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Dezracer

Dezracer

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The owner of my local hydro shop grows mostly in hydro but definitely seems to know what he's talking about with soil too. He's a humble guy and likes to listen when people talk about their grows. He'll stop whatever he's doing and come over to get involved in the conversation if I start talking about my grow with the other dude that works there. It's not just me though, I have noticed he is like that with most of his customers. I think that really helps him stay in tune with the current market and stuff. He gets a good idea of how his customers grow and can keep the important stuff in stock. Very cool guy and he always takes good care of me.
 
randomdub

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So I recently setup my 4x4 8' tent with my 600w cooltube. I am doing 2 5 gal DWC buckets. I seem to be having high humidity. Close to %60. I can't really afford a dehumidifier. What are some other good ways to lower this. Pic for attention
 

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Dezracer

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In veg, I wouldn't worry about the humidity. For flower, that's still not too bad and shouldn't cause any mold issues as long as you have good air circulation. The only way of lowering it without a dehumidifier is to increase your rate of air exchange (bigger exhaust fan).
How are your temps with the light on? Temperature will affect humidity as well.
 
randomdub

randomdub

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Dezracer said:
In veg, I wouldn't worry about the humidity. For flower, that's still not too bad and shouldn't cause any mold issues as long as you have good air circulation. The only way of lowering it without a dehumidifier is to increase your rate of air exchange (bigger exhaust fan).
How are your temps with the light on? Temperature will affect humidity as well.
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My temps usually stay between 70-78. I have a 435cfm 6" fan right now pulling air out through a filter then then cooltube.
 
DoobieBrother

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Dezracer said:
The owner of my local hydro shop grows mostly in hydro but definitely seems to know what he's talking about with soil too. He's a humble guy and likes to listen when people talk about their grows. He'll stop whatever he's doing and come over to get involved in the conversation if I start talking about my grow with the other dude that works there. It's not just me though, I have noticed he is like that with most of his customers. I think that really helps him stay in tune with the current market and stuff. He gets a good idea of how his customers grow and can keep the important stuff in stock. Very cool guy and he always takes good care of me.
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If I was a hydro grower, I'm sure they'd be a big help at the store I tried going to (a few times).
But they don't carry much in the way of soil-based grow supplies, so it's not even worth me going there unless I need a jumbo bag of chunky perlite (I bought a 50-lb bag from them for like $27).
And now that I'm switching to outdoors only, I can get all of my grow needs met at the local nursery/garden supply store where they know more about the stuff than I do :-)
 
AlphaPhase

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hey doobie, so my hortilux eye just came in, it's brighter than my old one but it's still not as orange as I remember them being?! Unless I'm losing my mind, I swear that when i opened the tent it used to be orange in there and hard to tell the color of the leaves? But now the bulb itself burns bright white? The light that casts into the hallway is orange though, did they change something in the bulb or am i crazy? I'm stumped because it looks like a MH light o_O
 
giggles26

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Hey guys just letting you know I'm still alive. Just ran home to grab a few things. They've admitted the wife to the hospital and have her sedated now to try to keep her stable. Scan shows new lesions. Hope to be out by Sunday. These girls just can't finish fast enough. I feel so bad that I can't keep enough meds for her. The 2 months after our wedding when we had enough she had no attacks and was in remission. Hoping the harlequin x Maui really helps but it's getting to that point that sucks.

@oldman60 I'm sorry bro. I will get with you next week. This hit us out of nowhere.

Enough depressing shit.

Hope everyone had a good turkey day!

Grabbed a quick shot for yea guys while I was home. Everyone's happy, day 8 12/12. Will try getting on later tonight. Stay high my friends!

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DoobieBrother

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AlphaPhase said:
hey doobie, so my hortilux eye just came in, it's brighter than my old one but it's still not as orange as I remember them being?! Unless I'm losing my mind, I swear that when i opened the tent it used to be orange in there and hard to tell the color of the leaves? But now the bulb itself burns bright white? The light that casts into the hallway is orange though, did they change something in the bulb or am i crazy? I'm stumped because it looks like a MH light o_O
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They'll burn a bit more to the blue side at first, and I think they've suped up their blue spectrum, too. A while back there was the plain Hortilux which was more like a normal HPS, and then they added a Hortilux EN (Enhanced Spectrum, with stronger blues).
Mostly, it's probably our brains get used to the intense orange when near our older bulbs, and then when we switch, our brains really notice the difference in the light quality and temperature.
Just a guess, of course. :-)
 
AlphaPhase

AlphaPhase

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Hey giggles, wishing you the best and hope she is OK bro.

I guess I am just crazy about the hps, it's orange when it turns out then gets white when it's heated. Guessing other bulbs just glow different colors.

So quick tip for anyone running hortilux bulbs. There is a stamp on the bulb. When it's brand new the stamp will be brown. It changes to orange with use over time. There's also a day of manufacturing on it. So that should help keep track how old the bulb is and if you buy one used you'll know how old it I.

Anyways, my roots ate it's air stone lol. Damn plant must be hungry :p
 

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Thanks dez, today was the first time in 16 days since I changed the res on those, been using a diluted pool shock solution to keep things sterile, and there isn't a bit of slime on anything, not even the air tunes, it's amazing. I Just add back phed water and nutes and it seems to be doing a great job keeping things squeaky clean and it's only 5$ for enough calcium hypochlorite to last like 5 years!
 
FLkeys1

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Took these clones off my outdoor plants before they started flowering.. Left is Blue Dream and right is Jilly bean purple, the outdoor Jilly is really starting to show some purp. now. Theses are in FFOF soil and the only thing food wize they are getting is Bat Guano 10-4-1 I am happy that I went with a 600w system, very happy with how the plants are growing and looking. I picked up a 400W ballast for $24.95 at the local Hydro store incase the 600w won't be enough for flower.. will see, this is my first grow "indoors" . blue dream and Jilly bean clones 11-28-14.jpg
 
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