another bitch post . bad things about growing .

r.i.kid

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strange how my posting went replied and typed my message says you said it all .
they were under watered and were watered about 30 min prior to the pic. need to be re-potted but I'll try out your 10k theory. the temp dropped where I live, giving the ladies some issues. I been lazy about switching rooms..but they bounced back. added a lifted lst and cut some foliage to get light access to the midde.
 

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Lordhooha

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Fucking sweet! I bought and installed my own dual circuit heat pump unit. Unfortunately, wind power is not worth the installation cost and there are far too many trees in the neighborhood for solar to effectively offset my power usage.

I'm thinking fuel cells... :fire:
I'll tell you when I had mine put in since it's a closed loop and live in northern MI I had them dig the wells a bit deeper. I have three wells 175 feet deep and even during the coldest parts of winter the electric heater coil never comes on.
 

Kingrow1

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all 65k. thanks for the info. bulbs for a t5 cost a LOT when you have 32 of em. next time I buy some I'll grab a lights worth of 10k and see what's up.. they'll be going into flower room soon enough.
I pay $20 for a 24watt t5 on the quality ones and a few bucks for some cheapos.
 

Final Phase

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I learned my lesson this year with temps in the midwest. I used a 5A dehu that ran almost 24/7 and a 12K btu portable AC with only 400W of cob led lighting and had my higher bills to date -and nanners on my buds to boot. Im done with the summer time grows as well until I can get my rooms fully drywalled and sealed.
I can relate to your situation... I started with a grow space of 3.5 ft. X 5.5 ft. - I have no idea why I started so small. The next space went to an 8X8 ft. area... Then about 8X22... Then added a 5x8 mother room... Then started a cloning area... Fuck me running - When does it end? LOL

Growing at 5,000 ft makes it possible for me to grow year round without AC... I'm guessing the elec. bill will be about 800 during 5 months total flowering and about 300 a month during 8 months of vegging for a total of 2 grows per year.
 

r.i.kid

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What are you using? Sylvania Luxline are a decent cheap bulb as a standard.
off Amazon.... vivosun 5 for 22$. they work. I'm more into spending money on flower bulbs then veg. I used hortilux in the past now I use digilux...same shit.
 
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