Home | Community | Message Board


World Seed Supply
Please support our sponsors.


Welcome to the Growery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!

Shop: Original Sensible Seeds Autoflowering Cannabis Seeds, Bulk Cannabis Seeds   North Spore North Spore Mushroom Grow Kits & Cultivation Supplies   MagicBag.co All-In-One Bags That Don't Suck, Certified Organic All-In-One Grow Bags by Magic Bag

Jump to first unread post Pages: 1
Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.
OfflineFarByondDrvn
Registered: 04/23/08
Posts: 14
Last seen: 16 years, 5 months
t5 or hps ot MH
    #11310 - 04/23/08 11:35 PM (16 years, 6 months ago)

what would you guys recommend for everyday use....hps...mH....or T5 flouro...power bill is a big concern that's why i want to go flouros...sound like a good or bad idea??...either way im spending roughly 400 bucks on a light so i want to make the right decision

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineHanky
Fat Ladies Bingo

Registered: 04/21/08
Posts: 2,397
Loc: Ass Flavour Pie Factory
Last seen: 15 years, 5 months
Re: t5 or hps ot MH [Re: FarByondDrvn]
    #11447 - 04/24/08 12:56 AM (16 years, 6 months ago)

HPS! MH lights are redundant. Fluros are for children.


--------------------
Coaster Said:  "wut do u post bout flumbooyon"

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflinePipesmoker Elf
Super Coyote
Female


Registered: 04/20/08
Posts: 37
Last seen: 9 years, 11 months
Re: t5 or hps ot MH [Re: Hanky]
    #11509 - 04/24/08 04:50 AM (16 years, 6 months ago)

Quote:

coda said:
I've used a 400 watt light, and now im using a 600 watt light, both have provided no problems for me at all.  The total increase for my electricity bill for my entire setup was only an extra 30-35 a month.  I ran two T-12 shop lights, one squirrel cage fan @ 80 cfm, a stanley blower, a 400 watt HPS (the 600 watt light gave me the 5 dollar increase), a 12" oscillating fan, and a 6" stationary fan.




$30 a month is the cost of like one eighth bag. Think about it man! :smile:


--------------------

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineFarByondDrvn
Registered: 04/23/08
Posts: 14
Last seen: 16 years, 5 months
Re: t5 or hps ot MH [Re: Pipesmoker Elf]
    #11645 - 04/24/08 02:30 PM (16 years, 6 months ago)

was the stanley blower for your inlet fans and outlets and whatnot?...see im asking all these questions because im getting ready to move out before too long so i dont even know the space im going to be using...probably either a closet or spare bedroom.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Invisiblecoda


Registered: 04/20/08
Posts: 4,736
Trusted Cultivator
Re: t5 or hps ot MH [Re: FarByondDrvn]
    #11758 - 04/24/08 05:33 PM (16 years, 6 months ago)

the stanley blower helped provide fresh air into my grow room. It was a cheap, easy, and effective fix to a heat issue i was having. I don't use it any more but it was handy when i did need it.

Spare bedroom would be best, closets can present a lot of headaches dealing with ventilation and temperature issues. Plus if you're renting it's not always the best idea to go cutting holes into walls and ceilings unless you're able to do a really nice repair job.


--------------------


MFDoom666: sobriety kills my buzz every time.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineFarByondDrvn
Registered: 04/23/08
Posts: 14
Last seen: 16 years, 5 months
Re: t5 or hps ot MH [Re: coda]
    #12338 - 04/25/08 12:55 AM (16 years, 6 months ago)

yeah i was thinking about cutting holes being bad too...so my idea for my set up is very similar to my old one with a few tweaks...5 gallon bucket with hole in the top for the plant container...hydroton in the container. im going to start the seedling in the rockwool cubes and then into the hydroton. a couple questions i have since the tips of my leaves were yellow last time...should i just put water in the bucket underneath and add nutes when required...or mix it all together??...with an airstone of course for oxygen. and should i just pour water into the rockwool cube until the roots get long enough to reach the water underneath or just put a lot of water in the bucket so it will reach the cube and then just take more and more out as the roots get longer?

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleAuroraBorealis

Registered: 04/20/08
Posts: 239
Re: t5 or hps ot MH *DELETED* [Re: FarByondDrvn]
    #29248 - 05/14/08 06:17 AM (16 years, 6 months ago)

Post deleted by AuroraBorealis

Reason for deletion: Deleting all of this users posts.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineHanky
Fat Ladies Bingo

Registered: 04/21/08
Posts: 2,397
Loc: Ass Flavour Pie Factory
Last seen: 15 years, 5 months
Re: t5 or hps ot MH [Re: AuroraBorealis]
    #30502 - 05/15/08 04:03 AM (16 years, 5 months ago)

As understand it, if your air pump is up to standard there will be plenty of spray and mist from the bursting bubbles and will keep the roots nice and damp uutil they reach down to the water. iIt would probably pay to top water the clone just until roots are visible in the net pot.


--------------------
Coaster Said:  "wut do u post bout flumbooyon"

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleSRH
Male

Registered: 06/15/08
Posts: 33
Re: t5 or hps ot MH [Re: Hanky]
    #57930 - 06/15/08 02:28 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

fuck fluorescent lights, there only place in cultivation is clones & seeds.

You need atleast a 600w HID light for a decent grow, you should get a switchable ballast so you get MH & HPS in one system.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Jump to top Pages: 1

Shop: Original Sensible Seeds Autoflowering Cannabis Seeds, Bulk Cannabis Seeds   North Spore North Spore Mushroom Grow Kits & Cultivation Supplies   MagicBag.co All-In-One Bags That Don't Suck, Certified Organic All-In-One Grow Bags by Magic Bag


Similar ThreadsPosterViewsRepliesLast post
* Lighting hps and mh question
( 1 2 all )
Mrshroom 5,652 21 12/28/12 12:36 AM
by Mrshroom
* getting a 400 watt light (hps or mh) ismokeweed 5,463 13 06/08/13 08:17 AM
by SmokeSomeHash
* hps and mh Calibrate 2,025 4 09/30/08 11:00 PM
by Dr. Penguin
* preferance of MH and HPS bulb brands?? switching a plant from HPS to MH for vegging? Pilze 4,011 9 12/11/09 12:10 AM
by Pilze
* HPS and MH heat Literberry 2,218 6 09/01/10 06:21 AM
by kln
* LED lights-V-HPS and MH cdmc1984 2,779 13 09/13/17 11:44 AM
by cdmc1984
* POLL: 400w HPS *or* 1000w MH for flowering, what would you use?
( 1 2 3 all )
marrbellade 19,826 44 01/27/11 11:33 AM
by scar420
* T5, or...? God 3,843 12 09/14/10 04:44 PM
by coda

Extra information
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics
HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: FurrowedBrow, Magash, Data, Dr. Siekadellyk, phychotron
4,309 topic views. 0 members, 9 guests and 37 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]
Search this thread:
Avalon Magic Plants
Please support our sponsors.

Copyright 1997-2024 Mind Media. Some rights reserved.

Generated in 0.025 seconds spending 0.007 seconds on 14 queries.