first grow with 150 watt hps with pics

hue jazz · Sep 8, 2010

hey this is my first grow on some angelmatic from the ministry of cannabis. i have them under a 150 watt HPS light. i also have a small florescent light for side lighting. i hope thats enough light. i have a vent pumping the hot air out of the light and i also have a fan blowing around the room. any advice is welcomed.

upthearsenal · Sep 8, 2010

the side lighting isn't needed. you have enough for two small plants, but what i would recommend is close up your grow space and all the HPS light will get reflected back onto the plants

hue jazz · Sep 8, 2010

what should i close it with. im guessing i need some sort of reflective material?

upthearsenal · Sep 8, 2010

yeah, you have many options. you can build something or buy it. ie. build a frame and add your own store bought mylar, or you can't purchase a mylar grow tent

hue jazz · Sep 8, 2010

I looked at amazon and those tents are like 100+ dollars. why are they so expensive?

hue jazz · Sep 8, 2010

would this emergency mylar blanket work?
http://www.amazon.com/Emergency-Myl...B-12/dp/B000FWAX00/ref=tag_dpp_lp_edpp_ttl_in

upthearsenal · Sep 8, 2010

idk why they are so pricey, it's a ripoff. but check this out:

http://www.bghydro.com/BGH/items.asp?Cc=MY&iTpStatus=0&Tp=&Bc=

i'm getting some of the b/w poly soon myself.

i've heard about the blankets being okay but i've never seen something comprehensive. you should just go with the more reliable, and if you do it's not a huge price jump

Bonzi Lighthouse · Sep 8, 2010

Couple yards of this will do the trick. Build a frame out of plastic pipe from HD and use this fabric for the walls.
http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/productdetail.jsp?CATID=cat3217&PRODID=zprd_07962533a

upthearsenal · Sep 8, 2010

idk, wouldn't that promote mold considering the material

Bonzi Lighthouse · Sep 8, 2010

The B/W Poly is best but some people have a hard time finding it.
http://www.bghydro.com/BGH/itemdesc.asp?ic=HLMYBWP%2F025&eq=&Tp=

hue jazz · Sep 8, 2010

really? i thought mylar was better. This site that sells both mylar and poly and they're wayy cheaper. thats where i bought my light btw
http://www.htgsupply.com/productsubcategories.asp?categoryID=6

Bonzi Lighthouse · Sep 8, 2010

Depends on what you want to do with it. Mylar is great for lining walls, poly is good for walls and light proofing.

upthearsenal · Sep 8, 2010

mylar is better, but you want to put it on something, unless you get the thick kind. the poly can be a wall itself.

i've never shopped with htg but good find

hue jazz · Sep 8, 2010

thanks, im probably gonna experiment with mylar first and if doesn't work so well ill get poly.

upthearsenal · Sep 8, 2010

good luck man, hope your grow works out great

doowmd · Sep 8, 2010

I bought some of those blankets off of amazon, like $12 for 15 blankets or something like that, but their a little bit of a pain to get up, like a previous poster mentioned, the best thing to do is attach it to something then put that up. For instance you could get a couple pieces of plywood, tape the mylar blankets to those and make a small room/closet/box or whatever w/ them.

hue jazz · Sep 8, 2010

thanks for the help guys. ill probably post up more pics when they grow bigger or when i get the mylar up.

mistaphuck · Sep 8, 2010

Bonzi Lighthouse said:
Couple yards of this will do the trick. Build a frame out of plastic pipe from HD and use this fabric for the walls.
http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/productdetail.jsp?CATID=cat3217&PRODID=zprd_07962533a

you dont want anything than can harbor moisture other than soil in your growroom. fabrics are not good to have.

hue jazz · Sep 8, 2010

i have a few more question, since my plant is an auto flower should i use a timer? right now i have it on 20/4. ive heard that you could just use 24/0 on auto flowers is it true? which is better and what should i do with the lighting when it starts flowering?
Thanks

upthearsenal · Sep 8, 2010

if you are going to use a 24hr ON cycle then no, but if you want some dark time, yes you need one. i have autos at 18/6, i feel like they used the dark time to really use up the energy they've absorbed. you also want to keep the same light cycle throughout the entire grow

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