Dual Areoponic Cabinet, Ceramic Metal Halide

Do those ceramic metal halide bulbs work with 400 watt digital ballasts or only magnetic ballasts? Thanks man

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Hey Tom, Glad to see ya made it.
Manufacture says magnetic, From what I understand they will fire on a digital but not work for long.
I have seen a 600w dual bulb from another manufacture that runs on a digital. You thinking about moving up?

it seems like a calm environment for the babies.

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Yes, it is. the right temp, a slight breeze and they like classic rock.

heres my buck were do i put it lol

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Quarters in the slot, you know where it is.
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7-21-09

Temps 80/68°
ph up to 6.2 back to 5.8
ppm down to 330

I am starting to see more spacing between nodes then I want on the trainwreck.



I moved the light up for the shot. I been keeping it about 4 in away. Maybe time to switch lights.
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Welcome Widow,

You and me both. I was looking at high power leds and ended up with this.
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Hey Earl,

I guess you are in a fog. I sent you a sample a couple weeks ago along with the nute mix I used. GH grow and FF flower

Hey Cruzer the box got here today.

Very nice job.
I am stoned.

I got 3.5 grams

I'll get you a sample of the AN nute grown SWC.
It should be ready in about a month.
Thanks for growing this out and keeping the records.
I'll post the results as they come in.

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Dam, a bit of a setback today.

I moved the water jets so they just hit the lower portion of the roots and crashed out.
12 hours later I check them and they are drooping. I have to assume its not enough water.
I moved the jets down because I thought the rooter cubes were a little too moist and it
may cause problems at the base of the stock.

I changed it back. I sure they will pull through but I think I killed some roots.
Maybe the T5 just is not enough to keep the rooter cubes at the right moisture level.
I am switching to the CMH now not only for the penetration power but to keep the tops
of the cubes a little dryer. I am going to get larger CFL's today too.

Trial and error, thats how I learn.
I don't know why but I need to do something myself before I really believe it.
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Thanks guys,

This will be the first grow and I am starting from seed.
The rest of the grows will all be clones and there will be no rooter cube to deal with.

Also I am not sure of the positioning of the bulb. I plan on screening them at about 1 foot.
In the past I ran the screen up on the sides like a stadium and had the light horizontally
but from front to back. I believe I used more of the available light that way.

Another idea I have is to hang it vertically and screen a coliseum shape but you got to start somewhere.
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7-22-09

Temps 82 res 60
Ph 5.7
ppms 320

Outdoor temps dropped 10° so the res temp dropped 8°
Adjusted the thermostat to #2

I must have lowered the Ph more then I thought yesterday because it was at 5.7
I assume they are still recovering when I looked at the roots today the upper part
of them was a darker color the the lower.

Last night I removed the sunblaze T5's and fired up the CMH. Then changed the small CFL's
to larger ones. Now I have four 26 watt at 2700K CFL's along with the 400w at 4000k.
Every plant is getting at least 2000 lumen's at this height.

After 8 hours I didn't notice any difference in temps with more wattage but the tops of the
rooter cubes are a bit dryer so that worked good.

They still have a bit of a droop. My watering cycle is at 5 min on and 30 min off. That was
working fine before I messed with it so I will keep it there for now and see what happens.

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Funny thing about the lighting, in the picture it looks like less light. Believe me it's not.

Still the drooping though. Any suggestions?
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Hey Widow,

I have a 4" duct fan attached to the left side of the tube. I cut the housing back a couple inches
so its hard to see but it is pushing about 110 CFM.

Yea, I noticed the gals on the outside were leaning toward the CMH. I picked up larger CFL's and
got them in now. I figured this would happen while small. I hope once they are a few inches larger
and I can raise the light the mylar will reflect more light and they will straighten up some.

I am more concerned with the drooping of the TW right now. I really don't think it is a light issue.
Maybe the nutrients are too cold/low? I dont know.

Cool, Thanks for the input.
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Good input guys,

No Widow, no salt buildup. Believe me I know what that looks like. I had a mountain once.

Give it some time, bet they will perk up, with the 400 lite up, a little stressed,

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Yea, Thats probably it. I guess I am being anal about this first time around. I just got back from the hydro store with some Cal Mag. I gave the res about half whats recommended. 15 ml brought the ppms up to 390 Figured it couldn't hurt. Then I rotated them and increased the water on time from 5 min to 10 min.

Maybe I should have titled it "Dual analponics grow" lol.
I guess I will just burn one and chill.

Oh yea, That Tahi will take longer but you got a nice harvest there Cutman.

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