Rubbermaid 70 watt hps Grow

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blowinbig

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Well this is my second grow but first in soil. My friend called my and said he had a plant that was about a foot tall and asked my to help him with it. We ended up building a Rubbermaid grow box with a 70 watt hps to supplement it. We put some reflective lining in just the top rubbermaid.

I don't have any nutrients on hand... so i was wondering what i could get from wal-mart, lowest, etc. that could work. Its been flowering for about 3 days now so flower nutrients.
 

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Nocturn3

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I would seriously get that box more light proofed, unless you keep it somewhere dark. If light can get out, light can get in, which will adversely affect flowering and increase the chances of hermies.

Good luck though. I love these rubbermaid grows.
 
blzbob

blzbob

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Walmart doesn't carry any nutes you could use with that. Try www.amazon.com and look for fox farm tiger bloom or other liquid fertrlizers or try your local grow supply stores.
 
winkdogg420

winkdogg420

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get some shultz 20-20-20 and 10-15-10 use the 202020 for vegg and the other foe flower . they are not the best but i use them and my plants are doing good!
 
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blowinbig

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The temps are between 78 and 82...I put a fan in the box to make the stem stronger. I also did a little LST on the plant, tying it down to the pot. This is the 6th day flowering with no signs of a sex yet. How long does it usually take to show the sex of the plant? I also fed the plant for the first time today with a small amount of miracle grow 15-30-15 cause it needs some kind of food. I figured miracle grow is better than nothing. But feel free to add any suggestions. It would be greatly appreciated.
 
winkdogg420

winkdogg420

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the smaller ones usually have the ballast built in . larger ones use a remote ballast plg ballast into wall>bulb socket otherside of ballast=great bright light. smaller ones are hard wired just cut the feemale end off an extension cord twist the wires together and wire nut/tape>plug that sucker in!

hope this helps the faq section is the shit on RIU.COM

kylekush said:
how do u hook up an hps light?
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blowinbig

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l3ored said:
'scribed. post pics of the lighting setup please.
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I have the lights out for the night right now...i'll get a pik of how i got it set in there...i think i have another one of those little hps lights somewhere around here i might add sometime soon.
 
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