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Now if I only had a hat. J/K. Thanks for the tip on the party lite. I must admit I was tempted to go that route until reading your post and learning the reason not to. I've been on Hydro sites for the past two daysl but cannot find a green lite. I google "green light" and get either party...

Is nobody using night vision in their 12/12? I cannot imagine my situation being unique. I have checked the search feature and find nothing other than "don't use blacklites...use greenlites". But where can they be found?

Thanks Bigd....and you are right; there are many variables that need be considered but I was asking based on a (somewhat) typical 8 week strain. I now can see that I have been racking my brain looking for an answer that does not exist..or at least does not compute. I'm thinking the only way to...

Pretty sure Al B's perpertual harvest happens every two weeks..no? In this example....I'm hoping to harvest four plants ONCE per month. I'm also hoping someone can clue me in on when to take the FOUR clones and when they should be put into veg to make this grow happen. If I was looking at...

I'm either too stoned or...worse. Having a hard time figuring the logistics of a perpetual grow that i would like to put into motion. Your help would be greatly appreciated. I have 2x 430 hps 2 x 600 hps 1 400 MH (in a 4x3 cabinet) 1 flour growlite above a 4...

I understand plants are not at risk when exposed to green light (while dark in 12/12). Because of scheduling, it is necessary that I visit the crop while in their dark period. I have read that the light has to be a certain type of light (not a "filmed" party-type light)) but I cannot find one...

FMJ, thanks for the word. I was able to get the temp in the growroom down below 90...so considering I'm all set up with the 400, I'm gonna chance it for now. I ended up hooking up a 465 vortex to exhaust the box (!). Noisy as hell but cooling things down. Inreresting that you grew the C99 and...

I appreciate all of the excellent replies. This idea of 80 degrees eing optimal has always perplexed me for the reason (*Thailand) mentioned above. However, One has to think that those Thai buds might be even better if NOT subjected to such heat. As an aside...I looked at some buds in the...

Wow. Nice plants and set-up. . Were they all grown under these t5s you mention? What would it cost to replace the 2 430s with t5s (in order to get the same results) ? Thanks for the reply...stoked with your set-up!

Aloha, In my 10X10 12/12 room (800 cubic feet) I am (only) running two 430 HPSs. I have a 265 cfm pulling in ambient air temps of 85 degrees and a 465 Vortex pulling from the lights and exhausting out by way of carbon scrubber. I also have a smallish passive intake. No matter what I do i...

What about this "topping off" method? In my case, I am using a 12 gal res (waterfarm). It's been awhile since my last grow, but I recall just adding PH balanced water for awhile after adding nutes. Can anyone help with this? I hope it was OK I asked this in this thread...thanks.

I ended up disconnecting the Vortex. I also have a simiiar fan set-up on a scrubber. I was using the vortex to exhaust my (4) 430 hoods and the scrubber exhausts out of the room. So I disconected the vortex and exhaused the hoods into the scrubber. Will this damage the charcoal or is this an...

Another great reply. Thanks Potlike.

Thanks for the great replies. After dicking around with this thing since my OP, I agree.... it's just loud. I do have it hanging from bungeees and tomorrow I'll think about some sort of encapsulation...like a box as suggested above. Seems to me the fan is internally cooled as the air rushes...

Any tips on how to quiet a Vortex fan? I think it's a 465cfm. It's new out of the box and is very loud. Insulated ducting is probably the easy answer but even the intake is crazy-loud. It's an "inline fan" so would mounting it between duct hose quiet it as opposed to mounting the fan directly to...

The waterfarm buckets are like 10-12" sq. and 16" tall (with the inset). I love this system. Easy and productive. One tip before planting: Get a good size drill (1/3" or so) and drill the sh*t out of the red insert thing. Your roots will thank you. While you havethe drill out, drill some holes...

^Consider crotchless. How deep does the light of a 400 penetrate effectively? It is reported to decrease rapidly but some of your pics suggest otherwise. (anyone recall the inverse square law)? I would have thought the 400s and 430s would be better suited for a scrog but now have to rethink...

Cool, and both replies are much appreciated. I suppose common sense dictates two lites are better than one. Just trying to eliminate heat/electrical consumption. Again I thank you both and have a great weekend.

Thanks for the reply. Don't think I've ever seen a 600 mh. Perhaps I should re-phrase my question:: Is one light, on a rail, MUCH less effective than 2 lights that are stationary (over a span of 8 ft)?

Seems I never hear anything negative about the lightrails. I mean....not even; "well, you're still far better off with 2 lights as opposed to 1 on a rail". I will have 2 flowering areas that will each measure about 8 ft long by 3 feet wide and I want to go with 600s. Electrical consumption is...