First Grow - 2 x 1000w

Dubbz0r said:

The lights are good. The unit that's out is my c02/temp/humidity controller. It runs the fan for my hoods, my air scrubber, my dehumidifier and my c02 regulator. Without this thing I'm in trouble. It did the same thing the Sentinel MDT-1 did to me a week ago. The power supply went bad, but why is the question. I am noticing that the outside of the MDT-1 is getting hot, right where the power supply is. I had my second ballast cable running across the top of the Sentinel CHHC-4 so I may have overheated the power supply? The cables from my ballast are warm but not 'hot'. Everything seems to be generating three times as much heat as before. With just the one MH bulb I could keep the temp at 80 to 81 during the day. Now that I have the MH and added the one HPS it won't go lower than 86-87... now when I add the other HPS, I may have a serious heat issue. Or I could attempt to flower them all under one of the HPS, or leave it how it is now with both the HPS and MH. I may try running both HPS just to test out the temp. If I can't control it then I won't have a choice but to use only one HPS. Holy stressed out batman...

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1st thing you need is a bowl!!!!!!! Summer months are a bitch to grow unless you have A/C.

More Pictures please?? Cajun

bekindbud said:

1st thing you need is a bowl!!!!!!! Summer months are a bitch to grow unless you have A/C.

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I am beginning to see this as fact. Not the bowl part cuz I always need a bowl lol I have an A/C unit but it's in my kitchen window keeping ME cool. Maybe I'll have to sacrifice my cold air for the plants and move it down stairs.

wildcajun said:

More Pictures please?? Cajun

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My lights are about to go off so the plants are getting ready for sleep. When I turn them back on I'll grab a few pics.

Dubbz0r said:

My lights are about to go off so the plants are getting ready for sleep. When I turn them back on I'll grab a few pics.

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nice buddy sounds good

I was just talking about getting an AC for my tent last night. My girl gave me a DeathStar Stare and said,"For the tent?...Not for like, I unno us or anything." She is jealous that I have new girls. Haha.

Dubbz0r said:

I am beginning to see this as fact. Not the bowl part cuz I always need a bowl lol I have an A/C unit but it's in my kitchen window keeping ME cool. Maybe I'll have to sacrifice my cold air for the plants and move it down stairs.

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Sounds like my set up but my A/C is in the living room so on very hot days when I need it for my tent I have 6" Air Ducting that I rig from my A/C in the living room all the way to my bedroom where my tent is. It sucks but works and keeps my temps down during the hot months. Hope that helped.

Peace

BKB

bekindbud said:

Sounds like my set up but my A/C is in the living room so on very hot days when I need it for my tent I have 6" Air Ducting that I rig from my A/C in the living room all the way to my bedroom where my tent is. It sucks but works and keeps my temps down during the hot months. Hope that helped.

Peace

BKB

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Man I was thinking of doing this but I don't know how I could get away with it. If I were to run it straight from the A/C to their room I would need a lot of ducting. I don't have the cash to spare for the duct work. That's why I'm leaning towards taking the whole unit down there. I'm not sure if I can hook this thing up without putting a hole in the wall, which I don't want to do. Would the a/c unit work if I sat it on a table and turned it on?

Dubbz0r said:

Man I was thinking of doing this but I don't know how I could get away with it. If I were to run it straight from the A/C to their room I would need a lot of ducting. I don't have the cash to spare for the duct work. That's why I'm leaning towards taking the whole unit down there. I'm not sure if I can hook this thing up without putting a hole in the wall, which I don't want to do. Would the a/c unit work if I sat it on a table and turned it on?

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I believe there are ones that will work. We used to have one sitting on a table @work.

yep it will work fine.. but the heat it puts out will be greater then the amount of cool air it produces .. proving the ac to be useless. The rear of the ac needs to be outside of the area being cooled....

Ok so my girls just woke from their first 12 hours of sleep and they are looking beautiful. I have 2 of each strain under the Red Diamond HPS bulb and 2 of each strain under the Blue Diamond MH. 6 hours under each bulb each day is the plan. The only way I can run both HPS is if I put in a/c. I'm still trying to figure this one out. I put out a facebook comment asking friends and family for a spare a/c I can use or buy lol No comments back just yet...

Anyways! For now this is what I'm looking at... and excuse the quality, they are from an old phone. The HPS doesn't help either. I tried taking most around the MH.

The Blue Cheese girls weren't as plump as the last pics because I did some trimming of the lower extremities a few days ago. These girls are going to go crazy bush on me, I just know it.


The Lemon Skunk were looking awesome today. That makes me happy as hell. The fan leaves are getting big and healthy on these ladies and new growth keeps popping. I gave them straight water and Sea Green yesterday. (my fans are going nuts so they wouldn't sit still for the camera)



The Master Kush girls are super green and super happy. I need to get stakes for them asap. Since I F'd up and didn't stake them sooner I'm looking into other options. Either way, they are getting really wide. I only took pics of two of them. The other two are the same size if not bigger.


Good side vs. Evil! haha IDK I'm just stoned





I may end up cutting a hole for the a/c unit tonight. I'm still deciding. If I do I can run both HPS which will help the yield a lot. If I do I'll have to cut another hole for my air scrubber, mount the blower and hang my filter from the ceiling. Not sure if I have all the stuff I need for that. Sun grips are a must for the filter. Checking ebay...

Change of plan. Put in the other hps bulb (I couldn't help myself!!). Temp has been steady 85F at the top of the room. It may be a degree cooler at plant level but since my chhc-4 stopped working I have no clue. I really need to run my c02 now more than ever... hopefully Sentinel can ship out a power supply Monday, next day air?? Yeah I wish...

Must be nice to have Co2 system. I am too broke!!! Plants look great, you need to smoke a bowl in your kitchen with the A/C on.......get chill bro, your shit is on point!!!!

Peace

BKB

Can't chill man or I would. So far this is turning into a fail-fest. Just overslept so one of my hps lights was on for two hours more than it should have been, not to mention my MDT-1 timer is fucking DEAD, again. I don't get it... It's rated to handle 1440w. My ballast is 1000w. Doesn't make sense. I'm pretty much at a loss for words............................... this is not looking good.

i know how you feel dubbz. seems like everyone has their own issues. the little room cooler I got has been doing work. My temps were @93 yesterday due to timer issues, heatwave, among other problems with nutes. keep up the hardwork. we are all rooting for the nug porn.

damn looking good been a way a sec and there all big n bushy well done

2 1000ws for your first grow, wow go big or go home i guess

I picked up some cheapo timers today from Lowe's. They're rated to handle 15A 1250w so we'll see what happens. One is digital and the other has a dial. They only had one of the dial types or I would have two of the same.

Lanternslight said:

i know how you feel dubbz. seems like everyone has their own issues. the little room cooler I got has been doing work. My temps were @93 yesterday due to timer issues, heatwave, among other problems with nutes. keep up the hardwork. we are all rooting for the nug porn.

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I'm doing everything I can bro! I can't wait to skeet my nug porn all over this site lol

mugan said:

damn looking good been a way a sec and there all big n bushy well done

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Thanks mugan!

Prefontaine said:

2 1000ws for your first grow, wow go big or go home i guess

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Detroit Hustles Harder!! haha Naw but it seemed like the right thing to do at the time. Once I start seeing some buds I'll let ya know if it was worth it

Question, when is the best time to flush/feed? As the lights are coming on, going off, or anytime in between?

i have seen posters in the forum saying not within an hour of lights off or lights on. i dont know how valid that is, i havent been able to find it in text. it seems sensible though.