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  1. choop

    does having your tent in your bedroom help provide co2 ?

    does having your tent in an average size bedroom help the plants at all due to when you sleep youre constantly exhaling throughout the night. i run lights at night and obviously sleep at night and its a relatively sealed room with a window ac and no external intake to the room. the ac and heat...
  2. choop

    HELP! defective hps bulb?

    hey guys, got home tonight before 9. my 400w lamp is supposed to come on at 9 oclock... never came on. after 10 min i start wondering and i unzip the tent and plug the plug into a different outlet. the bulb lights up a light purple glow for less than a second then flashes off and never comes on...
  3. choop

    would this modification increase ventilation?

    i ordered some 6 inch ducting just now. i got a tube 25 feet long. i was planning on getting some when i started flowering so i could ensure no light leaks occurred through the passive intake at the bottom of my tent. im pretty damn sure no light is getting in as is but you cant be too sure .i'm...
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    covering top of cool tube with foil to stop light loss?

    hey guys, does anyone know if covering the top half of my cool tube with aluminum foil ( i know, not the preferred option, but if its gonna be touching hot glass idk of another option) will help reflect the light more down rather than having what I'm assuming is a significant amount of lumens...
  5. choop

    electric cost. am i calculating this correctly? seems high

    hey everyone. i'm trying to guesstimate how much i can expect my electric bill to go up this month now that I'm starting using HID and a more power consuming setup. I'm running -400w mh/hps cool tube = about 475 (ballast draws more than 400 from what i've heard) -4 inch inline fan = 115w...
  6. choop

    too many plants for 5 sq ft under 400w?

    hey y'all whats gong on? got my grow under way here (link in my sig) and i'm just considering the setup i have going and some second thoughts i wanted to ask you guys what you thought... my tent is 20x36x62 inches. if you do that math it comes out to 4.98 sq ft. i have 5 plants going now, all...
  7. choop

    Should I use Fox Farm Trio Nutes with this soil?

    hey guys, i purchased this soil for my grow since it was all i could pick up at the time and i am now wondering if it will be worth the 50 bucks to pick up fox farm nutrients based on the fact that the soil says it feeds for 9 months... would using nutrients cause burn since the soil already...
  8. choop

    400w MH/HPS Grow Tent: Afghan Ryder, C99 Hybrid + more

    hey everyone, ordered the equipment not long ago to start this grow. this week it all came in and my babies are already sprouted so here we go. first ill give you a run down of my equipment -400w Cool Tube MH/HPS w/ digital ballast (Apollo brand i believe) -22"x36"x68" generic tent i got...
  9. choop

    Insufficient/Incorrect Flushing Before Harvest= Different Color Ash?

    hey everyone, my friend some time ago was telling me that bud which isn't flushed all the way doesn't burn to a complete stark white color ash when you smoke it. in other words, if you end up with salt and pepper or just black colored ash after a smoke, then a complete flush didn't take place...
  10. choop

    Bubblegummer & C-99 Hybrid | Rubbermaid Grow

    hey guys, moving into a new place in a couple of months that will finally permit me to try my hand at growing again for the first time in a year. my first time around it came out shitty, and this time around i am determined to correct the mistakes i know i made the first time. they were many...
  11. choop

    attitude is fucking awesome!

    hey guys, just wanted to post a thread saying attitude came thru to me on the east coast 100%. first time ordering. got stealth + crush proof tins. well worth it. ordered jan 24 dispatched jan 27 arrived feb 13 tracking is kind of useless.. it is 2 days since i got the package and it...
  12. choop

    264watt CFL Rubbermaid Grow - Diesel Ryder Fem, Gnomo Ryder Fem

    DAY 1 Seeds from Attitude came in today. :lol: -5 Kannabia Gnomo Ryder Fems -1 Joint Dr Diesel Ryder Fem -1 Bubblegummer Fem -1 C-99 Hydrid Fem I am germinating the 1 diesel ryder and 1 of the gnomo ryders now. Next post will occur after they sprout and get planted. I am going to do all of...
  13. choop

    electricity cost of running 300w 24/0 for 2 months

    does anyone have any idea how much it would increase my bill? trying to conserve as much as possible.. swapped out every 60w incandescent at my crib into 10w CFLs to make up for my lights that will soon be running almost 24/0 since ill be growing autos. any advice would be sweet
  14. choop

    New rubbermaid setup COMPLETE.

    okay so after at least 35 hours of running around and tinkering with different ideas to tackle temperature, exhaust and intake issues she is complete. now i wait on seeds to arrive :-) :lol: i previously had it set up with 2 intakes at the bottom with the third fan you now see at the bottom...
  15. choop

    help? recoverable?

    hey guys, i was adjusting my lighting today and left the room for a moment. upon coming back i noticed my cfl tipped and was touching my plant. the lights were OFF but only had been off for a few minutes since they were on all day. i had turned them off to move some stuff around. they looked...
  16. choop

    how is my filter looking? just need help attaching to fan now

    hey guys, just finished making my home made carbon filter after 4 hours of dicking with metal screen and running around to get supplies. the concept is easy but this shit takes more time than it seems like it would. i'm gonna keep my scrubber inside the grow closet. with the lights i'm using...
  17. choop

    Carbon Filter necessary?

    hello all, i am about to start my first grow at the apartment i recently moved into. the bedroom has a walk-in closet about 5x5 feet with a ceiling around 8 feet high. about a 1/3 of this space is occupied with clothes hanging on hangers. the rest is empty. i am currently germinating 9 seeds...
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