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For (hopefully not too far in the) future reference: Last minute forced resin tips.

Another quart for each girl this morning and just a little more LST. They're pretty uniform overall, I think. I will get my 5" flange/collar tomorrow but realized last night that my dinky little timer won't work for this - I was tempted to sacrifice it but, it's not grounded. So, I found a...

All right, dirtbagg, thanks to Quazi's reassuring tutorial (for the exact light I bought), I got the ballast wired remotely from the socket and tested it out - it worked! I ran short of wire nuts so I used electricians tape - temporarily. I used the original housing to contain the mess (and...

Thanks DB, I'll take a look. ETA: Looks familiar! A very detailed tutorial, too, just what the doctor ordered. In addition to heat issues, I want to get the ballast out of there is that it's so heavy! Also, I went with 5" diameter on the glass, duct and fan - I figured, the more air...

Thank you la9. I kyped a couple of photos from icmag and posted them in my journal (not to highjack this thread but, you're welcome to chime in). It's probably not as difficult as it is intimidating, right?

Another 3 cups for each girl this morning, with FNB and molasses. No doubt they'll soon take at least a quart every day which I will gladly give. In fact, I'm looking forward to it, so bring it on, ladies! I've been adding 1/2 hour darkness each day. We are at 18L/6D now. I haven't read of...

The glass, the light, and the flex duct arrived today. Still awaiting the fan. Meanwhile I'll have to figure out how to set up the ballast outside the growbox and build the cooltube.

Mine arrived today. I promptly took it apart with the intent to keep the ballast out of the growbox and now have no idea what to do with all the parts. This diagram is from a different 150 HPS that had a sensor integrated. Does the lower half apply here?

Now 1/2 gallon for both "girls," every other day, is barely enough. I started adding molasses this morning, 1/2 tbsp. to 1/2 gallon with the FNB (1/2 tsp.).

Really nice pics, passiton. Thanks for sharing and contributing to my education. I, as a total noob, woulda guessed male, too.

Each plant accepted a full quart of nuted water this morning. There was not much LST to be done - I don't know if this is normal when switching to flowering, or if they're in shock. If they'd been allowed to grow upright, they'd be 8" or 9" tall. They're 48 days old, almost 7 weeks. My...

I turned the lights off this morning. I was right, I miss even sitting there just gazing at them! Who'da thunk my black thumb could turn so green? LOL I was going to induce the 36 hours of darkness but ... About reducing stretch during the flowering stage, I read a tip on ICmag to reduce from...

They felt a little light again this morning so I gave them each another 3 cups or so, again with the bloom ferts and again, with very little runoff. The veg is getting so dense that I've taken to using a funnel to get the nutes into the perlite without drenching the leaves. I may be having to...

The fan leaves felt kinda crispy so, I gave them each another 2.5 cups of water today, this time with the bloom nute. I almost shut the lights off to begin the 36 hours of pre-flower darkness but instead, I'll wait until I'm able to keep the chamber temps more consistant. To that end, I will...

I've been talking to myself in my journal (linked in my sig, c'mon over if ya want). My growspace is about 40"Wx24"Dx40"H - 3 insulated walls, a 1/2" plywood ceiling and a blackout curtain. Even with an exhaust/scrubber combo, using 6 x 23w CFL's 24/7 creates temps around 85F. Color me surprised...

Thanks, neighbor! I'm at the central coast where the additional heat in the house would be welcome as long as it's properly dispersed. How much of the heat comes from the ballast - as opposed to the bulb? Would this cooling system take care of heat from the ballast, too or, would you...

3 cups again for each plant with very little runoff. If I waited 3 days to water, they'd probably take a whole quart.

Since I'm seeing alternating nodes now, I'm chomping at the bit to get flowering. However, with only 4 cool and 2 warm 23w CFLs, the current 24/7 temp is above 80F. If I bought a small space heater to even things out, I'd have to make room for it AND rig another timer to run the heater while...

Would this light work in a DIY cooltube setup using a BakeARound?

36 hours darkness between veg & flowering Leave the fans on 24/7.