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I use the T-5's for veg and they produce more, better looking plants than the 400 mh (and run cooler) for the same area 2' x 4'. I have a 4 bulb 4' for the shelf and had the mh for the top....which has been replaced by the 6 bulb unit. I noticed how much brighter the new one was over the older one and realized that the 4 bulb unit was three years old. New bulbs make a vast difference....please don't wait three years to change them.


cof

Oh... so I guess you are saying I need a new bulb.

Next grow I will hook it up. Thanks for the tip cof.

I don't know about you, I was referring to my situation. I know better, replacing your mh and hps once a year and your floro's 18 months seems to work well....who dat replaced every grow.


cof

Well gimme whodats leftovers and Ill squeeze another year outta them!

for me lights stop working when they stop working, but I normally change mine out after a few harvests.......

curious old fart said:

I don't know about you, I was referring to my situation. I know better, replacing your mh and hps once a year and your floro's 18 months seems to work well....who dat replaced every grow.


cof

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What brand of bulb do you prefer? right now i have an eye hortilux. I want to get a new bulb but i dont want to shell out $80 if i can find something comparable maybe $15-$20 less.

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What brand of bulb do you prefer? right now i have an eye hortilux. I want to get a new bulb but i dont want to shell out $80 if i can find something comparable maybe $15-$20 less.

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I'm having good success with this
Digital Plus 600w HPS Lamp
Product Number: LAM-DIG600HPS




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The Digital Plus High Output 600 Watt HPS Lamp is designed by the world’s leading HID lamp engineers to withstand the higher frequencies generated by digital ballasts that cause other bulbs to fail prematurely. Engineered and manufactured with precision, they provide exceptional performance and longer bulb life on electronic ballasts. The Digital Plus delivers 95,000 lumens of an optimized spectrum with 30% more "Blue Light" wavelength for optimum plant development.

One year warranty.

@ Jig - check out any of Joe Budden's Mood Muzik mixtapes. My personal favorite is Black Cloud.
@cof - I've read and seen good results with the t5's. I know you were helping Tryna but thanks for the bulb info (t5 & hps).

Hey guys... thanks for all the good vibes. I have never bought replacement bulbs for any light I've ever had. I think I've done 5 harvests with this 1000w hortilux eye. Even when I did get it, it was from a dude in a parking lot, with no box. So who knows lol. I'll tell you what. If I change bulbs and double my yeild, I'm gonna be pissed. Or something. I will be happy with a giant yeild like that though.

Anyways, about the plants. All 8 now have roots popping out. And the big dog is growing and looking really really healthy. Has that reaching up look. Ahhhh, I'm happy. If only I could veg them for 3 weeks. grrr. Nothing is perfect I guess.

I have heard that ballasts need new capacitors eventually or the light output will be affected. Has anyone heard this?
Also I need a new bulb(s) and am poor today, are the super cheapos a pos, or are they still decent bulbs? I have found 600 watt hps (non digital) as low as $28.99 with free shipping.At this price I can afford to get 2 of them.

For some reason I cant copy paste a link right now or access any features in my title and search bars, but it is a Supernova 600 watt hps sold by hydroponics_etc1 on ebay

My Adblock Plus is blocking my toolbars etc an copy/paste ability!!

That's odd. Always something going on with your computer bass. And I know not of cheap bulbs vs expensive ones. Hopefully someone with some experience can chime in.

RIU found a way to make their toolbar act as an ad to make us turn ad-blocking off to use them. It wasnt till after the recent update with the support bar that this happened. Anyway I know the problem now, and just unblock a page as needed now.

Jig I've always been amazed how your thread gains pages without pictures lol. It's because you are THAT fucking cool!

It's actually because I send everyone bribes. I was hoping you wouldn't find out because you were one of the few who stops by unpaid. Well that's out the window.

Life just keeps getting better round here. Now wife wants to hire me to do some work for her company. Nothing wrong with making money sitting on your computer. They pay well too.

good news jiggy mate. Btw, my bribe never turned up this week.

I been getting that a lot.

Did well on an exam last night, well at least I think I did well. Left a couple blank, but probably did better than everyone else. It is very interesting learning a completely foreign language. Being raised about 10 miles from Mexico, I was pretty immersed in spanish from the get go. Not like my parents spoke it all day, but you heard it being spoken every day for sure. I'm enjoying seeing how languages differ from each other. Like you've probably heard how Eskimos have like 10 words for snow or something. It's wild what different languages have words for, or differentiations of. Like how English only has one word for love. It's so lame. Love is such an awesome thing that comes in so many forms you'd think we could come up with one or two more words when we were forming out language. Two things I very much like about arabic is the word structure, and the fact that they mention god all the time.

Did I mention all 8 plants have roots!!! I'm stoked.

Oh, add odd light timing to the list of mistakes I made at the beginning. I might have been freaking them out starting flower and back to veg and flower, veg, blah, blah. I don't now. I haven't used a timer yet this grow, just unplug and plug in when I feel lol. Real pro shit.

@chaka - Really he passes out free joints. We all know the way to way to a stoner's heart is one of two ways, through his smoke or the food cook after. Hahah.

@jig - Do you have any updated pics on the roots? Side note what made you choose Arabic? I think Russian would be awesome, though where I'm at Spanish would be the most practical.

And in case anyone was curious the Plant Magic Coco Nutes are not available in the U.S......sucks still on my search for good coco nutes.

Ill go snap a pic now. I chose arabic because I started traveling to London after me and my wife got together and they have arabic people like we have mexican people. Lot's of shops and restaraunts with arabic writing. I fell in love with the writing, just thought it was really pretty. So I taught myself the writing, and then thought I'd learn what the words meant and stuff. So here I am in arabic 2. Now that I am learning I am loving it. It's hard to explain, but it has a really nice structure. And I still love the writing.

It's funny because for some reason my spanish is coming back to me a lot while learning arabic. I guess it's that 'language' area of my brain getting worked out. Plus it's interesting meeting the different kind of people in a language class. Not the same type of peeps as in my math class. I can't even fathom learning russian. I don't really like the way it sounds, or looks, so you can have that one lol.

you might want to add chinese to your studies....at the rate we're going they'll soon own us.


cof