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Northern Spark

Northern Spark

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Since I don't have a reliable source to get bag seeds from, so I ordered a pack of regular seeds from a seed bank. Out of curiosity, has anyone here grown northern lights in an indoor grow?
 
Northern Spark

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oldman60 said:
Have some NL-5 in right now.
4 - 600 watt hid, 8x8 room, soil grow.
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Good to hear, I've got 60w CFL's with 6500k ratings. From what I was talking to another guy was that my plants are probably going to be tall and stringy. I didn't want to break the bank on my first grow, but I'm considering just replacing the cfl's with hps for vegging.

Do you think the 60w CFL will do the trick?
 
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oldman60

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Northern Spark said:
Good to hear, I've got 60w CFL's with 6500k ratings. From what I was talking to another guy was that my plants are probably going to be tall and stringy. I didn't want to break the bank on my first grow, but I'm considering just replacing the cfl's with hps for vegging.

Do you think the 60w CFL will do the trick?
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CFL is ok to start seedling but get at least 400watt hid check ebay for best price.
 
Northern Spark

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One of my concerns is with power companies. I have been reading that a lot of power companies will report unusual energy usages. The total energy bill is around $350 or so a month, so adding two 400w lights going 24 hours a day would equal out to around $60 extra a month. You guys think that would be something an energy company would report?
 
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oldman60

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You would be running 18/6 grow and 12/12 for flower, my power is not an issue
running 2400 watts my light bill runs about $450.00 and I've been growing inside for 3 years.
How many plants do you want to run?
Why start with 2 lights? 1 digital ballast can handle both mh and hps bulbs.
 
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oldman60

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Addendum: The new tech. is in ceramic lighting which does both grow and flower
led's do to but you will need some experience before you go to led's
 
Northern Spark

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oldman60 said:
You would be running 18/6 grow and 12/12 for flower, my power is not an issue
running 2400 watts my light bill runs about $450.00 and I've been growing inside for 3 years.
How many plants do you want to run?
Why start with 2 lights? 1 digital ballast can handle both mh and hps bulbs.
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I'm only going to be growing two plants as this is my first grow. Small beginnings ya know?

I just looked up some led light fixtures... ouch I'd rather go the hid route. But would you need to combine hps with mh? Because I'm not finding any hps that reach 6500k without being 600w+. Home depot carries 100w mh that burn at 4000k (lower than preferable) but more my flavor than cfl's that make weak droopy stalks :|
 
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oldman60

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Northern Spark said:
I'm only going to be growing two plants as this is my first grow. Small beginnings ya know?

I just looked up some led light fixtures... ouch I'd rather go the hid route. But would you need to combine hps with mh? Because I'm not finding any hps that reach 6500k without being 600w+. Home depot carries 100w mh that burn at 4000k (lower than preferable) but more my flavor than cfl's that make weak droopy stalks :|
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You'll need a horticultural light not a security light! go to ebay and search grow lights
you want a digital 400w hid, you use mh for veg. and hps for flower.
You can go down to 250w for a small grow.
 
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oldman60

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I don't know what you are looking to spend but here's a kit to start with:
Sunburst SBE250 HPS/HP E Ballast for around $150.00 this would work
for two plants. (plantlightinghydroponics.com).
 
Northern Spark

Northern Spark

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Yeah found a plethora of 250w mh lights for a decent price, so I'll probably start saving up some dough for a mh setup for a grow or two down the road. Thanks for the information everyone! :smile:
 
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lilzooty

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finally got myself into posting how is everyone here is the grow i got started and going ...quick ? 5x5 min split or portable ac?
1000w,(18)2gal Air pots,Coco vs Pro mix,5x5 tent
 
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Hi Forumites!

What a wealth of information! Complete brain overload!!! Thanks so much to all the contributors. I hope one day in the future I may be able to add something of value here too!

I'm a 20 year consumer of medicinal herbs as a leisure pursuit, but I've now decided that the time has come to dedicate a spare bedroom and some funds to producing them and getting my habit to feed me, rather than the other way around. But I have some stumbling blocks I'd love some help with please...

1) The big issue - I have never been a handy guy with tools and such and I'm shit scared of creating a fire/flood hazard or destroying myself or my apartment in the process! So building a system is completely daunting to me and I have a fantasy of skipping over that part, at least at the very beginning.

2) I can put together some cash right now to invest in something ready to go as long as it is fairly low maintenance and reliable enough for me to "learn on the job". I'm really keen to start, but when I look around online, the grow room packages seem very overpriced. I don't mind overpaying a little, but only if I'm going to get some real after sale support and guidance from the firm. Are there any recommended service providers out there who I can genuinely trust to help me get set up and on my way to a reasonable yield, or are they all smash and grab artists who will desert me as soon as I've paid them? Anyone know a company who will both sell me good "hardware" and offer a good level of support?

3) My brain's being completely fried looking at options like lighting etc. I know for instance I should go for LED to keep my energy consumption under control, but to the layman it all looks pretty much the same and they all say they're the best. Aaaaarrrrrgh! Stressfull!

4) Forum navigation - I've taken a QUICK look at the 101 already asked questions thread, but many of the links there seem not to be active anymore. And for example, in the following thread, the diagrams are not visible to me for some reason: https://www.rollitup.org/t/indoor-growing-systems.694/page-7I just see red "X"s. Is there a best starting point herein for someone wanting to go out and buy something ready to go (ideally with some form of go-to support thrown in)? Have ANY of you ever done this? And if so, did anyone have a good experience getting started?

Thanks in advance and happy medicating. And thanks again to all of you that have created this centre of useful info'.
 
Dloomis514

Dloomis514

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Starting out slow, grew some herbs (literally) in an Aerogarden Ultra in hopes of, well forget that. So i switched over to soil in the Aerogarden but without a hole in the bottom i flooded the grow room. After realizing 2 gallons of water wont fit in a 1.5 gallon pot.

Finally got some WW seeds to sprout, got an SOG going, pretty well actually.

Was using the Ultra LEDs for veg, have a 300 watt CFL in there now. Looks ok i hope

Started thinking about auto watering and saw an article on OLLAs, so I am building one. Step by step in my thread https://www.rollitup.org/t/olla-watering-system-design.845586/

Getting ready to put the clone i made at end of vegging into a Home Depot 5 gallon bucket.

Stop by and say hi, thx
 

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Northern Spark

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Another Newbie question comin' at ya. I was talking to a guy at the local hydroponic store about nutrients lighting etc. He goes on to say after I mention I'm using CFL's that I should switch to MH or HPS especially when I switch to 12/12. I was pretty sure he was talking about growing cannabis, but are there any other plants that using a 12/12 lighting cycle would be prescribed?

I'd have asked, but obviously the last thing I'd want would be to start talking about pot to someone I've never met before.
 
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