well, lets see....

i gess i should start off by saying "hi":dance: to n e 1 who drops by this thread. i beleive this will end up being quite a brute; i have a tendency to come up with the strangest ideas/questions at the most unusual time and places. i shall relate to everything stated as present tense, like i'm actually doing things instead of just thinking them...

more about me later.

ok, i saw at lowe's a 400w hps bulb. i walked around to the fixture isle, but alas! no 400w unit! so, looking at the bulb box, i see a note, "use only with ansi51 ballast". i walk around again, but, alas!! i find nothing that says "ansi51" anywhere!

questions:

what is ansi?
can i get just a ballast, and wire it myself?
how much (guesstimated) would the ballast cost?

~note~ i have sockets for the 400w bulbs. i don't have any idea where to get a 400w fixture, and ordering online is not going to happen.

~hypotheticle scenario~
ok, i have a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend of a.... you get the point. she is currently growing cannabis for medical reasons. for fun, i'll go through this memory in the first person, like it was me growing. ((easier to say me/i than her/she etc.) i don't partake or have involvement with anything illegal; this is all 100% made up. not real.) i have a bagseed plant. about 6 weeks flowering, give or take a week. she was grown outdoors and recently brought inside due to cold snaps.she is budding nicely, buds are starting to fill out but still small, however, i notice there are much fewer trichomes on her buds than on any picture i've ever seen.

questions:

is it normal for buds to lack trichomes; do they form later on?
are there any nutes or other products to increase trich count?
is it normal for buds to be the size of my thumb at this age?

i have recently changed my room arrangement as well. i have 8 blueberry from seed, two cuttings from each. the seeded have been flowering for a couple weeks, i discovered 3 males and sepparated them out. now they are being starved and are dying of thirst ( the bastards deserve more!!) but sadly i've decided that they may be of use to me; i need seeds, so i will keep them alive just long enough to take the friut of their loins for my daughters. but the six copies have gone to the hogs.

well, i think that'll do for now, but don't worry; it gets better! stay tuned folks, same time, same channel, and well see you all later!

love, kp
kindprincess Reviewed by kindprincess on . the complex questions of a perplexed noob well, lets see.... i gess i should start off by saying "hi":dance: to n e 1 who drops by this thread. i beleive this will end up being quite a brute; i have a tendency to come up with the strangest ideas/questions at the most unusual time and places.:p i shall relate to everything stated as present tense, like i'm actually doing things instead of just thinking them...;) more about me later.:o ok, i saw at lowe's a 400w hps bulb. i walked around to the fixture isle, but alas! no Rating: 5