Oaksterdam t-5 veg 600w hps flower

Someguy15

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The ballast is fine up there so long as is not like 100+ degrees. It will add heat to the room though, so if you can stash them somewhere non grow related it's usually best. Nice work on the zippers, I will try something like that next year when I have to relocate my entire op. I like the side lighting, I want to do something like that along my back wall...I also wanna get a 600hps, hmm choices choices!
 

Drella

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SG15- you are a lot of the inspiration behind this second bloom closet! make sure you do the zipper opening from the bottom up, so you can open it! i fucked up, that's why you see two zippers! the 400w hps is a hortilux eye, my first, a whole $92! and with the t5, this one might rival my 600w bloom room. thanks sg, im trying to make you proud! relocating your op, move the so cal, we could share!
 

Someguy15

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Oh, I found a sweet deal on those eye hortilux (I use both MH and HPS and plan on using them in the future). If you need HPS head over to igrowhydro.com ...cheepest prices on those bulbs I've found anywhere, I think the 400 hps is only 55 bucks.

I want to move to cal, maybe after I graduate here in ~a year... Time to start the job hunt :lol:
 

Drella

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Oh, I found a sweet deal on those eye hortilux (I use both MH and HPS and plan on using them in the future). If you need HPS head over to igrowhydro.com ...cheepest prices on those bulbs I've found anywhere, I think the 400 hps is only 55 bucks.

I want to move to cal, maybe after I graduate here in ~a year... Time to start the job hunt :lol:
thanks SG. great link, how do you guys buy things on the internet, get a visa cash card? i gotta po box, just gotta get the card i guess. what a mark up hydro shop!

yeah dude, good luck on finishing school, i take my journeyman licence test in september, a lot to look forward to, just gotta pass!

600w ftw :mrgreen:

new veg space is lookin prime too man. just gotta fill it all out now :blsmoke:
thanks NB, i got two bloom rooms now, they're competing for yield! the clones in the dome are starting to show roots, maybe a week, im gonna go straight to big pots this time, i have better luck with the plant in it's final destination. i kept the clones in the red cups kinda too long last time, because of limited veg space, they grew kinda weird. we all gotta stick to what we know!
 

Kriegs

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Your new rooms look great; it's nice to be handy. I learned which end of a hammer does the pounding way too late in life. This thread has really been a resource for me. Thanks, too, to SG15 for the link on the hortilux eye - I def want to get one of these.

That NLxWW is lookin' really nice!
 

d.c. beard

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Awesome job on the new setups bro, I love it! Yeah like SG said, if you can put just the ballast outside the actual room that the light's in it's best casue your temps will stay lower easier. The ballast pumps out a lot of heat actually, so when you put it in your area it just becomes yet another heat source to be dealt with. So just take advantage of the 15 - 20 foot long cord that they put on those fuckers!

Oh and if you get some Velcro you can use a piece on the 'tent' flap and one on the wall or where ever to hold the flap open for ya when you've got it open. And yeah, I just go straight from Rapid Rooters (with clones) or Jiffy pots (with seeds) into the 1.5 gallon hydro pots now. I know they say it's better to keep sizing up, but fuck all that transplanting!
 

notoriousb

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And yeah, I just go straight from Rapid Rooters (with clones) or Jiffy pots (with seeds) into the 1.5 gallon hydro pots now. I know they say it's better to keep sizing up, but fuck all that transplanting!
I fully agree with this and transplant right into my 1.5 gal containers too ;-) then there's no chance of them going rootbound and stunting growth a bit in smaller containers and then dealing with the chance of them getting shocked from the transplant too
 

Someguy15

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thanks SG. great link, how do you guys buy things on the internet, get a visa cash card? i gotta po box, just gotta get the card i guess. what a mark up hydro shop!

yeah dude, good luck on finishing school, i take my journeyman licence test in september, a lot to look forward to, just gotta pass!
If your a medi grower you can just use your credit card like anything else. I don't mean to flaunt, but I've been pretty blantant about using mine (20+ times at the grow store, 5+ grow related online orders) with no issues. Now if you're doing something that could make you do time I would never recommend it. Visa gift cards at 711 work great for incognito shipments, as does having a trust worthy friend/relative who will let you ship to their house. If your legal though, don't even sweat it, IMHO...to each his own
 

Drella

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Your new rooms look great; it's nice to be handy. I learned which end of a hammer does the pounding way too late in life. This thread has really been a resource for me. Thanks, too, to SG15 for the link on the hortilux eye - I def want to get one of these.

That NLxWW is lookin' really nice!
thanks man, building elevators for a living does come in handy, the great people on this site help fill all of the holes! your funny man, i couldnt tell, your setup is pro! your gonna make a grown man cry, saying this thread is a resource for you! a lot of blood sweat and tears have gone through this thread, now just happiness. dialing it in, and hearing things like that, are making things better everyday, thanks!

all ive heard about hortilux eye is good. wish my 600 was one too! having the 400w hortilux eye hps and t5 side lighting in the new bloom room, makes me feel that the two rooms are competing!

thanks, thw wwxnl really is a sight to see, i never would have though id feel comfortable growing sativas indoor, i love them!

Yeah it does look great, can't wait for more updates brother.
thanks man, i always had a good feeling about that revegged monster! im really blessed to be growing so many strains, and they are all nute hungry!

