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It's a magnetic ballast, makes a bit of noise but I don't have any comparison to tell if it's excessive/problematic. The globe has probably been handled but only used for a few hours, I don't know if storage contributes to any degradation in the meantime. But I'll pick up a new globe and see...

Hey guys, I'm an experienced outdoor grower, this is my first sincere attempt at indoor growing so I'm a newb in that respect. I purchased a Growlush 400w kit (lamp/ballast) with a cooltube about a year ago, tested it & everything was fine though I didn't have to room at the time to put it to...

200sxy: That sounds like a great idea. Where did you source the equipment? I'm having a lot of trouble even finding things at Bunnings. It seems like WA is missing out. Would be a great idea for the next grow though, I'm not sure if I can get anything bigger than the 60l bins I use for the...

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/perth-swelters-in-the-summer-heat-20110225-1b8fh.html "20 consecutive days of temperatures above 30 degrees". Have to bow out of shrooms until it cools down... Pictures are at week 4 of flowering (Saturday), update is the mid-week check (done this...

Midweek check & everything looks good, the Trainwrecks & NL look great! My only concern is the large Kush (and starting to show on the WW), there's a lot of yellowing on the large (specifically lower) fan leaves to the point of them dying/crumbling off. I guess I'm lacking nitrogen so I might...

watchm3spec: Checked out your grow man, looking really good over there! I've heard a similar thing about Sativas, I've been looking into landrace strains recently trying to figure it out but decided on some Indica suited to dry/hot conditions (only for this additional grow). The things that...

Blazn: Let me know how those solar pumps go. It sounds ideal, would really like to try one myself. I'm curious about 2 things: can you run them off a timer? and are they loud (as it's dead quiet where I am, so any sound is potentially amplified by comparison). The timers are run from 2 AAA...

Plot 1: White Widow (about 5.5 feet, week 3 flower) Master Kush (also about 5.5 feet, stems broke apart (wind I guess), tied them back together with a horizontal splint at the division) Plot 2: White Widow (about 5 feet high, week 3 flower) Master Kush (about 4 feet high) Lemon Skunk...

I'll do this in 2 parts (having some issues with the site or connection). I've got a new camera, so time for a decent update. At the moment it's week 3 of flowering, the only issue recently has been losing the final Lemon Skunk (last week). Heat stress seems to be a real issue on these as I've...

I was considering the same thing (solar pump), I wasn't too sure how they work & how reliable they would be (the few I looked at were from China, I was concerned there could be issues during the grow). I'm thinking of testing one during winter & if it were to work out well enough then use it for...

The plants are still coming along, a few issues with the camera but everything's starting to flower, Plot 2 is lagging behind but they're starting to stretch. By Easter I'm hoping it's all done. It's hot as fuck here, days are reaching into the mid-30's a lot of the time, water is becoming an...

Hey guys, I'm into week 1 (or 2) of flowering with my guerilla grow, I was planning on using Manutec "Bloom Booster" as it seems to be the standard recommendation for use in Australia and the NPK (6.19 - 14.64 - 16.80) seems ideal. Anyway, it's been hard to find in WA (not stocked in Bunnings...

Thanks for the comments guys & sorry about the lack of updates. Really busy at the moment and these plants are just going through the motions... A lot of these have shown pre-flowers and a few budsites so they'll start flowering soon. On that note, I have no experience at flowering these...

Missed some updates, everything is running pretty much as expected. Plot 3: Top RH - NL 5 x Haze, the other 2 - Trainwreck Plot 2: Master Kush (replacing the old Critical +) White Widow Lemon Skunk Purple Power Different leaf characteristics: White Widow Lemon Skunk Plot 1...

I don't have any decent photos, but here's a quick video to give an idea of the flow (with only a gallon of water in the reservoir). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl9sFs2-Yts For nutrients I'm using liquid Manure/Blood & Bone/Seaweed/Fish Emulsion mix (covers basically the whole spectrum)...