Got a new bulb

[BlueDragonSmoke]

WoooHooo, got a bulb for my ladies finally, its not a hps conversion like I kept asking about on here. I came across a 400w mh AGROSUN GOLD that gives off light like a hps. But I do still have a Q ...lol.. Has anyone used one of these before? How much red does it give off, it doesnt say, just says 40,000 lumens. It says its the brights warm mh made...You wont believe how I got it ...lol There wasnt no price on it and there was 2 more on the shelf and beside it was 250 mh bulds for sale but all gone so i slid the other bulbs like mine over under the other price tag..lol..$24.59 and walked up to the counter ...lol...she called price cheak and this punk kid came up and looked at the box and took off , came back and said $24.59.....SWEET...and now I got a bulb..:thumbsup: ..was $69.99....was is the KEY word there...lol...can some one help a honky out.....peace

[BlueDragonSmoke]

Plants look different now, color wise. Leaves perked up under the different bulb also. Same temp as befor also....peace

[BlueDragonSmoke]

ya i cant stare at this one like I can the other one...lol....just kidding

[dion]

thats cool as hell man. what store chain did you pull that trick on just for the fyi? ;) oh yeah and btw i know absolutely nothing about it... sry

good luck and happy growing with your new toy
Dion

[justaseed]

i hope it wasn't a mom and pop store that you robbed! i'm a small business owner myself and it really sucks to get robbed when you barely make payroll every week anyway. i am not judging you but the karma of growing with a stolen bulb could really end up fucking your grow.(all males or hermies for example) good luck!

[BlueDragonSmoke]

Luck? lol..I think not...it was a big chain, Alsip home and nursery, and just to let you know , i didnt rob any one the price cheak boy didnt do is job. 250W and a 400W r different...Any way the stock boy could of messed up ...lol u never know ..lol $70 is to much for a bulb anyway....I bet you it takes like $1.75 to make them over seas anyway...lol

[justaseed]

it's all good. the big chains rip everyone off anyway(higher prices/inferior product) call it what it is though, if you purposefully switched a label or bulb to get it cheaper than it was suposed to be that's is robbing. if it was an honest mistake that's a different story. as i said it's all good. the only question is "is the karma you incurr worth the $45 you saved?" please don't take my posts the wrong way, i am not saying you're a thief or anything, people just don't think about the effects of karma when they do things sometimes and still others just don't care. best of luck with your new bulb and i may all your buds be big and stinky!

p.s. stick it to the man!

[BlueDragonSmoke]

WOW, no one out of 52 views knows anything about this bulb? Well i guess ill keep you guys posted then on how much it makes a difference....peace

[betterhomesandgarden]

You have a bulb that adds the color spectrum of a HPS (full spectrum). Thats the answer you already knew though. I have a Hortilux bulb, and it is basically the same thing you have, except that it runs on a HPS ballest and it adds the MH spectrum to the HPS bulb.

BHG

[BlueDragonSmoke]

ok thank you...peace

[BlueDragonSmoke]

One thing I have noticed since I switched bulbs, my plants aint doing anything as far as I can see.. Atleast with the MH on 12/12 I could see a change everyday ....now its been 3 days with new bulb and I see NOTHING....WTF...peace

[BlueDragonSmoke]

Well there doing somthing, or the bulb got hotter than the other one cause 2 of my grow tips on one plant got burned...(frown) the rest are peachy though , will the burned ones recover ? It looks like the white hairs turned brown also ..(frown)...SHIT..peace

[BlueDragonSmoke]

I started my flowering 3-28-06..12/12 at 4-14-06 I got the bulb talked about above. Have been using the bulb ever since, dont know if using the mh for 2 weeks before i got it messed somthing up or what but all I see is a little stretch, its already been almost a month....what gives God i wish my conversion bulb didnt get broke

[BlueDragonSmoke]

Iv seen ditch weed have more bud per stem ..lol

[GrowinGreen23]

just a note and not sounding liek an asshoel or anythign but if you come on an no one replied yet it's ok maybe they don't want to say somethign that could be wrong, but you can also edit your thread to add on to what you previously wrote, just makes it less long i guess you can say, but maybe you're not seeing anythign cause in a way you tricked the plant, i mean you were growing in one spectrum then moved to a larger spectrum....just my take on it though

[postmandave]

If its giving of a lot of heat you dont want it to near your plant and if it is burning the tips you might have a bit of heat sress going on there so get the bulb away from the plant.Move it away about 18 inches and do the hand test.This may be the cause of the plants growth slowing down imo.The postman.

[BlueDragonSmoke]

Thanks man, its like 9 inches from the main tips now and the temp in the closet is 88 and stable with the light on off its 69-72 .. I put a bigger fan in the closet , seems to help... it doesnt get hot on my hand till i get like 3-4 inches from the bulb, I dont know what happen...lol Seems like when i water they grow crazy good for the first 1-2 days then nothing till i water again. there in 3 gallon buckets and i water every 4 days ....Buds r getting fuller now , thank god ...I was hoping this wasnt going to be a waste this grow , with the bulb problems....peace

[justaseed]

i found that with temps above 85 the growth drastically slows. i tried to keep it in the mid to low 70's for optimal growth. sometimes it's hard to achieve this but that is how you get the best growth during flower imo.

[BlueDragonSmoke]

Ok, thanks for the info, well im gonna stick a A/C in the window of the room the closet is in , that will bring the temp down...lol I keep making changes to better my grow and it makes more problems...lol Iv been growing for 10+ years and now im having more problems than ever . I know why though , im trying to get the best yeald for the electric/money spent now , before I didnt care /didnt know it could be a lot better. To tell you the truth, i was happy to get 1/4 oz of dry good smoke off of one plant a year ago. Now I know better, before was a waste of my time....peace