Pro decision, And those flowers look amazing, I want to see what happens to this
2 month vegged beast..... If you can properly light that lady she should give you
a serious yield..
thanks shrubs, i really respect your opinion. just got the 12ga wiring ran through my attic into my new bloom closet, formerly my veg closet. the run went from the back of my breaker box in the garage, up the rafters, shot into the attic, throught the attic, and shot down the closet. it sucked. let me put it this way, i bought 100' and it was just 5' too long, just enough. thanks to kriegs for the wire suggestions and help!
the two month vegged beast, white widow x norhtern lights, main stalk is seriously close to 3/4". im scared just to look at her, she grows so much every day. i super lollypopped her two weeks into bloom, but there are still like 30 tops! two of the most leafy strains, in one plant. im definitely gonna give her the room she needs! if anyone told me id be running a sativa and a supervegged plant in every bloom, id tell them they're crazy. there was no way i was gonna even consider sativa, but the ogkgc put me in my place, this is the most intimidating plant you'll ever see!
Love that pic, looks delicious.
thanks reel. that is the reason why i will always run one sativa in bloom, i wish i could give each of you guys one of these clones! i always have extra!
Remarkable... your plant health is outstanding. You're going to need a barn for that NLxWW.
thanks bro. your compliment really makes me feel like im doing something right. i keep feeling like something horrible is gonna happen. i am so grateful for this turn of fate in my life, and im so glad to share it with you guys!
Hey Drella just an FYI about the ballasts...I've been using the same Lumatek digital ballast with regular bulbs for almost 3 solid years now with absolutely zero problems ever. Digital ballasts use less energy and create way less heat. They are silent and do not vibrate, and are about 1/3rd the size of a coil and core (magnetic) ballast.
Now they are making the digital ballasts dimmable so that you can have higher or lower output, whatever you need at the time. They are also making bulbs especially for digital ballasts now (the sine wave or whatever of the electrical output from the digi ballast is a way higher frequency than that of a magnetic ballast, which is what all bulbs were historically manufactured for.), and this is supposed to make the bulbs last a lot longer with more lumens due to greater efficiency on the bulb's part.
The guys at the hydro shop will pretty much always try to sell ya an old-school magnetic ballast. They are lower cost for them to buy and they have a higher margin on them, which equals more money for the store and more commission for the sales rep is they sell you the old one. Also, anybody that's tried to use the wrong bulb with a digi and blown either the ballast or the bulb will definitely be jaded against digis. I think this might be where a lot of the bad rep of digis comes from. You do have to make sure what you buy for them is compatible. But I can tell you that I've used Hortilux and SolarMax bulbs in mine without any problems.
thats pretty much exactly the advice i needed. i never considered digital for the exact reason you stated, hydro guy salesman. he might hook it up, but in the end he's running a buisness, he' s getting paid in just the same way that the doctors who are feeding their patients pill till they die. leave it to dc, who actually does his research, and has the grows to prove it!
fyi, i switched to hortilux eye, 400whps in my new bloom room, im so stoked! a little more in price, but i feel like it might rival my 600 grows!
