Concord Dawn
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yeah, 6 23 watters, its good for 2 plants, which is fine with me.
Hello everybody, am i on the right track?
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are the ph liquid testers just as good as the electric or at least good enough to get the job done? I'm on a budget, thanks
Concord Dawn
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i use both of these. they are both around $10. ive tested all sorts of things and they seem right on. the one for liquid is for testing fish tanks and i use it to test the rain water and my nute mix. the probe one from home depot is for soil and give decent readings also. some people say there junk but i have had no problems with it yet. same here, on a budget too, so for now they work for me. you can spend upwards of a couple hundred dollars on a real good ph meter.
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okay, I got another question, its about cfl's. I got 2 105w=400w cfl's on the way. i see that everyone keeps taliking about 400w hps. I was thinking that I could buy 2 more 105w=400w cfl's which would make me 420 actual watts with an equivalent of 1600 watts. I read somewhere to forget about the equivalent rating and focus on the actual watts being used. I dont want to deal with the heat of these other systems and I really want to go 100% cfl. Is this good or an overkill?
Concord Dawn
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there is a lot of debate on this, its really hard to say what is best. if you have a small grow (like me, a cardboard box, 2'x2'x4') cfls are great, i mean, i cant put a 400watt hps light in that size box. if you have a full bedroom, say 12'x12', then the hps would be great. heres a couple links about lighting. hope these help.
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this one is very good about light per square foot
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this one is very good about light per square foot
light per square foot
everynowandthen
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great articles, thanks Concord!
citystars1117
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MH and HPS all the wayyyy haha, to me at least.