my 3 stages of flower

Crash/420

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I have that Hanna as well as a blue, right now I also keep the drops handy. When things look wacky on the meter, I always used other methods to test before making changes.
I bought my hanna meter before I ever grew my first plant about a year ago, but it didn't have the manual with it and the guy at the hydro shop (that closed) didn't tell me about them drying out. I noticed it being funky about 2 weeks ago and found out about the solutions and stuff here in this thread. I think? Anyway I decided to just get a replacement probe for it and the 4 bottles of solution needed for it since it is gonna be a secondary check to the blue lab guardians.
 

oceangreen

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Unless you have at least 10 foot ceilings do not run parabolic.

SS, do you vent your lights...

I Just have the bare bulbs, split ac cools room. problem is... plants get close to bulbs...

also also reflectors have poor dispersion...

amy advice.. i have 2 600's on each system. did not get the yields like you
 

oceangreen

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Update:

SS and co., getting 16oz from each harvest.Why am I not getting those big ones liek SS..

I still have some humidity issues. Like off I am around 60-80/ on about 55

my hid are not vented.... ut the room temp is ok. the issue is some of the buds get close to the hid bulbs... causing issue..

I had some pump failures... so go with a good brand!

OG
 

oceangreen

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I bought my hanna meter before I ever grew my first plant about a year ago, but it didn't have the manual with it and the guy at the hydro shop (that closed) didn't tell me about them drying out. I noticed it being funky about 2 weeks ago and found out about the solutions and stuff here in this thread. I think? Anyway I decided to just get a replacement probe for it and the 4 bottles of solution needed for it since it is gonna be a secondary check to the blue lab guardians.

New fella I see
 

OLD DUDE

Active Member
Update:

SS and co., getting 16oz from each harvest.Why am I not getting those big ones liek SS..

I still have some humidity issues. Like off I am around 60-80/ on about 55

my hid are not vented.... ut the room temp is ok. the issue is some of the buds get close to the hid bulbs... causing issue..

I had some pump failures... so go with a good brand!

OG
Read back a bit about bare bulbs!!!! Tie em down or just bend them over when they too close to the light!!! It took me almost two years to get to where I'm at!!!!
 

Crash/420

Active Member
New fella I see
Yup I'm new here and pretty new to growing as well, but I'm learning quick with a lot of help from this site. Also thanks to all the questions you asked when you were starting to build this system, most of mine where already answered!
 

oceangreen

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od, i totally went about going bare bulb the wrong way. with just the bulbs hanging vertically the ac had no problems at all and could still drop temp if needed. then i built a new 5'x10' veg room connected to the flower room(sharing the 10' wall) and made two seperate vents along the bottom of the wall to draw air into the veg room and used my 6" vortex to draw hot ait out of veg and into flower room. still the ac handled it but there was no more room for more. then the parabolics went up(love them) and flower room temp was perfect all around except for the plant canopy directly under the parabolics, all that heat was directed straight down. so the solution worked perfect. i made a new icebox and took advantage of my chiller for the res's and mounted it to the fan blowing back to flower room. it easily drops return air 12-15* and chiller res still stays at 61. but that still had me worried about canopy and i made a 6"-2 4" hoses and mounted them to the parabolic hoods where the cord exits and done. ac is back to not working as much and canopy is perfect. my yield took a huge hit, worst 2 harvests in years, but the next one looks to be back on track, the light is much more intense with the parabolics than any other reflector ive had.
SS, here you say paraboli is ok, but a few pages back you say you nee atleast 10'.
here you like bare bulbs, and now you say you hate them..

in the pic your bulb hoods are not even sealed. im confused now
 

superstoner1

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I initially liked the bare bulbs and parabolics but once harvest time came around it was horrible. I went from 32+ oz to. 14-16 oz. Some was humidity issue due to bare bulbs but they fucking killed me for almost 4 months. Lesson learned and passed on.
 

oceangreen

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I initially liked the bare bulbs and parabolics but once harvest time came around it was horrible. I went from 32+ oz to. 14-16 oz. Some was humidity issue due to bare bulbs but they fucking killed me for almost 4 months. Lesson learned and passed on.

so sealed air cooled vented hoods are the only way to go?

confirm once and for all, please as a staple to this system.

thing is I am getting those exact yields... 14-16 oz
 

oceangreen

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on other notes..

these strains upcoming
1. la confidential
2. nyc deisel
3. larry og
4. orange cream
5. white widow
6. amesia lemon
7. blue cheese
 

oceangreen

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I use 2 blockbusters and, I forget the smaller one in the center right now, with phantom ballasts and ushio bulbs.
1000s, right?

i am worried about the input. its 240v in europe so the ones in the states are ok.?

The electrical(head) is different(wall socket input).

would putting a socket adaptor work?

on the phantom ballast, I see the input
 

oceangreen

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i see the input, its weird.. and the head on the cord wonnt work, here which is why i mentioned an adaptor. or getting a cord locally, but wont fit in ballast input because of its strange input design
phantom ballast 02.jpgcord.jpg
 

oceangreen

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on the blockbuster, 6 inch or 8 inch reflector

and what inline line do you used, cfm wise, for all 4 reflectrors. 180 cfm?
 
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