Quote Originally Posted by bennay
Hi everybody!
Im an old smoker, new grower
I have 2 plants on the go at the mo (bagseeds) and sarted 12/12 yesterday and i dont even know if they are female! lol any way, I've been lurking the forums for a while now, trying to answer my own questions but now i need some help from you nice guy's an' gal's if your willing

right firstly, my situation;
-----150W mh/hps (hps puts out around 16000 lumens) (I can run both from this balast)
-----2x1.5 feet space
-----whatever nutes homebase sells lol
-----and 2 plants
-----oh and its a soil grow

I worked out that every square foot i have (3) gets just over 5000 lumens each. (I think this is enough to produce quality stuff, just not loads of it)
the plantrs seem to be different strains (one looks like its leaning more sativa the other more indica going by the leaves but the indica is taller!)

i veged them for about a month, they got to about 6-8 inches tall with 6-7 nodes and then i switched to 12/12 my first question is........is this okay? the plants seem healthy and i know you can force flowering any time, even from seed, but i am aiming for about 2 oz per plant and the second question is.........given my situation, is this a realistic target for a new grower? if not can you sugest what i should be aiming for ( i dont wanna get my hopes up lol)

LIGHTING

as we all know HIDs get hot, real hot and i was wondering if putting a thin perspecs sheet between the light and the top of the canopy would alow me to get the plants closer to the light to try and get around the inverse law or would the plastic eat too much light, making the heat gard pointless?

I think thats all i need to know for know (for now at least :P )
thanx in advance for any answers x
Kinda lost me on that question... Could you post a pic of what you have done? That way it would be understood what is happening or not...:hippy: