Newbie grower need help?!

[DJ Coolbreeze79]

Hi i'm new to growing and have got my self a grow lamp, reflector and a 600 w sodium lamp and some cheap nirvana seeds.

The question is I'm growing in the attic and the light is hanging 3 or 4ft above the attic floor, the light goes bright white when I first switch on and then dims slightly then goes yellow colour, is that ment to happen. Also I would like advice on heating, sometimes it gets warm in attic but most the time its about body temp or above, is that ok or do I need to get a heater and will one from argos do hehe. Hope you can help.

cheers

CB

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DJ Coolbreeze79 Reviewed by DJ Coolbreeze79 on 02-01-2006. Newbie grower need help?! Hi i'm new to growing and have got my self a grow lamp, reflector and a 600 w sodium lamp and some cheap nirvana seeds. The question is I'm growing in the attic and the light is hanging 3 or 4ft above the attic floor, the light goes bright white when I first switch on and then dims slightly then goes yellow colour, is that ment to happen. Also I would like advice on heating, sometimes it gets warm in attic but most the time its about body temp or above, is that ok or do I need to get a Rating: 5

[Powder Puff]

Don't go above 28 degrees Celsius!


And the Sodium, that's perfectly normal!

Good luck

[Sativagrowin]

It takes HID lights about 5 minutes to reach full lumen output. Sometimes longer depending on the age of the bulb and the ballast used. You light sounds normal to me. Sodium bulbs emit a yellow/red light color.

If your attic is at body temp (98.6F) then it's too hot and you need vent fans to remove the hot air. Try to stay under 85 F and you should be alright.

Laterz

[justaseed]

i try to keep my grows in the low to mid 70's. the seem to produce more resin glands at lower temps. at least they do in my grows.

[DJ Coolbreeze79]

It takes HID lights about 5 minutes to reach full lumen output. Sometimes longer depending on the age of the bulb and the ballast used. You light sounds normal to me. Sodium bulbs emit a yellow/red light color.

If your attic is at body temp (98.6F) then it's too hot and you need vent fans to remove the hot air. Try to stay under 85 F and you should be alright.

Laterz

I'll check the temp tonight to make sure what it is.

cheers cb.

[DJ Coolbreeze79]

hi again just took the temp up in my attic and its 20c or 68f is that okay for growing? Also I haven't noticed much growth recently, is a 600w sodium lamp good for growing veg stage as well as the flowering bud stage? I heard a metal c lamp would be good for veg stage but can't really afford one at the mo. what do you reckon?

cheers cb.

[friendowl]

im finding out myself that hps isnt that great for veg.
i got some c99 thats 30 days in veg and they are like an 2 inches tall under 1000 hps.gonna save for mh

[DJ Coolbreeze79]

Yeah I noticed slow growth on my nirvana bubblelicious seedlings, mine are about a month old and look like 2 week seedlings. I've now bought a 600w Metal h off ebay. see if that does any better. :-D

[mand]

Hello CB Yes a 600 watt MH should do very well for vegitive growth
Also if required to a MH does produce enough red light to induce flowering, although it is not as good as an HPS for that job.

I would say that 20c is enough for growing in, mine are growing a lot colder than that at the moment, it does however cause the plants metobolism to slow down if it's too cold.


Good luck .................. love mand xxx