Recent content by kfswantoon

Those 2ft. T5 bulbs don't seem to be very economical even though they seem convenient for a small cabinet. I think I'd go with a 4ft. fixture, cfls or small hid system. If I remember correctly a 4ft. fixture is too big for your grow space. Maybe a dimmable electronic ballast would be a good...

My NL was 8" at 12/12 switch and now it's 19". It's about through growing though. I expect another 2" height gain if that. In hindsight 12" would have been a good height for me at 12/12 switch.

I don't know my friend. I just checked a spanish-english dictionary and there was no corresponding word in spanish. Perlite is light and airy volcanic rock. It's those little white pieces in most ready-mixed potting soil. Wait...Wikipedia says "perlita".

No I honestly can't cite any sources. There doesn't seem to be much talk about them. I think maybe because they are about the same price as an HID system, sometimes more, so most people will just go with an HID system. Certainly there must be something on this site about it. The built in...

Hey hogdady! Fluorescents will produce some mighty fine smoke. Sort of like an old mini cooper or something. Might not compare to a formula one car, but it will still produce some thrills. From what I understand light from soft white bulbs produces a little more usable light than an HPS. And for...

Yep I agree with dem guys above. More lower wattage cfl bulbs gives better coverage. Plus, a 4-pack of 27 watt, 1750 lumen soft white bulbs is less than 10 bucks. If you can scrounge around and find some sockets for cheap or free then you've got a pretty nice setup for not much money. $10 for a...

Okay I admit I'm fairly new but I've done a shatload of research and unless I'm totally lost then adding lime is not what you want to do. Adding lime is done during mixing(in the form of dolimitic lime) to buffer the pH so that it doesn't get too acidic, and after planting(in the form of...

Hey GiantsFan. Congrats on your new grow. Grow cabinet design is about like home design or writing music. It's an art and there are no end to ideas. I have one completed grow and I can tell you this: Cfl's are okay, just don't overspend on them. As far as I know they are all about the same...

What's up Aces. I had identical symptoms a few days ago. I wasn't too concerned because there were no brown tips. But I accidentaly fixed the problem while working on the other problems. My soil tested way acidic with a soil tester, even though the runoff tested more normal. I added some calcium...

Obsess away my friend. Some people, like myself and apparently you too can't be happy starting something without doing it until they can say "I got it. I now know that I'm good at this." I think that as a general rule is a good thing. Good luck!

Yessir good luck. That might work just fine or it might not. Just have to try it and see. I'm convinced that cfl lighting works fine if all the other elements are not way off, nutrition and ventilation for example. My first grow was a bagseed plant that went from seed to harvest in 12 weeks at...

Appparently experiences with bagseed vary. I hear a lot of negative stuff but my first grow was with bagseed and it turned out amazing. I still don't know what the strain was but I think it was ak48. Try it out!

Maybe just a touch slow but it takes a while for new plants to take off. I would say just make sure your light is right down on the plants and make sure your reflecting as much light as possible back onto the plants. I'm growing one northern lights too and it would be nice to see some pics if...

Looks good to me!:bravo:

Yea, maybe. I took a cutting from my first grow after it had started to flower and it rooted and grew into another healthy plant. However, as far along as yours is into flowering, taking a cutting now will produce a strange growth pattern in the cutting. It will grow a bunch of stems all coming...