wish i had a pic but dont --it has a big box converter or balst? it humms & gets warm --the light has a metal hood about 14" wide & 18" long --the bulb is a big long buul that screw in like a house light --donkey dick bulb---can anyone give me hints?--will try a pic if no guesses--buddy is letting me borrow it says its an awesome light--it gets warm under it & i have a fan on aslong as the light is on--how far is my plant suppose to be away from this kind of light?? help
Need Help with Identifying my Light
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KevinSmith
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well it's either a metal halide or high pressure sodium.
If the light looks blueish it is probably MH.
If the light is reddish then it is probably HPS.
About 20 inches away is good but you can test by putting your light on and letting it warm up than put your hand at the canopy of your plant palm down and move upwards. Once you feel heat on your hand that is the minimum distance you want the light to be from the tops of your plants.
Cheers.
If the light looks blueish it is probably MH.
If the light is reddish then it is probably HPS.
About 20 inches away is good but you can test by putting your light on and letting it warm up than put your hand at the canopy of your plant palm down and move upwards. Once you feel heat on your hand that is the minimum distance you want the light to be from the tops of your plants.
Cheers.
SmokeyMcSmokester
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does it look like this?
yes that is it --i think its hps but not sure -- i have a couple trial bagseed plants under it--i just germinated a "wonder woman" i got fro nirvana --i put it in a jiffy pod & under the dome its 2"ish tall --cai i put ir under this light from start to finish??does it look like this?
whats the price of one of these lights --a buddy is letting me borrow it so if i screw something up what would it cost for me to replace it???thanksdoes it look like this?
SmokeyMcSmokester
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1000W HPS...how old is the bulb? you can use this light...just in the beginning make sure the light has some distance for the plant..but if youre only growin one plant, 1 HPS might be a lil overkill, unless you wanna veg that bad girl for about 2 months, and have a monster growing in your closer...if i was you id get a nice lil t5 set-up...get yourself about 6-9 plants going...then when they get about a foot tall throw them under the 1000W..it would be better use of light.
thanks --im starting the wonder woman in hopes to clone --i like to grow outside so if i can get 6-7 plants from this 1 seed(i bought 5) will be nice in the garden in june--i have plenty of cfl --do you think that would be better for the price of my electric bill? --i grow just a few in the garden for me & a friend --he has MS and i have disgenertive(?) disck in my neck --so the smoke helps-----new to cloning too so im kinda dumb in this area--i have a few grows outside under my belt--thanks for the info
SmokeyMcSmokester
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here's a cloning tutorial...[video=youtube;cTBLV7Ybnm4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTBLV7Ybnm4&feature=related[/video]you could grow the one plant under some CFLs to get her going...wait till you have a bunch of shoots, and clone away!!
thanks for the help smokey i will take a pic of my settup --i have 6 female good bagseed plants going --they are my ginnea pigs before i start trying to clone a 10$ seed have them under the hps --going to do my experiment cloning with them--and hopefully have a malefree garden-- i have tried cloning a few times with sucess once--put them in vermiculite --trying a wet paper towel method this time --found on here--right now im 1 for 3 --hope to be 2for 4 --better batting .500 than .333 --GO RED SOX
SmokeyMcSmokester
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cloning is super easy man...ive even pulled a bunch of cutting and threw them in a cup of water...a few weeks later i had roots going...i just did that as an experiment...
just make sure you have all the proper equipment(i.e. dome, tray, heat pad etc...) Clones also dont need any nutes either...if you wanted to give them a lil something to maybe help, 1 or 2 drops of superthrive in a spray bottle should suffice.
just make sure you have all the proper equipment(i.e. dome, tray, heat pad etc...) Clones also dont need any nutes either...if you wanted to give them a lil something to maybe help, 1 or 2 drops of superthrive in a spray bottle should suffice.
do i give them 24 hrs light --i have a cfl over the dome--24 hrs ?--18-6??
SmokeyMcSmokester
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24 hr is fine.