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Do the new Lumatek digital ballasts have some sort of "soft start" built in to them?

on the Titan website, here is why they say not to use the Apollo 8 timer with digital/electronic ballasts: "This timer is not for use with digital or electronic ballasts due to the high in-rush current of the ballast. The in-rush current can be from 10 to 40 times the rated amperage for the...

I have two 400 watt lights right now on an Apollo 8 timer. The 2 ballasts are Lumatek 600 watt digital ballasts. The ballasts are adjustable between 600 and 400 watts, right now I obviously have them on the 400 watt setting. The Apollo 8 timer says it is good for 1800 watts, and right now I...

oh yeah i am using the canna nutrients line. Coco A, coco B, rhizotonic, cannazym, and once i start flowering i will be using pk 13 and cannaboost also. I will use tap water with my nutes, which is what canna recommends for their nutes. My tap water ph is about 8.2, 8.3. one time i actually...

if the ph does drift, does that mean the nutrient mix shouldn't be used then?

why would the ph change? would it go up or down?

cool, thanks. Is there a limit on how long someone should leave their nutrient water sit out while being bubbled and circulated constantly with a pump? Is a week (or even 2 weeks) too long to have plant food sitting out even while being pumped?

Ah, ok. Do you know of any quiet pumps that will do that?

I am growing in coco and instead of having to make fresh food everyday for the plants, i was wanting to just make a lot of nutes at once (maybe once a week-ish) and fill the 5 gallon bucket up and have that food last for a long time. I know it is not good to leave food out for long periods of...

I have a 5x9 tent. When I turn the exhaust fan's speed up, the tent sucks inward. With the exhaust fan at full speed sucking a lot of air out of the tent constantly, does that mean there is less air for the plants inside? Is it suffocating them at all?

is it ok to switch between the amount of "on time" you give them? For example, could I give them 18 hours of light on and 6 off one day, and the next day give them 21 hours on and 3 hours off, then the next day give them 20 hours on and 4 hours off, then the next day give them 23 hours on and 1...

What kind of tent is your plant in? Is it a gorilla grow tent?

I am veg'ing right now in a shed on an 18/6 light cycle (one week in so far). The weather is getting kind of cold right now, so I was thinking of maybe leaving the lights on for the plants to keep the temp up for them because when the lights shut off for those 6 hours, it may get a little...

ah, is there any way to transplant so that there isn't a 2 week delay in growth from shock?

i'm using Canna Coco, it doesn't need rinsing before use. Could I transplant without rinsing any miracle grow off of them? just stick it all into the coco?

my tap water has a ppm of about 315, is that too much to use with the canna nutes?

I started 6 seeds each in their own little red party cup with miracle grow seed starting mix. I am going to use coco (canna) as the growing medium. When I put the plants in the coco, do I have to remove all the miracle grow off the roots or something? And how long should I wait to put them in...

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do I have to suck the water out of each individual bucket or can I put a pump in the reservoir that sucks water out of all 12 buckets at the same time? The pump in the reservoir right now pushes water through the buckets, would it be possible to put a different pump in its place that could suck...

I have the bubble flow 12 bucket system from Supercloset. Each bucket holds 5 gallons of water, and each bucket is pumped water with a pump in the reservoir. I was wondering if any one had any experience with this system and could explain how to change the water in the system every 7 days.