first time grow... be nice

barny31 · Jan 2, 2015

So i have a grow box with 2 200 watt cfl's plus 2 100 watt cfl's...plus some mini fans for air flow.. Critique me..

Diabolical666 · Jan 2, 2015

More light. T5

Bugeye · Jan 2, 2015

Congrats on your first grow! Have fun with it. Don't let it consume your life like everybody else here. :bigjoint:

barny31 · Jan 2, 2015

Im lookin to get a MH conversion for my 400 watt HPS ballast.. Would that be enough?

tomascat · Jan 2, 2015

u cant fu at this point, ur doing good...do some reading on this forum while ur waiting and ur good. patience is a virtue my man

CCCmints · Jan 2, 2015

barny31 said:
Im lookin to get a MH conversion for my 400 watt HPS ballast.. Would that be enough?

no, don't waste your time vegging with an mh. you really, really want to use a t5 fixture during veg. you can get t5s much closer to your plants than mh thus producing tighter internodes (this is good). plus i've heard good things about mixing the spectrum up with a t5. that's what i did and my plants vegged beautifully.

indicat33 · Jan 3, 2015

Looks okay, but I would definitely give them more light asap. Here's mine under 400w MH /

hellmutt bones · Jan 3, 2015

Not bad for a noob :clap:

feel free ro ask away just remember thers lots of trolls that are gonna give u some bad advise! Real bad advise! So ask as much before u act on it bongsmilie

lofly247 · Jan 3, 2015

Nice work. There might be something up with that one on the right. Yellowing from the outside of the leaf and slightly curled.

I would add 'cannabis' to that last sentence and do a search on these forums or the web. I'm also noob.

CFL's are nice and close.

Bucees · Jan 3, 2015

They look a whee bit frumpy. Perhaps a bit too much water.

Alienwidow · Jan 3, 2015

personally i think it looks good. the t8s on their side look great and are totally helping. i wouldn't change anything. i can't see a fan but I'm sure you have one blowing on them thats moving. id bet on about 30 g.

barny31 · Jan 3, 2015

Thanks for the suggestions and input everyone, all will be takin into conaideration

LetsGetCritical · Jan 3, 2015

Bucees said:
They look a whee bit frumpy. Perhaps a bit too much water.

agree

Xavier French · Jan 4, 2015

ease off the nutrients or your going to burn them and with that lighting and set up i think you will yield about 10 grams mate..... if you ever reach the end

Brown shoes · Jan 4, 2015

cut back on the water. Do the lift technique to feel the weight of your pot

LetsGetCritical · Jan 4, 2015

CCCmints said:
no, don't waste your time vegging with an mh. you really, really want to use a t5 fixture during veg. you can get t5s much closer to your plants than mh thus producing tighter internodes (this is good). plus i've heard good things about mixing the spectrum up with a t5. that's what i did and my plants vegged beautifully.

I like you, but I cant understand how vegging under a mh is time wasting

Cpappa27 · Jan 4, 2015

CCCmints said:
no, don't waste your time vegging with an mh. you really, really want to use a t5 fixture during veg. you can get t5s much closer to your plants than mh thus producing tighter internodes (this is good). plus i've heard good things about mixing the spectrum up with a t5. that's what i did and my plants vegged beautifully.

If he has the ballast already it'll cost him much less to just buy a bulb. You've been misinformed on the difference of T5 vs MH. MH grows tight internodes and has better canopy penetration as well, as long as you learn distancing from plants.

CCCmints · Jan 5, 2015

LetsGetCritical said:
I like you, but I cant understand how vegging under a mh is time wasting

Cpappa27 said:
If he has the ballast already it'll cost him much less to just buy a bulb. You've been misinformed on the difference of T5 vs MH. MH grows tight internodes and has better canopy penetration as well, as long as you learn distancing from plants.

i suppose i am misinformed then. i've learned everything i know on this subject through internet research. i'm fully aware that some of the things i believe to be true are more than likely misinformation. i suppose on a budget it would be smarter to just buy an mh bulb and veg with that. i personally love my t5 but that also means i've never even fired up my mh bulb.

would you say that mh is better than t5? i have an mh bulb and am about to start a new grow.

Cpappa27 · Jan 5, 2015

CCCmints said:
i suppose i am misinformed then. i've learned everything i know on this subject through internet research. i'm fully aware that some of the things i believe to be true are more than likely misinformation. i suppose on a budget it would be smarter to just buy an mh bulb and veg with that. i personally love my t5 but that also means i've never even fired up my mh bulb.

would you say that mh is better than t5? i have an mh bulb and am about to start a new grow.

I would prefer MH over T5. They both have their pros and cons. There is an ongoing debate over the effectiveness of both. Do some research and decide for yourself which is best for different situations and apply accordingly. Good Luck.

Dr Sticky · Jan 6, 2015

In order HPS spec, Flourescent, LED. Im no expert grower, but do know my biology. Chlorophyll a and b absorb light in the 400-500 nm range (blue) AND in 600-700 range yellow to red. So I had just HPS, mostly yellow to red, added a led bank to cut down on heat, and ladies are doing well. More blue in flower, thats what I gleaned

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