potpimp
Sector 5 Moderator
Disaster after disaster after disaster has been my luck with this grow. It's been a learning experience for sure. I've invested about $3,000 and haven't gotten as much as a joint out of it yet. I've got a splitting headache and my throat is raw from screaming. I was having some problems with 4 plants in my hydro unit; I transplanted them two days ago and they were looking really crappy. I changed the water, babied them, mixed up some foliar spray. Then I decided to take out the CFL's and put in the HPS. I set the 400w light about 4-5 inches above the tops of the little plants ("little" because of all the shocks and setbacks). I came back about 30 minutes later and they were toasted. It was 105 degrees in the grow box. I read somewhere on this forum that HPS was cooler than CFL's; if I find who wrote that I'll track you down and choke your ass to death with my bare hands. I have a remote ballast and I thought that was where all the heat came from; that's what I read on here. Wrong!! I guess I'll be soaking more rock wool and getting ready to germinate new seeds tomorrow. The Blueberry is maybe not the best for a noob grower. I've got some Big Bud and some Sour Diesel; maybe I'll give those a shot instead.