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These girls had a long slow Veg as they where waiting for the main box to be cleared out. they were under 1 x 11w cfl for 101 days, since clones. my last grow i had 1 x pot with 2 plants and 1 x pot with 4 plants in it. this time i have gone 2 plants per pot, two pots. running the same...

Hey guys hows it going? This isnt my first time posting or growing but thought i would make a journal as it is a new setup! STRAINS: Skywalker OG(indica dominant?) , Sugar Black Rose(sativa dominant hybrid i believe) and also Bubblicious(hybrid). PLANT STAGE : All in veg at the moment GROWING...

First time using HID lighting. Just picked up a reflector, 600w MH lamp, and Apollo 600 ballast to replace my T5 setup. Hooked it all up, fired the light with no issue. On closer inspection, the ballast (model # uhps-d600) doesnt specifically say it can run MH lamps. Ballast is making a high...

Dear 420 Magazine forums, Had a few questions regarding a tent I just purchased. Is my 5x5 grow tent suitable for 4 plants and each one having a yield of 1 lbs each plant or am I pushing my luck with limited space? I plan on running 2 viparspectra V600w led's to get me started. I'm most...

Hello 420 guys, this is my first post on this site. I have been reading a lot on this site for a while now, and must say it is a very nice and informative forum Today I decided to start a growlog so I can share my newly started, first grow with you :ganjamon: Day 1: Started off by germinating...

Hi Guys, So I am very new to this whole thing I am slowly but surely wrapping my head around it. Allow me to begin I have a Luma controller which I plug my HID light into, it has the following settings 250w, 400w, 600w, 600w BOOST. The area in which I need light is 1 meter by 1 meter. I...

So all you experts:Namaste: Was originally planing on going HID for my Lights when I move from the 2x4x5 tent to the 4x4x6'6 tent for flowering. Usng a 2x4 T5 system for starts and veg stage now. Now Im in AZ, so Summer is coming fast and I may wanna keep my heat down so thinking maybe LED...

hey hey, I was reading luckiestman13's grow journal and was inspired by it and my brain to respond. it got so long winded that I decicded to start a new thread with my response instead, out of respect for another growers journal. hence the title "unplugged" from his journal basically. lol...

hello :420: The only lights i havent tryed are HID and HPS. im looking to get mainly just a HPS for flowering as iv seen great results in yielding :) and im just woundering could i use a Hps for the whole cycle ? And do i need a ballast? i only plan on getting a 150 to 250w bulb. :peace:

In veg I'm working with 54w/sq.ft. 432w over a 4x2 SCROG. In the future I'm considering a 600w HID over the same area, 75w/sq.ft. I'm wanting the best return on my electric investment, so my question becomes at what point is there an obvious point of diminishing returns based mainly on the...

Wattage isn't the best indicator of what a grower needs to cover an area with LEDs, But its the simpliest form to use. I use Par/Watts and PPFD to rate fixtures. LEDs have come along way over the last few years. 1watt/3watt/5watt and now the Single High Power Air Cooled COBs have arrived and Now...

Hi guys, I am an outdoor grower (never grown indoors before) and because of my short growing season where I live (UK) I want to start my plants earlier indoors for a few weeks to extend my growing season. Also, this year I had big problems with slugs and the weather effecting most of my plants...

Hi guys, I am an outdoor grower (never grown indoors before) and because of my short growing season where I live (UK) I want to start my plants earlier indoors for a few weeks to extend my growing season. Also, this year I had big problems with slugs and the weather effecting most of my plants...

I am looking to switch from HID to LED. right now I am growing SOG, on an 8x8' table with 5 600 watt HID lights spaced out for even light distribution to the whole table. I am looking at the Mars II LED grow light 1600W. I am wondering if the power consumption will be less with the LED's and if...

Hello all, like it says in the title I am starting my first grow with 12 plants. This is a medical grow. Here in Michigan we are allowed no more than 12 plants and no more than 2.5 ounces of usable medicine per patient. I am going to be doing a perpetual grow, hopefully my timing isn't too far...

Hey so this is my 2nd grow, first journal.. but it's been like 5 years so it might as well be my first grow. I at least know the basics of seed-to-harvest... My first grow was lower tech and messy. I hope to improve my results this time around. This is not a commercial grow, personal use only...

just curious if anyone knows about plasma grow lighting.....Chameleon Grow Systems has some very interesting data and results on their website at plasmagrowlighting.net saying that their 500w plasma light outperforms 600w HPS....more energy and cost efficient....just everything that i've read...

Welcome to my first indoor grow! I currently have 4 nirvana feminized Bubbleicious autos in Dr Earths Homegrown Organic POTting soil. They are about 2 1/2 weeks old. They are under 400 watt MH and will be switched to HPS for flowering (still unsure of when to switch as I am growing autos)...

Hello 420mag community! I am very excited to start my first indoor grow, but I'm worried that I might be jumping in to eagerly. I have selected a nice and tall 4x2 grow tent with 600W HID lighting, ventilation, odor control, and oscillating fans. I assume there will be space for 8 full grown...

I have been reading more and more into LEDs. If I hit the lottery I'm getting a bunch of the 800w SolarStorm lights, but that's for another post. One thing that has sprung up in my research is this theme "Start with LEDs, finish with LEDs." The idea is that vegetative growth should be done...