my 3 stages of flower

i love hortilux , but not in digital ballasts. ushio now. and after having a magnetic ballast flame out on me ill never have another. my total footprint for 3 side by side systems is 52"x96" which has been great for 2 1k's and i recently got rid of my air cooled reflectors, bought a light meter and parabolic reflectors that allow tons of adjustment for best spread. with the barabolics i can only run 2 over my area so im not sure what ill do with the third ballast i just got, maybe run a bare mh at times.

da man,

what are your room temps and humidity during veg and flower?

I don't have a c02 generator, is it a must?, which one do you recommend if i were to get one?

I have alot of competition here in Holland, so I must do well, this is why I ask many questions and try to improve evreything, no one does this system here.. They just like doing it the professional and traditional way. but we have some amazing commercial greenhouses for agriculture..the owner of the coffee shop were I work here thinks I am crazy with this setup and said i disrespect the industry with the hideous double veg box!. But if I can do in a small room what can be done in a full greenhouse..this will change the industry here. If I am successful, I will be ready to run my own place because I have a license already..I also am trying to help make Sampsons oil to be researched by a private lab that we know, but I need my own shop and have to fund the research and they said they would do it. This way we can have factual evidence published on the web by a reputable med lab backed by a known an published grow environment.

Also I donate all the un used hemp to a local company that makes t shirts from them and send them to dis advantages children all over the world.. Every morning I put free tea and dutch pastries for everyone who needs to eat...This is the best way to start the day.

So SB/SS system... lets do it!

so yes, thank you again.

veg room stays 75-78f and 60-70rh. i use t5s only and cloner sits off to side . flower room is 82f lights on(at plant level), 68f off. humidity is 50-60%. i use the minigen co2 generator that runs with or without water cooling and turns on at 1050 and off at 1100ppm. i do not use the water cooling because the thing really doesnt put out that much heat, and also runs very little. my room is so sealed that when lights go off co2 will be around 1000ppm and 12hrs later at lights on it will be 850-900 since plants dont use it at night. i have all equiptment in room, do not air cool my lights, and can easily keep temp at 70 with lights on if i wanted. mini split ac is a growers dream.

Originally Posted by superstoner1

veg room stays 75-78f and 60-70rh. i use t5s only and cloner sits off to side . flower room is 82f lights on(at plant level), 68f off. humidity is 50-60%. i use the minigen co2 generator that runs with or without water cooling and turns on at 1050 and off at 1100ppm. i do not use the water cooling because the thing really doesnt put out that much heat, and also runs very little. my room is so sealed that when lights go off co2 will be around 1000ppm and 12hrs later at lights on it will be 850-900 since plants dont use it at night. i have all equiptment in room, do not air cool my lights, and can easily keep temp at 70 with lights on if i wanted. mini split ac is a growers dream.

hm... thos are pretty high veh and flower temps..

How does you water temp suffer from this...

I usually keep veg at 69-72F and the water stay the same... no need for chiller.. this is with dwc offcourse.. Will see how it pans out in the sb/ss system.

i am not sure if I want to invest in a co2 just yet.. Seems like much needs to be done to have it running effectively without messing with temps.

keep enviroment temps that low will not allow full plant potential. roots need 10-14 degree difference from top of plant. my res's dont suffer, they stay perfect and plants dont suffer. use a chiller or ice bottles.

I threw in a 02 bubbler to the flowering res. Didn't see you had that?
I will up the temp to 74f, I got dwc running now for the cuttlings..

lets go!

no airpump or stone needed in the rail system, and the botanicare nutes dont like it.

Originally Posted by superstoner1

no airpump or stone needed in the rail system, and the botanicare nutes dont like it.

heh.. I was really oging to do it. You saved me the hassle..

So does botanicare not like DWC then?