Awesome job on the new setups bro, I love it! Yeah like SG said, if you can put just the ballast outside the actual room that the light's in it's best casue your temps will stay lower easier. The ballast pumps out a lot of heat actually, so when you put it in your area it just becomes yet another heat source to be dealt with. So just take advantage of the 15 - 20 foot long cord that they put on those fuckers!

Oh and if you get some Velcro you can use a piece on the 'tent' flap and one on the wall or where ever to hold the flap open for ya when you've got it open. And yeah, I just go straight from Rapid Rooters (with clones) or Jiffy pots (with seeds) into the 1.5 gallon hydro pots now. I know they say it's better to keep sizing up, but fuck all that transplanting!
thanks man, means a lot considering ive always loved ur setups! i tried to do my own man made rooms! makes me feel powerful! uggghhhhh! how would tool time do it? i totally gotta move the ballsat out side, currently the temps are 78* 48% humidity, not too shabby!

i could kiss you for the velcro advice, in a bromance, non gay kinda way of course! i had bought 15' of industrial sticky velcro, but decided to use the zipper, now i know what to do with the velcro!

yeah im straight to big pots for life! i only used the red cups last round because i got too ambiguous, and had like 30 clones! root developement is too underated, i think its mucho importante!

I fully agree with this and transplant right into my 1.5 gal containers too ;-) then there's no chance of them going rootbound and stunting growth a bit in smaller containers and then dealing with the chance of them getting shocked from the transplant too
great minds think alike!

If your a medi grower you can just use your credit card like anything else. I don't mean to flaunt, but I've been pretty blantant about using mine (20+ times at the grow store, 5+ grow related online orders) with no issues. Now if you're doing something that could make you do time I would never recommend it. Visa gift cards at 711 work great for incognito shipments, as does having a trust worthy friend/relative who will let you ship to their house. If your legal though, don't even sweat it, IMHO...to each his own
ha! ur funny bro! im totally legit, i just don't even want my parents knowing what im doing, let alone my neighbors, or any other nosy person. thanks for the advice though, i gotta try the online route, tired of getting reamed at the hydro store!
 

Someguy15

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You inspired me, I went out to the shop and put a 600w HPS Harvest Pro Elite ballast on order. I'm also going to order a 600 Hortilux bulb from igrowhydro, shipped it's only 75 bucks. Total it will all set me back about 300, but I will have the 600 for this bloom and I'm sure it will more then make up for that. Down the road I'll use the 400w switchable for mothers or maybe as dual spectrum along with my 600 for 1000w of flower power... alright now I'm just getting carried away lol enjoy the produce!
 

notoriousb

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You inspired me, I went out to the shop and put a 600w HPS Harvest Pro Elite ballast on order. I'm also going to order a 600 Hortilux bulb from igrowhydro, shipped it's only 75 bucks. Total it will all set me back about 300, but I will have the 600 for this bloom and I'm sure it will more then make up for that. Down the road I'll use the 400w switchable for mothers or maybe as dual spectrum along with my 600 for 1000w of flower power... alright now I'm just getting carried away lol enjoy the produce!
thats a deal for a 600w horti! thanks for mentioning that SG :bigjoint: theyre something like $120 at the stores around here.... :finger:
 

Huh??

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Oh, I found a sweet deal on those eye hortilux (I use both MH and HPS and plan on using them in the future). If you need HPS head over to igrowhydro.com ...cheepest prices on those bulbs I've found anywhere, I think the 400 hps is only 55 bucks.

I want to move to cal, maybe after I graduate here in ~a year... Time to start the job hunt :lol:
Those are good deals,looks like my hydro store has some matching to do!
What's up with the 430 costing as much as the 1000w though?
 

d.c. beard

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Those are good deals,looks like my hydro store has some matching to do!
What's up with the 430 costing as much as the 1000w though?
Prob the fact that 430w ballasts were never the norm or the most commonly purchased, so the less they mass-produce of something, the more each individual unit will cost usually is kinda what I see a lot.
 

Huh??

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If that's the reason then they should cost a lot more before the sale,but they are only $3 more than the 400w before the sale and $20+ less than the 1000w.
Also,you can use hortilux's 430w bulbs with a 400w ballast.I'm not sure if you would get the extra lumens or not but the 430w hortilux eye has extra blue so it could be useful.
 

d.c. beard

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If that's the reason then they should cost a lot more before the sale,but they are only $3 more than the 400w before the sale and $20+ less than the 1000w.
Also,you can use hortilux's 430w bulbs with a 400w ballast.I'm not sure if you would get the extra lumens or not but the 430w hortilux eye has extra blue so it could be useful.
I think he meant the whole setup not just the bulb.
 

Drella

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im tearing up over here, bro. i cant believe i had a part in you stepping it up. this is a momenous occasion! i dont know if i had more fun building my new setup, or weighing out my dried ogkgc today. bone dry, snapped branches, 2oz 20g! you guys rock so hard for all of your help, i feel like the luckiest noob ever! ill have weights for the last three plants tomorrow, or saturday!


i can smoke on saturday, i have blood work for life insurance, and then im a free man. had to quit when i lost my job, due to no money, now i get to start fresh, with my own stash!
 
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