Here's some updated pics of the plants, they had trouble with PH (one was low as 5) so I had to re-pot them with a different soil mix & lots of perlite. PH probelms have been fixed, it was caused by the vermiculite I used in the origional mix, not enough drainage. These pics are from the day after.. BTW this week I put the 2 MV and the 1 HPS in one custom hood, added a dual 4ft floro tube set in the back and made the hood much easier to lift and lower.
4x5 Reviewed by 4x5 on . New log, six plants, first time vegging w/HID All my previous grows were done with cfls and floro tubes, However this time my seedlings are under my 2 175w coated MV lamps and cfls, I finished the remote ballasts and re-oriented the bulbs in their reflectors this week. I must say I am quite impressed, all six seedlings cracked the surface last week under 6 cfls at 18/6; after that week my new hid setup was ready, within 2 days under these lights, all six have a first set of internodes, this never happened to me on previous grows with Rating: 5