A Fresh Noobie !!!!!

[Starseed]

Starseed - I do have some money to invest towards the growing and so far i plan on getting 2 HPS 400w lamps but is that good enough for veg. stage?????

I would recommed 2 HPS 250w lamps with hortilux bulbs and 1 400w MH.

The Metal Halide light is much much better for vegging plants than the High pressure sodium is.

The HPS is good for flowering your girls, wich is why you need 2, to achieve some really big buds you can do a 2:1 HPS:MH ratio.

Goodluck -starseed

Starseed Reviewed by Starseed on 10-12-2005. A Fresh Noobie !!!!! Whats up guys Im just waiting for my Northern lights x big bud seeds to arrive and grow in my closet. IM a big time noob i never grew before so im taking in as much info as possible. So experts please help along the way!!! I will be posting as many pix as possible :p Rating: 5

[Joel]

hey buckdatass..

we're kinda like a fraternity here so there are 2 tings you should know...

1. you need to send all of us 1 gram of weed a week.. (just for your first year on he board, we're not dicks you know!)
2. Joel will be your big brother and he will answer all your questions to perfection!
3. you are not allowed to get offended.... EVER...


i love you

Since we're such a fraternity, Garden Knowm here is the Godfather. Please direct all your problems to him, as they will all go away because of his magic green thumb.





Bigbrother my ass.... LOL

[BukDatAss]

Thats cool i bought Schurltz take root today is that any goood for cloning?

[BukDatAss]

Are 2 of these good for lighting

[Starseed]

I really cant distinguish what it is in that picture so I wouldnt be able to tell ya.

I use rooting powder, works great for me as I used it on 64 clones 100% success.

I guess that will do the same job, maybe less of a success rate.

Goodluck.

[BukDatAss]

Its a metal halid for the HPS bulbs? so do you think it will work well

[Starseed]

I would not recommend that because of its reflector, it doesnt look like it would be able to reflect the light over all of your plants. If you're just growing 1-2 plants, sure that would work, if not, get a better reflecter.

[BukDatAss]

HELLO guys please HELP I bought a 400HPS BULB(was lookin for the 400MH as well but not instock) today at HD and noticed that they have no sockets or light fixtures for it. I went home and saw that these kits range up to 300 bucks. Man im thinking i should just go with the CFLs for veg like 5 42w CFLs for veg instead or the 400MH just cause i cant afford the fixture for it. So my question is how can i get away with getting the 400w HPS bulb to light up with out having to spend like 200bucks??????? by the way i plan on growing around 4 - 6 plants

[Joel]

http://cgi.ebay.ca/HPS-HYDROFARM-100...QQcmdZViewItem

1000w HPS for 71$ American. World wide shipping.
As for the kit .... worth the money brother.

Unless some one here thats know quite a bit about electricity might be able to tell ya how to wire it up so it runs.

Best of luck to ya.

[Doobie Joint]

I don't think that you can make a HPS work without the ballast, it's just way to crazy to be on it's own. As for trying to cut costs. Instead of buying HPS and MH, which are the two most expensive lights out there, invest the 200 an the kit for the HPS, and then combine it with cheap CFL's (compressed) flourescents. They have lots of blue light for vegging, and will help with stretching, and you've got a sick money light for flower (the HPS). I bought a sweet 125w full spectrum CFL for 80$ CND and I love it! And don't forget, any money you invest will just mean sweeter (and bigger) buds, and at weed prices these days, I am sure you will even out...and then some.