Lighting and Ventilation
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Hi Folks, I'm thinking about setting up my first grow room. I've been reading the forums for several hours now. I'm planning on a simple start, I have some Northern Light from seeds botique and I'm planning on a robe grow in my shed in a couple of weeks. I'm planning on doing 2/3 plants, in soil. My first and most important question atm is lighting. I've been looking at CFL for heat (in QLD) and cost etc. SUNBRITE 250w DIMPLED SHADE KIT+ 2700K & 6400K LAMPS - AU $170.00 from Discount Hydroponic Supplies but I've been reading some posting recommending seperate individual CFL bulbs (about 4) rather than a single tube CFL. Whats the best for the plants(i) and co…
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Heya all ive decided to go with some basic fluro's, as im a poor bastard with no job , i wanna go as cheap as possible. so went down to my local harware store and saw a twin batton fluro holder (small for more stealth) and the lights that go in there are as follows Twin 18w 4000k 590mm ive only got 2 plants in pots/soil. so will this be enough light power to keep em vegging? and possible enough for budding? like i said in my other posts this batch is just a first test for my growing abilities, so i dont really care if the yeild isnt big. many thanks TSJ
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hey guys just after some infomation on the 400 watt sunmaster has any one used it for hydroponics that can tell me how it went..
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Can someone please help me. All I have is a long cupboard, about 7' high and a foot square wide. I have two small exaust and in flow fans, a small humidifier, and it is white "reflective" pine board. My problem is the lighting, first I used a cheep "$40" red/blue LED slab...The first few plants were terrible long stemed and basically feeble. I read up and asked questions etc. and decided that Grow lush 400w with balast, would be the answer. My problem is now with all the advertising and surgestions/opinions online I'm now worried about the electricity consumption, does anyone know how much running something like this 24/7 to start with then 12 to 18 hours a day when "flo…
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Sorry for starting another thread, everything is perfect with my pc case all I need now is a damn 12 v DC charger. I've looked through my entire house found about 5 old phone chargers, most are 5v Biggest one I have is a 9v but that won't run two 12v fans. Anyone know a mplace where I can buy used phone chargers in Melb? would be so helpful just want to get started
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Hey guys newbie here =D Attempting my first ever grow, in a pc case. Everything is going well exceeeeeepppt I am having trouble with my lights, I want them to look exactly like this http://www.rollitup.org/members/icurbyou-24644-albums-grow-box-picture797968-light-setup.jpg but I cannot find light sockets anywhere that connect straight into power boards Just wondering where i can get these sockets?? Or maybe an alternative? I will post a picture of my case tomorrow morning as im too stoned right now. Thanks guys!!!!! P.S. Here's my little baby that I will transfer into the box. Growing outdoors atm under the good care of my papa. The seed is a Feminized KandyKush …
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Hi all. Just thought I'd throw in an early review of the sunpulse lamps. There are a few mixed reviews out there, but I thought I'd update this as ozstoners seems to rank pretty high on google. I'm running a 400w Lumatek digi ballast with a 400w 3k sunpulse in my cab. I'll flip to the 10k in a couple of months before harvest. So far I'm happy with what this is doing. My haze has about 20 decent baby bud sites on her already early into flower even though she's bonsai'd for the cab. The DNA pure Afghan I'm running is a little behind, but she was started later and I've recently overnuted her. I'll update pics of her when she's looking prettier. The consensus seems to b…
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Anybody use a MH for veg and switch to HPS for flower.Do you get much more growth in veg from a MH over a HPS?I only use a HPS at the moment but its all new to me this indoor growing.
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i know a inlet fan is a must, but would i be able to get away with just a outlet fan to suck the hot air out and suck cool air in though the door vents? and the door is also open half the time the light is on....what do use think?
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Hi Guys Please help!!! It's getting close to summer and I'm getting a little paranoid about the 40 degree days and 30 degree nights. So...... I am considering buying a portable Air conditioner. I have a few question before i grab one and was hoping somebody already owned one and could give some advise. 1.can you set a portable AC to switch on, when a grow room reaches a certain temperature ??? if so can you recommend a brand type. 2 if not, is there any sort of thermostat (like a programmable timer) i can plug between the AC and the wall socket to control it???? again if so can you please recommend one to me.
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Hey guys, I keep basing my lighting and ventilation requirements on the cannaversity lighting calculator yet everyone else seems to recommend well in excess. Is this calculator underestimating values and does it need updating? Thanks
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THese lamps are advertised in the latest Maximum yeild and as usual claim we have all been using the wrong stuff all this time.. Have a read anyway. http://sunpulselamps.com over to you people......
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Heya all ill confess straight up im a nub when it comes to growing stuff so recently planted some bag seeds and they are going well but i cant have em outside anymore so i want to grow them in my shed out the back. there are only 3 small saplings - thinking of getting rid of one casue its really small still, so really only looking a setup for 2 plants. ive had a look at the light chart but numbers confuse me how much light in general does a plant need? will a 150w halogen work light give enough? ill go water them every day and all that. so its no big project and i dont care if i dont get a yeild out of it, its more of a test
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Heya all found this site in my random travel searching that has some good pictures and info about growing with L.E.D lights. L.E.D Growing peace out
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I have some PC case fans that I'd like to use for a cabinet grow. With some as intake and outake. Obviously I don't want to have them running off batteries that I'll have to replace all the time. Alternative is to use an old PC power supply and short the pins on the motherboard connector to turn the PSU on. The ideal way would be to have them running from the mains somehow that's safe and secure. Any ideas?
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