some advice needed

[misk]

just wodnering aabout how much water should actually be in the tank. id say the bucket thing im using is 80-100 litres in total. ive been filling it with 15-20 litres (which is bout 1/4-1/3 of total) and seems to be ok but some advice would be much appreciated.

i noticed yesterday that i have quite a few baby spiders and a few other assorted bugs living on the plant also, is ther a safe way of removing bugs n stuff from a plant?

also how far should the light be from the top of the plant? at the moment mins about 30-40cm away and im using a 600watt hallogen globe. the top leaves r showing a small amount of heat brn so ive moved the light to about 5-60cm away.

cheers.

misk Reviewed by misk on 05-29-2006. some advice needed just wodnering aabout how much water should actually be in the tank. id say the bucket thing im using is 80-100 litres in total. ive been filling it with 15-20 litres (which is bout 1/4-1/3 of total) and seems to be ok but some advice would be much appreciated. i noticed yesterday that i have quite a few baby spiders and a few other assorted bugs living on the plant also, is ther a safe way of removing bugs n stuff from a plant? also how far should the light be from the top of the plant? Rating: 5

[LOC NAR1958]

Misk your big problem is the halogen. TAKE IT DOWN. It is no good for growing it has the wrong sepctrum of light. You want metal halide for vegatation or high pressure sodium for flowering. I think you can make the whole grow with the HPS light. Gnatrol ar neem oil are what you want for bugs, I don't have to use any yet but that is what everyone uses. Do a search on bugs to find out more. Hope this helps. G,Day mate

[misk]

yer i don think its a halogen lol
its a metal halide i think, like u said in ur other post

[LOC NAR1958]

Cool but you need high pressure sodium for flowering. halide will be ok till you can get one.

[misk]

its a high pressure sodim globe not metal halide

[LOC NAR1958]

Great, it's 10 in the morning here what time is it there ?

[misk]

lol midnight

dont mind me....just nicly baked

[Garden Knowm]

with adequate air flow you should be able to have the ligh between 25-40 cm from your plant.. place a fan blowing on the area between your light and the top of your plant... have it at a slght angle so that it is blowing upward....

every 30cm the light looses half of its effefective lumens/growing power... this is why it I so important to keep the light close to the tops of your plants... using a 1000 watt hps bulb, every plant within 25cm inches will/should produce a main cola of 20-30 grams...

I have repeated this over and over yet few take this advice... even though I posted pictures of a cfl grow with a 15 gram cola...

iloveyou..

FANs.. many many fans.. are key..

iloveyou

[misk]

thats fukn awsome i dont have the room or anything to put a fan with this grow, but i will definatly install one for my next.
cheers