Quote Originally Posted by mand
Hello Turtle .................. again Is it growing upwards from behind the leaves or is it growing downwards from the stem

It's not a lttle pod on the end of a stalk is it ................ I just can't tell which way around it is.
It's my age love I think I need glasses


love mand xxx
Mand,
Thanks for the help. I've uploaded a pic for you and Dr. Kaze to analyze. It was growing upwards.

Quote Originally Posted by RastaKaze
Please post again with some pics like the first one on a higher res. if you can..
No problem. Sorry for the delay. My ISP sucks. Here's the high-res pic... 5 MegaPixels... all 1.47MB of it.

Looking at the growth more closely, I think it's only a small pod of leaves... the kind that will expand soon and grow into leaves. What do you think?


Quote Originally Posted by BukDatAss
Turtle Whats ur gamertag do you even play anymore? Man you did a lot of work! its good to see a positive outcome. Oh I wanted to know that bake-a-round tube does it fit a MH bulb????
Yeah dude! I sent you a friend invite... I haven't seen you online. I'm having problems with my ISP... it sucks! But dude, I went to a Halo2 turnament the other day... uff... it was all 2v2... so me and my friend went. WOW! We kicked ass!!! But, we got eliminated against some kids that play Halo2 online 26 hours out of every 24hour day... oh well...
But imagine if we kicked ass, that the 1st game, we won 44 against 8. EIGHT!!! We really owned those guys... Hehehe...

As to the MH bulb, yes, it should fit. Please read my reply to BkSkillz below, I write a little more about that there.

Quote Originally Posted by BukDatAss
OH i was repotting within 2 days and wanted to know what was a good soil mix? did you do the 50/50 perlite/peat moss?
To be perfectly honest, I don't remember exactly what my mix was. Maybe it's in the 1st or 2nd pages of this thread. I think it was typical $1 bag soild, with some ProMix... ??? I'm not sure. But I placed about a 2 inch layer of lava rocks @ the bottom, then I poured the soil on top.


Quote Originally Posted by BkSkillz
wassup turtle and eryone else i just reread your guide to making a cool tube bu decided to cheat my way out anyway i can persuade you to make and send me one of those self made cool tubes for a mh light($$$)dont get to greedy im still broke as the transit system her in ny..anyways my lighting situation is TERRRIBLE im assuming i need a cool tube to run a mh or one of them mogul sockets wtf is that about??? electricity isnt my thing i was getten high those days back in highschool anyways any help appreciated and sorry for semi jacking your thread but what are friends for..and just to think how for a first time grower youve got tons of experience turtle my hats off 2 you(had to add alil ass kissing after threadjacking)..
What's up Skillz?!
The glass tube, it's written Bake-A-Round... an eBay search for "Bake a Round" will provide them for you. As to the MH inside the tube, yeah, it'll fit. At least the one that I have. I've got a 400W MH from "Solar Max". It fits perfectly... the bulb should be something like 2" in diameter, and the tube is 4" in diameter.
As to the "mogul sockets", I have no idea what those are. I got my sockets from the light system I bought. I bought a dual-ballast, 600W HPS + 400W MH. Both ballasts are inside one, um, ballast. Two sockets and two plugs. So it isn't a conversion system, I can run both bulbs at the same time.
From that system, I got the sockets. I discarded the rear "metal bases" for the ceramic sockets, then used those inside the cool tube.

As to building you one, I must say that I really beleive you'd be better off building it your self. I'd be happy to do it, but being 100% honest, I don't think I'll deliver on-time. It's just me... I'm going to pussy-foot it around, until you send me an eMail threatening me with death, then I'll get around to do it.

Again, it isn't that I don't want to, but, I think you'll be an un-happy "customer". But dude, why don't you make it your self? I'll be more than happy to help you out with everything. More detailed instructions. More pictures. Ideas. Etc. I think it'd be best if you do it your self. All you need to order outside your living area would be the Bake-A-Round. All other things you can get at your local hardware store.

Once more, I'd be more than happy to help you build it yourself.

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Thanks for all replies and input my dear friends,
-turtle420