Full organic Sour Grapes clone HPS and SCRoG

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im planning on purchasing a 250w soon.
Its not bad if you put a 150w bulb with a 250w
Ballast?

Also I think I might have some kind of lockout
Or it just might be bugs.

But in what way does the Epsom salt help?
Thanks man and im excited to see
What this grow give you
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Happy growing

hey thanks... I'm assuming the ballast is safe, because i have the convertible model that can use both MH or HPS bulbs, and plus the guy i bought it from gave it to me with both bulbs.

as far as lockouts or bugs there are none, as I mentioned earlier, my friend whom I got the clone from was having Magnesium deficiencies in almost all of his plants, and now with the soil she's in she's been recovering quite fast and growth has picked up to a steady daily pace now. all new growth is legit, with leaves looking healthy and green all the way through, but some of the older leaves are showing the lightened edges that are common with a Mg def. and I don't really expect them to change much cuz it looks like the damage has been done on them.
Epsom salt is pure Magnesium sulfate and I didn't want to add any unnecessary stuff to the soil, especially something as touchy as magnesium, so I just foliar sprayed after the lights out for the leaves themselves to absorb magnesium and I would have to say it really worked the way others have claimed. on all new growth the leaves are full and rich in green color and not showing any signs of lockouts or deficiencies like they were when she first went into soil. My soil mix is very rich in nutrients and by adding the azomite i have added substantial amounts of trace minerals and micronutrients that most soils do not have. My water also has the Calmag+ and I pH every time I water with a digital pH pen. She's been fed at 6.5 so far and I have yet to measure runoff, but I am not concerned because the soil to begin with is pH buffered to 6.8 I believe and the lime I added helps stabilize the pH in the long run. Plus, this is a fully organic grow, so by feeding her correctly like I am, things should run fairly smooth because the microbial life takes over and does most of the work. I will eventually flush around the time i flip for flower, but only once, and if it needs it based on runoff measurements. The accumulation of salts is usually the reason to flush, as they lower the pH of soil, I've experienced that firsthand... but theoretically I have covered my bases with the lime in that area and it really shouldn't be a problem. for example, my last grow i used nothing but the plain soil from the bag - no lime or azomite - and my plants did great with no lockouts or deficiencies until about 2 weeks into flower... and then again, it was mainly my fault because I was using distilled water, which had a pH of about 5.5 and I had no clue about any of this stuff. I do a shitload of reading on here, especially when I run into issues. I tend to be OCD and quite the perfectionist when it comes to any problems I run into, because if I don't feel like I know what the problem is - it bugs me so bad I can't stop thinking about it until I either have a solution or a plan for a solution. sometimes this ends up keeping me up all night with 5 million tabs in my browser and 1,000 bookmarked pages. LOL but thanks for the reply, I type way too much, just be glad you're not here in person getting stoned with me I wouldn't ever shut the fuck up. HAHA!

Looks good. How wide are the squares in your screen?

thanks for stopping by! they are roughly 2x2 inches using 18 gauge wire

Just posting a quick update to show where she's at so far. I'm planning to keep updating every weekend or so, just to keep things rolling
She seems to be pulling out of the deficiency and looking better by the day.
here she is a few hours before lights out...
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copper is not a good materiel for screen. plants shy away from copper. see: "bonsai"

I am using 18 gauge wire that is coated in red rubber. I didn't want anything metallic touching the plant, water and metal usually don't go together. I'm a beginner, but not that naive.