Aussie Growers Thread

Miyagi

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Hey seedy. I will only be doing specific crosses with particular goals in mind coz I don't have time or space for random and a whole lot of hunting through thousands of plants. There wil be plenty of seeds for RIUers to try out but I just want a few good f1s to bx and lock down the traits I want. It will be awhile
Already answered brutha:bigjoint:
 

forgetiwashere

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on another note guys i have now finished trimming my sun maiden, 3 morning glories and 1 bubba kush. and i have taken 1 thing away from this grow worth noting.

400w cmh shits all over 600w hps.
 

Miyagi

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Haha speaking of waiting, somewhere back there I got over 1000 posts. One day I might be as good as some of you dudes!
 

forgetiwashere

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yeah i want to swap all my lights to cmh but then what the hell would i do with my current lights? although im toying with the idea of a hps cmh combo grow in the future
 

forgetiwashere

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yeah light mover is something i have been looking at for a while now. i reckon that would be a very effective way of increasing yield
 

Miyagi

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I've seen a grow with 2x600s on movers that pulls 3-5lb regularly, sog with a lot of plants in a tray but I was impressed.
 

flowamasta

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on another note guys i have now finished trimming my sun maiden, 3 morning glories and 1 bubba kush. and i have taken 1 thing away from this grow worth noting.

400w cmh shits all over 600w hps.
yeah i want to swap all my lights to cmh but then what the hell would i do with my current lights? although im toying with the idea of a hps cmh combo grow in the future
can you point me in a direction on ebay for cmh?? and just a query, yo say 400cmh shits over 600 hps, in what way cheers forge, oh and can you get 600 cmh?? need a different ballast for cmh? or runs on magnetic coil? or am i in need of a damn digital ballast? just lining things up for next grow.
 

forgetiwashere

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u have to get them sent over from the states
they dont make a 600w yet but its on the cards shortly i believe

heres a shot of the difference in spectrum between a 400w cmh and a 400w hps

View attachment 2196889

also they put out much more par light than a hps.

the other advantages are that the cmh runs cooler keeping temps down in your tent.
the biggest difference i noted is that all the lower buds developed fully under the 400w cmh i didnt throw anything out. the 600w hps in theory should have better penetration but it just doesnt i ended up throwing out heaps of the lower buds under my 600w.
also the plants just seem happier in general, tighter node spacing in veg and i reckon the buds just seem to be a bit more solid and compact aswell. although that could just be the strain

do you have a 400w ballast lying around? if so im thinking about buying a few cmh bulbs in bulk to save a bit of money in the long run so i could probably get one down to you. they are about $60 but the postage is killer so if i could buy in bulk i would save loads
 

forgetiwashere

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i should mention that i had a pretty shitty 600w bulb though. i normally use a sylvania grolux 600w, but it crapped out on me in early flower and i switched out to a growlush bulb that i just had lying around as a spare and never bothered changing it back to a better bulb. the growlush bulbs are widely excepted as shit bulbs that effect yield
 

flowamasta

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i should mention that i had a pretty shitty 600w bulb though. i normally use a sylvania grolux 600w, but it crapped out on me in early flower and i switched out to a growlush bulb that i just had lying around as a spare and never bothered changing it back to a better bulb. the growlush bulbs are widely excepted as shit bulbs that effect yield
cheers for that, I'm using a ProGro atm, but usually use Growlush?! i get nice yields :) I'm thinking the sunmaster dual spectrum 600, i can get if for $72 bux posted
 

forgetiwashere

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i honestly cant comment on the sun master as i havnt tried one but i think they are pretty much the same thing. they are both hps with added blue spectrum.
 
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