run so u can get them real close to the plants. and hey u got the cleanest floor that i have seen on RIU, just somthin i noticed

Hey hotsause looking good so far bud. Im wit ya 1BMM

they look a little over-fertilized and off on the pH. do you have a pH tester/up&down solution? make sure they are between 5.5 and 6.5. i'll be posting pics up of my babies very soon. let me know if you need any further help, or if i may have been wrong on my diagnosis. soil is a lot more forgiving than hydro is. however, i really enjoyed growing aero and hydroponics.

5.5 is a bit low, i would stay between 6 and 7

Yea i should have no problem moving the light down a little more. My Temp is at 77 so thats not a problem. As far as over nuting i have gave nothing but water. I dont have a PH meter yet so they could be suffering from bad PH. I will probably go pick one up soon. I am going to be transplanting them from Soil to Hydro after i get off work tomorrow at 4

I moved my light down it is about 8-9 inches above Tomorrow after work i think im gonna get a PH meter and transplant. my Big Bud x FF clone 2 outter leafs are drooping dont know why i think it might be my PH. Nothing i can do till tomorrow though.

badfish777 said:

they look a little over-fertilized and off on the pH. do you have a pH tester/up&down solution? make sure they are between 5.5 and 6.5. i'll be posting pics up of my babies very soon. let me know if you need any further help, or if i may have been wrong on my diagnosis. soil is a lot more forgiving than hydro is. however, i really enjoyed growing aero and hydroponics.

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I think Hotsauase got these as clones so the nute burn is probably from the clone rooting and using it's fan leaves to get through that process....don't think you need to worry about ph for the time being bru.

So i get up this morning and My Big Bud clone is doing BAD..... All leafs are drooping very low. I have no idea what this could be I felt her soil and it felt really dry but i fed her yesterday..... I gave her a little more water CAN I USE MY GH 3PART NUTES??? I think at least my big girl could take some nutes. Heres pics She looks so sad I dont know what to do any help is appreciated

try watering it

Looks pretty wet to me.

badfish777 said:

try watering it

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Is it over watered hotsause?

Or did you water right before the pic? I see some water on a leaf I think...

I wouldnt do nutes until she is not drooping.

Get that under control first...

Looks like over or under water. imo

underwatering if the soil felt dry she should perk up after a watering. small cups means watering every day. also yes u are gonna want a ph meter for hydro, or a ppm meter

I hang my temp/rh gauge at my canopy. Gives you a more accurate temp reading - they are small now so it is not a huge different from base to top but as they get bigger you will want to move it. I would move it now. I've got a second one, sometimes I will monitor the base of the plants separate. I get them from wallmart for like 8-10 bucks.

Hotsause said:

I moved my light down it is about 8-9 inches above Tomorrow after work i think im gonna get a PH meter and transplant. my Big Bud x FF clone 2 outter leafs are drooping dont know why i think it might be my PH. Nothing i can do till tomorrow though.

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