od, i totally went about going bare bulb the wrong way. with just the bulbs hanging vertically the ac had no problems at all and could still drop temp if needed. then i built a new 5'x10' veg room connected to the flower room(sharing the 10' wall) and made two seperate vents along the bottom of the wall to draw air into the veg room and used my 6" vortex to draw hot ait out of veg and into flower room. still the ac handled it but there was no more room for more. then the parabolics went up(love them) and flower room temp was perfect all around except for the plant canopy directly under the parabolics, all that heat was directed straight down. so the solution worked perfect. i made a new icebox and took advantage of my chiller for the res's and mounted it to the fan blowing back to flower room. it easily drops return air 12-15* and chiller res still stays at 61. but that still had me worried about canopy and i made a 6"-2 4" hoses and mounted them to the parabolic hoods where the cord exits and done. ac is back to not working as much and canopy is perfect. my yield took a huge hit, worst 2 harvests in years, but the next one looks to be back on track, the light is much more intense with the parabolics than any other reflector ive had.
Looking good SS! I too love the bare bulbs..only way to grow IMO. Also..have you ever tried Drip clean? Ive been using it for the past year without ever flushing (not even between veg and flower) and my plants never get locked out, or have deficiencies. I used to break my back flushing all the time when somebody recomended it. I will never look back. Stuff is amazing!
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hawk its good to see you. to tell you the truth, with the levels of nutes i run i have been testing with only flushing before last res change in flower and i am seeing no problems. i remember you telling me about that product but i just hate to add anything else to the schedule at this time, plants are loving it. my harvests before the last two were hitting heavy yields for this setup.
SS,
weren't you saying something about how you use certain 2" net pots because not all of them fit well?
with the 2" cutouts which ones fit best?
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the hydrofarm net pots are by far the best i have used. plantlightinghydroponics.com has them 200 for $20.Originally Posted by oceangreen
I'll look into it. I have cylinder tubes, so trying to find the best ones for those.
I was looking at these.. thoughts?
http://www.hgsdiscounts.com/524.html
I make my own atm but got some leaks from them....never thought it would come to it. haha
off topic: i love the 1 on 5 off times
Last edited by oceangreen; 07-16-2012 at 06:40 PM.
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i have had those, they have a very small lip and are very flexible. you can use the small dixie cups from the grocery store.
small lip you say...
thats no good then...
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Yeah, I screwed up and got some Botanicare ones I think and they are a tiny bit too big! Hey SS, send me a hundred each, red, purple, pink, green/black, and blue/black collars! Pm me info!
I tried to cross a Weinner dog and cat once, you know, to get a Weinner Cat, but you don't get a Weinner Cat, all you get is a Weinner dog with lots of scratches and a dead cat!!
haha, oh well. Yea, you guys are a great bunch of guys... I would be getting the wrong gear, left and right, if it wasnt for SS..
ok, i am going with the HF 2" nets....
So is this where everyone is posting now?
where are all the other guys from SB's sites...
I am asked a mod if he could do a sub-forum for us... Maybe that can happen..
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