My 2nd Hide from the parents grow-log! CFLs+bagseed=ChEaP!

Hey man, don't worry about the static everyone is giving you. Your relationship with your parents is your own business. I'm hiding my own growing from some room mates, so I feel your pain.

Anyway, I've never heard of anyone using the fert spikes for cannabis, but since you are experimenting I'd say it's worth a try. I've tried the Miracle-Gro ones with house plants and it seems to work. However, you should only use a little chunk at a time to make sure you don't fry your plants. And at this stage in growth, it doesn't look like you should use them yet. Wait until the very bottom leaves on your seedling begin to yellow, that means that they are running out of the nutrients that are in the soil and it's time to give them some nutes.

You might want to think about buying some liquid fertilizers. I'm not sure how consistently those fertilizers spikes release the nutrients. But again, it's your experiment.

Do you know anything about the ScroG method? You might want to think about it with your height restrictions. Do some research on it, it might be the perfect thing for you. Either that or low-stress training.

here some pics of the ballast box again...finally go the holes punched out and now i have it in the growroom, i used the "clamp light" clamp and i put the HPS light in there, hold the socket perfect, so now all i have going is 2 coolwhite CFL and the 70watt HPS

the plants look like shit 2 when i opened it up 2 install the HPS, they just looked really heavy, but no curling, wilted i guess u would call it, i dont know

looks like i need another passive intake, the one i have is 2 small i can tell cuz when the door is closed the exhaust just isnt blowing as hard with the door cracked...so ill add another 2in hole...that should help things out slightly

ballast outside of the box :)

im gonna cut the xtension cord sorter, right now its still 25ft long

i just realized how stupid i really am...

omg i cant believe this...i fuckin wired the light to the box, and the female end is the one that plus into the fuckin powerstrip....how fuckin retard am i

so basically now that im not high anymore i can see that the male end was suppose 2 be hooked up the the cord that goes to the light, therefore you can unplug the light from the electrical box....i did it totally wrong lol, but atleast i got the length were i want it...i need 2 cut alot of cord between the box and the powerstrip...i have alot of slack no need for the whole 25ft

wow i hope everyone tells me what a stupid stoner i am now

hehehe stupid stoner.... man im loving this grow, hope your gonna do some major lsting and topping it will realy help in the small space you working with... did someone answer the paint q? it shouldnt take long for the paint to dry.. just take your plants out paint it and leave it open with the lights on for an hour or so.. or until its dry.. easy as good luck..

bought some stuff from this lil hardare store...surprizingly i like there selection

-another PVC intake $.58
-5x7 piece of aluminum $0.25! making a reflector for the HPS
-those wire connectors...now i have alot of them :) only like $1 for 12
-and a roll of that plumbing "strap" has all the holes in it...gonna use it to hold the reflector, i want a really "airy" reflector...cool the bulb down :)

with 2CFL and the HPS on for about 7 hours the temp was 88F that was with door closed and only one intake hole...so im hoping adding this other intake will help a lil 2 drop the temp

humid about 40%

ithe plants seem 2 have come back 2 life...i can tell it stretched like 1/4 in...thinkin its the HPS

also i need help: how should i bend this aluminum...(look at the 3rd picture i uploaded)
-arch? like a hyperbola or parabola? (thanks algebra class)#1
-crease down the center like the roof of a house? #2
-or like a half circle #3

oturbojoeo40.

Thanks for the pics, Im still kind of worried about trying it tho. With my electrical skills I may end up killin myself, lol. That first pick you posted is that what came from the security lamp, or is that something that you bought seprately? I don't even know what they are so I can't give you a name.

However that list seems shorter than the one from the site, but if it works it works. Good lookin out.

Respect.
G_V

*Anything I post on this site is purely hypothetical, I do not grow anything illegal, nor do I condone any such actions.*

Looks to be just about time to transplant to larger pots, if those blue cups are standard 16-20 oz drinking cups.

You're like MacGuyver with all that electrical stuff! Lookin' good, man! ;)

thnks man...im learning as i go...lol im doing all this ballast shit soo i fiigured id update the lightswitches in my bedroom to new ones...and i was like nah i dont need to pull the circuit breaker...dummy i accidently touched a screwdriver to both terminals...felt weird, i alwaya thought 110-120v would feel a lil different, but then again its the amps that would kill you, just felt like a really high powered electric fence, after i got shocked i felt like i had all this new energy inside me

i think from now on im gonna start unplugging the source of power before starting any work to the circuit lol...would that be a good idea?

Good_Vibs: here is a pics of the lamp on the box i didnt have a pic when it was everything was still intact sorry...the box u see in the second pic i bought that it is used to put into walls for light switches or plug outlets, but the ballast and ignitor fight nicely in it so i bought it, its just called an electrical box

Ok here we go from the start:
-Take the metal cover off that covers all the guts and prevents the guts from being exposed.
-Take all the lil wire connecters off and untwist everywire. (make it easy 4 u)
-Depends on what model you buy but the light sensor on mine was on the shaft part of the housing so i really didnt have to take the guts out to get to it...it just unscrewed and i fucking threw that bitch in a junk drawer...no need 4 it.
-The ballast and ignitor come out of the security light with like 3 screws 5/16 i believe, the ballast it like glued to the house but just wiggle it from side to side and it comes right off, no need to heat it up.
-The lamp socket has 2 tiny screws where the bulb would screw in, it hold it against the housing loosen them and the socket will come off. now everything should be out of the housing.
-as long as nothing has power flowing though it, you can cut the shit out of it...just match the wires up like in the pic...on most systems you buy they wil be the same colors as i mention: 3rd pic
-cord that goes from wall to lil ballast box will be cord #1
-lil cord piece with the female end that goes to the ballast #2
-cord that you add the xtra male adapter and goes from lil female cord(#2) and then goes to the bulb will be called cord #3
-on cord 3 take one end and wire it to the xtra male end...slide the backing onto the wire first, then looking at the back side of the plug i put cord#3 white wire on left, black on right side and ground on the green screw which in the bottom prong. then slide the backside cap to the backside and screw it in place.
-the other end of cord#3 goes to the socket, socket just match up the colors, white from cord3 to white socket, black from cord3 to black :)
-dont plug it into the power yet!

make sure all your connections of wires have the little twistie caps on them nice and tight!

-screw your bulb in and it kinda flickers and it takes about 1 min. to reach its full brightness, i love watching it warm up :)

i basically followed the instructions from this link:
http://www.drugs-forum.com/growfaq/1151.htm

and i wired it up just like the pics...was scared to turn it on, but if you follow the pics on the page and look really closely you should have a nice homemade grow light for alot less money. plus you can pick cord lengths, where you want to put the ballast, make yoour own reflector, all that good stuff

i just double check everything i do, that always helps i just didnt use the box for the bulb to sit in, i like how i have mine setup, its in a clamp that was for an incandesent bulb, i just unscrews one screw and the clamp came loose then i slide it over the socket for the hps bulb, the socket was a little bigger but i just tightened it down and it gripped it just fine :)

i hope that i help clear anything up...i just thought it was 10 time easier to do this than anything, i love little projects like this.

all for the love of mary jane!

also the temps arent really high, i think it would max out at 88-90 at the max!

kinda thinkin i might go buy a 150watt security light or maybe just another 70watt...who knows im satisfied with mysetup as it is