6 weeks of flowering and still no hairs or bud! HELP ME!!!

ALong14U

ALong14U

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Burn A Spliff said:
Okay thanks bro, another thing I need help with: If I have two of the 4200k lights on the side of the plant and 1 of the lighting im already using on top of the plant, is that bad? or will that work? is it bad to have 2 different spectrums on one plant?
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Burn A Spliff said:
and again if I can get more opionions on this light: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Lights-of-America-24-Fluorescent-Grow-Light-Fixture/16879945. This is what I was thinking about using for the rest of my plants life. Will this work for flowering?
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So I just stumbled on your post. If you have a junk yard anywhere near you go look for an old round shop light. I will include a picture of one. They usually have what is called a multi tap ballast inside the casing above the light. Now there is a small bit of wiring needed to change the voltage inside the casing so you can run it on 120 volts. Crack open the ballast housing using common hand tools. Inside there will be wires running to the light socket the multi tap ballast and a voltage regulator. There is a communication wire that is labeled COM. Do not touch that wire. Another wire is your ground it is usually bare copper wire fastened to the ballast housing. Don't touch that. There will be 4 wires labeled with certain voltage. 120 208 244 and 277. These lights are usually in shops or warehouses. Some can accept HPS and MH. Some only MH read the lable on the ballast housing for correct bulbs for each lamp. Now. There will probably be a 244 or 277 wire hooked to the multi tap ballast because of this. All you do is find the wire labeled 120v remove the wire nuts and strip the end. Now find the wire labeled 244 or 277 and it will be attached to a wire that is attached to the multi tap. Unscrew this wire nuts un attach the 244 or 277 wire and recap. Now wind the wire with the 120v wire and recap. Put lamp back together. To test use a GFi plug like the one commonly found in bathrooms or a 15 amp power strip with a reset switch. If it plugs in and turn on without going Pop! Then you were successful. O got this light for 25 dollars re wired it and it works fantastic. If you know an electrician then can rewire it in literally 5 mins. Hope this helps for cheap lighting! Happy growing. Any questions feel free to ask I tried to explain it as simple as possible assuming no electrical experience lol. I might catch shit for telling people to re wire shit and plug it in their outlet and go to sleep but if you are worried take it to a lighting shop ask them to test it for you they will do it for free. Happy growing! Before I forget. You will have to put a new 3 prong plug on the end of cord as most of these are wired direct to panels. Get a 15 amp grounded plug from home Depot. These lights don't draw anywhere that amperage. Good luck!
 

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ALong14U said:
So I just stumbled on your post. If you have a junk yard anywhere near you go look for an old round shop light. I will include a picture of one. They usually have what is called a multi tap ballast inside the casing above the light. Now there is a small bit of wiring needed to change the voltage inside the casing so you can run it on 120 volts. Crack open the ballast housing using common hand tools. Inside there will be wires running to the light socket the multi tap ballast and a voltage regulator. There is a communication wire that is labeled COM. Do not touch that wire. Another wire is your ground it is usually bare copper wire fastened to the ballast housing. Don't touch that. There will be 4 wires labeled with certain voltage. 120 208 244 and 277. These lights are usually in shops or warehouses. Some can accept HPS and MH. Some only MH read the lable on the ballast housing for correct bulbs for each lamp. Now. There will probably be a 244 or 277 wire fed to the multi tap ballast because of this. All you do is find the wire labeled 120v remove the wire nuts and strip the end. Now find the wire labeled 244 or 277 and it will be attached to a wire that is attached to the multi tap. Unscrew this wire nuts un attach the 244 or 277 wire and recap. Now wind the wire with the 120v wire and recap. Put lamp back together. To test use a GFi plug like the one commonly found in bathrooms or a 15 amp power strip with a reset switch. If it plugs in and turn on without going Pop! Then you were successful. O got this light for 25 dollars re wired it and it works fantastic. If you know an electrician then can rewire it in literally 5 mins. Hope this helps for cheap lighting! Happy growing. Any questions feel free to ask I tried to explain it as simple as possible assuming no electrical experience lol. I might catch shit for telling people to re wire shit and plug it in their outlet and go to sleep but if you are worried take it to a lighting shop ask them to test it for you they will do it for free. Happy growing! Before I forget. You will have to put a new 3 prong plug on the end of cord as most of these are wired direct to panels. Get a 15 amp grounded plug from home Depot. These lights don't draw anywhere that amperage. Good luck!
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Dude. That was five years ago.
 
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