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Just wondering when would you consider it mature enough to start flowering on an inside grow by height ,age etc. would like to hear your opinion on this

Just my two cents as you see there is a wide range of opinions i run (2) 600 watt air cooled MH/HPS in a 9'x10' room 5'x5' grow area either 8 or 12 plants in bubble buckets and get massive colas 4" dia. 12 to 16" length depending on strain 3 to 7 oz. per plant. I use the two 600 because power...

Just a quick question to ponder do you consider flowering started when you switch your lights to 12/12 or 5 to 7 days after or when you see small pre-flowers or small flowers. I consider flowering started when i can identify actual small flowers forming. That's when i start counting down. How...

Thanks for the straight to the point answer what the hell ill try it i got a spare 465 cfm fan that ought to keep it cool the power company is gonna love me.

Im using a small veg. cabinet 17" wide x 48" long x 48" height i have (2) 125 watt CFL (veg ) and a 400 watt HID Metal Halide with 6" glass tube air cooled (will be using 250 CFM inline fan pulling A/C room air thru it). Which one would you use. Here is the pro and con to me. CFL less...

Thanks to all for the input oakton and bluelab are nice but cant deal with the price I ordered a milwaukee super price, good accuracy. Seen a lot of problems lately with the hanna combo pens and hana in general probably new manufacturer cheaper parts. Talked to a guy who works for city waste...

Been using a hanna combo PH/TDS/EC temp meter its messing up 1 day past warranty but it was always saying it calibrated correctly but i have my doubts. Was at the hydro shop today and some lady was returning a brand new out of the box meter same as mine wouldnt read the correct 7.01 on display...

I think thats what was happening to me "bleaching" i think im gonna have to stay at 12" seems some strains bleach and curl easier, The strains im running now are Master Kush (nirvana) and Juicy Frity Chronic (Delicious Seeds) massiv colas on the chronic about 12" tall an 4" Diameter full of...

yes side by side sides touching like one big reflector not end to end i think my problem might have been what jokero11 had "light bleaching" i think about 12" from bulb should do the trick no more light bleaching and fairly decent spread i have a digital light meter so i can tell where the...

What i actually read somewhere ( i think it was Mel or cervantes book) is that the stronger the light "HID" the temps are increased and at higher temps plants are nute burned more easy so i guess its not really the proximity as much as the increased heat . A point was made on another forum here...

I am at 10" from the glass right now and they seem to be okay Heat wise I was at 5" to 6" from glass and they seemed to be a little dry and crispy at the leaves at the top of canopy although the buds on the top colas seemed okay nice an sticky but the leaves def seemed a little cooked. Thanks...

Area is (W) 45" X (L) 42" Reflectors are 21" X 22"side by side = (W) 42 x 22" Currently at 10 " from canopy to glass of cooltube 12" from actual bulb I am concerned about light spread im trying to find a sweet spot between lumens and coverage without heat stress or to high of a air temp at...

Im using two 600 watt aircooled 6" cooltubes with A/C in the room. Anybody using the same or similar setup, how close have you put your lights to the canopy without heat stress or burn and what were your temps at canopy level. Any information would be appreciated. Good karma to ya

I have (2) 600 watt HPS in 6" cooltubes with a 465 cfm blower pulling air thru for both also a window A/C in the room. I can touch the palm of my hand to the cooltube glass at any spot and keep it there for as long as i want without any discomfort. I currently have the bottom of the cooltube...

My water sucks but not that bad i use a 35 GPD R.O system that i got from a place online called Marine Depot its an aquarium supply i got the whole two stage system for like 90 $ it has a carbon prefilter that will remove chlorine and chloramine effectiveness depends on good water pressure into...