New indoor grower

[latewood]

Can you build this light yourself? If not.... Then you should get 1 that is good ta go! Reason I say is cause ya gonna have to get help if ya can't,and you've got a breech in security!

Ga Grown

I totally agree with GaG on this one,

but...If you are mechanically inclined, My step by step DIY pictorial for a 1000w hps is in the growfaqs.

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thanks, GaG for reminding me to safely teach people to build lights. lw:smokin:

latewood Reviewed by latewood on 06-15-2006. New indoor grower Hey ive been growing outdoors for a long time now but due to green harvest being alot more strict i had to move everything inside, well i just started germinating another batch, my question is can i veg the plants outside and then flower them under a hps light indoors? also if i have 15 10" pots side by side 3x5 how big of a light do i need? can i get away with a 400w or should i get a 600w or a 1000w? Rating: 5

[h3o]

Ya I can build it myself i just had to wire and hang a 1000w MH system for my hotels tennis courts, well more like 13 1000w lights. Hmmm maybe i should just grab their old crap :idea:

[s12fever]

h3 how is it? keen as hell to try out a new flavour

[h3o]

ooo sorry i didnt reply earlier, but outdoors the flowering time depended on the season roughly if i planted it now it would bloom around october. also the molokai frost has a kinda harsh taste but is strong imo. Also the plants grew to about 4 1/2' but this was all outdoors too remind you. Got roughly 2-3oz per plant.

[ToKnoIsToGro]

FYI, its a Red Eye Hortilux, as in Red Eye Head shops. You need to start reading LW.

[s12fever]

havnt you got anything better to do? and what do you mean?

[amstron]

mite be a little late, but on ebay, in I bought a ballast that takes 250, 400, 600 watt HPS/MH. you mite be able to get something similar for 1000 and 400, then youd only need 1 light. just a thought

[GaGrown]

I have 400 watt red eyes and they are the bomb,if used with a bit of white or blue light,you complete your spectrum! 78.00 bucks for the red eyes.Free after that if ya get my drift! Red Eyes!

Ga Grown

[Garden Knowm]

h30

hello,

vegging outside and then moving the plants inside for flowering is a great idea and I do not see it as being to much work to move 15 pots... growing a plant outside under full sunlight will produce much closer nodal growth..
indoor growing can not compare...


if you decide to transition from outside to inside you should most definitley get a 1000 watt hps and have proper ventilation so that you can get the light as close as possible while still maintaining a light foot print that covers all your plants... should be about 12-16 inches...

iloveyou

[h3o]

Well the outside to inside thing is a no go, my nieghbor just got busted and he was only growing 4 plants. I just built a box that is 2x3' with 12 6" pots that fit nicely in there, there is 160 watts total of cfl with a lumens of 8400lumens. The temperature is average 90* and 60% humidity, Right now i have 12 plants growing and one just started to show its second node. Also how do you guys water your plants? I usually used a spray bottle, but now i really have no room to spray it good. And one more thing, with this whole indoor thing I can control the flowering right? But I am starting these from a seed so shouldn't they need to mature first? Like maybe 5 weeks vegging and 8 weeks flowering? Anyways I decided to order 2x 400w hps lights I setup my flowering room with a irrigation system so i can water the plants and it will drip outside my grow room, This is in a 6x3' area using 12" pots, height isn't an issue as i have 10' up to go. Anyways if anyone can give me some pointers on how you guys give your nute schedule and so forth that would be awesome, i've been growing outdoors my whole time so this is all brand new to me.