Latewood's 'little guide' to Lighting...No theory, just info!

ohyea i think i saw those ... CFL flood lights right?
they still need a mogul socket, but i guess you can buy the whole fixture as one piece and wire it up yourself

ill have to look into that :D

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thanks for the info lakewood. one question my grow room is 4x6 , can I use a 1000 watt hps. thats 840 sq ft

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.thus getting the benefits of extra light coverage, all around...(I tend to want "bunch" mine close and rotate them 2-3 times daily for good light coverage with only one light) I have 6' light rail now and it allows me more plants and better overall yield per plant.
my flower room is 4x7 and I use 1000w hortilux...

I've aquired a magnatek 150w ballast with a capacitor and ignitor, it is wired together with a cord and a medium socket. what could i use to make a remote ballast?

latewood i know this thread is about lighting but ive been told your th4e man when it comes down to nutes, the thing is there is loads of differant shit around and im looking for one set way to grow i have decided on lst every grow as i like messing with training the plant,so what im looking for is good nute programme i use canna nutes just now and they are fine but there has to be better right, so if you could recomend a couple of your own ideas i will get the nutes you suggest and see what i like , thanks for the time and sorry for hijacking this thread , the postman.

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latewood i know this thread is about lighting but ive been told your th4e man when it comes down to nutes, the thing is there is loads of differant shit around and im looking for one set way to grow i have decided on lst every grow as i like messing with training the plant,so what im looking for is good nute programme i use canna nutes just now and they are fine but there has to be better right, so if you could recomend a couple of your own ideas i will get the nutes you suggest and see what i like , thanks for the time and sorry for hijacking this thread , the postman.

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That's OK...I started this to try and create a dialogue and it started out great, but I don't have tits and I haven't threatened to Kill anybody, so It dropped; LOL. Thanks for bumping it up.

Starting with RO/distilled water...your ph will be much more consistent, if you don't use tap...buy gh or pro ph up/down, you will need it...It is under 20 bucks.

I use 3-part...AN(advanced nutrients) or GH(general hydroponics)
Or...pure blend pro(organic), make sure you get soil or hydro formula, they make each.

1st I add calmag+ to replenish minerals removed by reverse-osmosis process.

I add Liquid karma... you can stop here. LK goes with pure blend pro. this would be a really simple safe 1st time recipe.

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Botanicare's Line(organic)
pure blend pro
calmag+
liquid karma
sweet
..are what I use if I want to grow organic(my tomato's and peppers)

I finish off rez with hygrozyme and all is good.

In the Advanced Nutrient line...For flower, added to above recipe, consecutively...phase II
I add bud blood...1 week only, for faster stronger flower sets

week 2-5 switch to big bud, high potassium

week 6-7 switch to overdrive, releases the oils/resin

week 8 flush no nutes. use AN final phase or GH Flora kleen.

hope this answers your question.

Liquid Karma contains 1/2 the humic acid rceommended for optimum nutrient uptake. So, I also add 1/2 a dose of humic acid. I use Europonic Fossil Fuel. I will warn you, Straight up; this stuff looks like motor oil...It will stain your roots. somewhat. Not for the timid, rof&lmao
later lw

for future reference you can post in Madman goes aero. I will always answer, disregard crap with stormcooker, he has always attacked me without provocation.

the thread was meant to be a build thread, but since Zandor stuck it, jusrt communicate with me there.
Maybe some-one will start talking about light again.

speaking of lights. I now have 1 cool 48" fluoro tube, great for clones/seedlings
4 45/150 cfl's clones seedlings, satellite vegging
1 250 hps son agromax
1 400 mh sunmaster-warm
1 1000 hps hortilux
2 1000 MH Agrosun gold

really, I am posting this time.:smokin:

latewood your a diamond geezer my freind i will follow this to the letter thank you very much, and now to lights lol, right i am using 6 x 85watt cool blue flurecent tubes for clones, (why that many as they came for free from a dear relative of mine) anyway i use a 1000 wattmh for veg but the thing is that my ballast is a 1000 watt mh /hps but i have plants in flower so i cant use the mh bulb , my young plants are under the flurecent tubes , questoin is , how long will they be ok under the fluros until they will have to go under the mh, the plants in flower have 2 weeks or so left and the young plants are 3 weeks old , will they be ok or will i have to go and get another 1000 watt mh ballast , thanks for your time geezer, the postman.

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latewood your a diamond geezer my freind i will follow this to the letter thank you very much, and now to lights lol, right i am using 6 x 85watt cool blue flurecent tubes for clones, (why that many as they came for free from a dear relative of mine) anyway i use a 1000 wattmh for veg but the thing is that my ballast is a 1000 watt mh /hps but i have plants in flower so i cant use the mh bulb , my young plants are under the flurecent tubes , questoin is , how long will they be ok under the fluros until they will have to go under the mh, the plants in flower have 2 weeks or so left and the young plants are 3 weeks old , will they be ok or will i have to go and get another 1000 watt mh ballast , thanks for your time geezer, the postman.

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It seems you have a nice fluorotube set-up...I think as long as you keep your 6 x 85w fl...as close as you can get it, so as to prohibit stretching, you could use these fluoros thru entire veg!
Hell, you have almost 500 watts on' em...I wish I had one of those. a couple of Q's
how hot does it get? your 6 x 85? and, you can find a used 1000 watt MH ballast assembly on ebay for about 50 bucks, if you are patient.

Thank latewood, the clone box is 7ft long, 6ft high. and 4 ft deep, the ballst in the fluro tubes can get quit hot if my exaust fan is stopped, i have inlet vents at bottom of box wi have a oscilating fan on constintley blowing derect to the light , this keeps the temp at 76, but when i stopp the fan rises tramaticaly until i open then it drops to 79 it drops to 7 6when doors
are open, but it works great as when i get the temo so high i omploamate co2 ans it works fer me but i need a flower box with 2x600 watt mh, thanks for your hel, happy growing osirus.

your welcome and thanks for the info on the 6x86's, bro

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