Recent content by fortheloveofgreen209

I am just a backyard tinkerer with a barely 4 x 4 closet framed in an old garden shed. I had a 600w HPS in that room and my temps soared to over 104* in the summer. Don't have enough amps out there to run HPS and an AC unit and a cooling fan. I got the 300w LED system and put it in there, and...

I am curious how much your electric bill is bigbud. In my area, electricity tops out at $.35 per kwh. That would be monstrous electic bill to power 2 1000w HPS plus fans and A/C. Even one 600w HPS boosted my bill to over $600 a month. I am hoping my switch to a LED gets my utilities back in...

I started on a 4 bulb T5 outfit. Got mostly small fluffy buds. Plants LOVE the blue spectrum of the T5 for veg though. I still veg under mine.

Just got my Advanced Platinum DS200 yesterday. I have 3 small Mars OG (2 weeks old) clones in 1 gal pots under it. Started it at 22" from the light to the canopy. Last night the plants were LOVING it. This morning towards the end of the 12/12 cycle, they were drooping, like they were...