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  1. Hawk

    is it ok too transplant during flower??+++rep

    The day after I started 12/12 lighting I wished my two plants' 3 gallon pots were bigger. 1 bagseed, 1 Kush. I should have just repotted them before 12/12 but I didn't have room till right before switching. I was trying to be sure on id'ing the males (2 of 5 = female). So after 4 or 5...
  2. Hawk

    what to look for in a MH?

    Don't listen to those people. There ain't a damn thing wrong with vegging with a 4000K 400w MH lamp. There are plenty of people who veg under a 2100K HPS for goodness sakes (or flower with MH). With fluorescent lights I'd conciede the color spec of the bulb would/could be significantly...
  3. Hawk

    Need lighting advice for my first grow

    Since your already using a heat lamp (wtf!) just get a 250w to 1000w hid light.
  4. Hawk

    How much light do I need for my box?

    Agreed on 400w with good ventilation. A source of cool(ish) intake air helps too. My space is almost the same at 20.5" x 39". I started with 250w w/ air cooled hood and have upgraded to 2 x 250w in the same SuperSun II hood. I'm using a 440cfm 6" EcoPlus, carbon scrubber, and an unusually...
  5. Hawk

    Adjusting soil pH - am I doing this right?

    I don't think there's a one-size-fits-all answer to that. Different soil compositions can/will react at different rates. One soil might readily have its alkalinity/acidity changed while another will be harder to change. Just depends on what's in the soil. In any case, I thought soils' ph...
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    Adjusting soil pH - am I doing this right?

    Like I said, I just pay attention to the ph of what's going in. I try to use a high quality organic soil and let the soil do whatever it does after I've supplied it with ph adjusted water or nute solution. I use soil and know little about soiless mixes (although I think I've read they prefer...
  7. Hawk

    Adjusting soil pH - am I doing this right?

    I'd get some ph test drops or some other method of ph testing. The nutes I use definitely change the ph of my water.
  8. Hawk

    Adjusting soil pH - am I doing this right?

    As far as I understand, you must ph test a soil sample from the root zone to know soil ph. The runoff ph doesn't really correspond to the soil's ph since the runoff doesn't benefit from buffering components in the soil. I only concern myself with the ph that goes in, not what comes out. $0.02
  9. Hawk

    week 5 flowering!

    looks great what light do you use?
  10. Hawk

    High efficiency lights...

    LPS lamps have an extremely narrow color spectrum. 590nm is pretty much the only color they put out. They're basically monochromatic. Not suitable for plants, IMO. Although very efficient, they're not available in the high wattage common in horticulture. 180w and 32,000 lumens is the...
  11. Hawk

    Are my "extra" lights useless?

    Shouldn't use both at the same time? What harm will come with running a MH and HPS simultaneously? Seems like more of a best of both worlds situation rather than a potentially negative one. Plenty of folks use one or the other all the way through a grow.
  12. Hawk

    Best deal on HPS?????HELP????

    The 150 does have a ballast. It's inside the hood the lamp is mounted in. It's an integrated hood/ballast. Remote ballasts have the advantage of allowing you to keeping the hot ballast away from the plants. FWIW, I've got a Lumatek 250w (digital) and a C.A.P. 250w (magnetic). The digi is...
  13. Hawk

    What size HPS unit do I need for 8 sq.ft?

    Good choice I think. I'm in 5.5 sq/ft. First grow was with a 250w Lumatek and I finished with 5.75oz with three plants (.65g per watt). I've since upgraded to a dual 250w (two lamps in one air-cooled hood) setup in the same space.
  14. Hawk

    nugbuckets CFL grow, Diesel, DieselGum,Trinity

    Great thread. The whole way through I'm thinking--I'd like to see what he can do with HID lighting. Love the cab! Looks like great craftsmanship and design. Did you ditch the mirrors on the inside?
  15. Hawk

    awsome blossoms

    I've used. I'll use it again. I don't specifically know what it did or didn't do for the plants. But it was included in my Technaflora "starter-kit", I followed Technaflora's general directions, and I had good results.
  16. Hawk

    2 250 watt hps lights/pound per plant??

    The grow area is 20.5" deep, 39" wide, 60" tall. 5.5sq/feet. Here they are just before harvest. Those pots are 3 gal and 9.5" tall from the ground to the top of the rim, if that gives you a sense of the overall size. I'm sure they were all easily under three feet tall. No idea. It was...
  17. Hawk

    2 250 watt hps lights/pound per plant??

    I started LST when they were a 2-3 weeks old.
  18. Hawk

    2 250 watt hps lights/pound per plant??

    Well shoot. I don't know why my pic isn't viewable to others. Try clicking on my user name. Should take you to a page where on the right hand side there's an "album" box. In that box is a link to my albums.
  19. Hawk

    2 250 watt hps lights/pound per plant??

    No. Their already uploaded and in my RUI "pictures and albums".
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