2nd Grow Bubba Kush, ak47 and More

209whitebread

209whitebread

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thats what im running, im hoping its great, i see some of your plants look a lil droopy as do some of mine, what is that about?
 
kmksrh21

kmksrh21

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209whitebread said:
thats what im running, im hoping its great, i see some of your plants look a lil droopy as do some of mine, what is that about?
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The pics were taken right after the lights turned back on.. The plants droop at night, it's perfectly normal and they perk back up within a hour of lights being on.
 
kmksrh21

kmksrh21

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209whitebread said:
the last 2 days around the last 3 hours of light they look droopy some of them, ?????
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Could be normal, they get accustomed to the light schedule and ''know'' when it's about to end... Could also be signs of a problem starting, just keep a close eye the next few days and see if any other problems start to persist.
 
kmksrh21

kmksrh21

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Sr. Verde said:
ohhh yeah.... love the orange reassuring glow of the HPS.
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Haha yea, I've had this bulb just chillin' for weeks, got used to the MH then I pop this in and now I understand why yall pics look the way they do lol. I'm super excited to see what I can get out of this HPS...
 
Sr. Verde

Sr. Verde

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kmksrh21 said:
Hey I'm glad you asked, I was wondering if my positioning is good... The light is 16'' from canopy with a 86 f. temp. Is this ideal?
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My photo disappeared :(


What kind of light is it? 400w?

Theres a big chart for distance/light intensity. It's a chart for the inverse square law of light intensity.

You should put your hand over your canopy, if your hand feels uncomfortable at all after 30-40 seconds, your light is too close.

Intensity is important, but don't keep your light SO close that your hand gets uncomfortable - because that means your plants are too..
 
kmksrh21

kmksrh21

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Sr. Verde said:
My photo disappeared :(


What kind of light is it? 400w?

Theres a big chart for distance/light intensity. It's a chart for the inverse square law of light intensity.

You should put your hand over your canopy, if your hand feels uncomfortable at all after 30-40 seconds, your light is too close.

Intensity is important, but don't keep your light SO close that your hand gets uncomfortable - because that means your plants are too..
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Yea I noticed the pic gone, don't know what happened, wish I had seen it. Yea it's a 400w HPS. I can stand to keep my hand there for 40 seconds, it does get really warm, but it's not intolerable.:???:
 
Sr. Verde

Sr. Verde

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kmksrh21 said:
Yea I noticed the pic gone, don't know what happened, wish I had seen it. Yea it's a 400w HPS. I can stand to keep my hand there for 40 seconds, it does get really warm, but it's not intolerable.:???:
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Put an oscilating fan in there, and are you drawing air out/in?

Just fans pushing air can take like 3-5F off your canopy.... not to mention strengthen the plant structure...

Warm is ok... just remember your plants are sitting in that all day, and they will grow better when they are relaxed, not burning and getting the light they need..
 
kmksrh21

kmksrh21

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Sr. Verde said:
Put an oscilating fan in there, and are you drawing air out/in?

Just fans pushing air can take like 3-5F off your canopy.... not to mention strengthen the plant structure...

Warm is ok... just remember your plants are sitting in that all day, and they will grow better when they are relaxed, not burning and getting the light they need..
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I don't have air pushing in or out (any recommendations?)... it's a bedroom closet, so far I'm just leaving the door open when the light is on and closing it for complete darkness when lights off...

Makes sense having them be relaxed...

I do have a 16'' fan oscillating in there...

Here's a pic again to see what I'm working with and my temps.:joint:
 

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kevin murphy

kevin murphy

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it will work mate for sure u only have 1 light its good enough to extract 2 light of heat mate/..u can get sumat bigger but 100mm will work..
 
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