hey thanks guys...yeah its 175 hps for sure, the store where i bought it said he had a ton but sold out, i found them once online but then shut my computer and didnt mark the site, right now im running 150 bulbs in them which work good
illl bet that if you look at the bottom of the pots you will see white crust built up on the bottom, i had a plant that this happened to and basicly whats going on is the salt is keeping the plant from sucking up all the nutrients and water it needs, ill bet with a good flush it will clear up
there is no need to switch to 18/6 unless you want to slow down the veg growth, and dont forget that some strains will actually start to flower if you do that, its not that they will flower under 18/6 but a drop in light cycle will trigger them sometimes, generally what i do is flower indica...
if your doing strait from clone or with short veg then go with ebb and flo (flood and drain) as its better suited to that system, if you like to grow big ones or have plant limits like i do then a bucket system/dwc is better.....as for nutes pretty much all nutes have a line that will work for...
so the other day i picked up these sweet digital 175 watt hps ballasts for some side lighting but i cant seem to find any bulbs for them, the guy at the store gave me a couple 150 hps bulbs which work good but i cant seem to find any 175 bulbs anywhere, ive looked for them and i found some 175...
you can always take it and do a good flush before you use it, if you have some florakleen or clearex or any salt leaching shit around that would be good also, try and wash as much of the mg shit out as possible, check my threads...i just finished my own nutrient challenge and you will see what...
yeah we need a pic.....or get a sulfur burner, run it for a few hours durring the night cycle every few weeks and powdery mildew will be a thing of the past, i picked one up at the local hydro store for like $100 but im sure you can get it cheaper if you hunt
yeah i used the 3 add ons for the FF, i tried to keep everything as equal as possible, i just thought a nutrient challenge from someone other than a nute company would be sweet, but yeah miracle grow sucks ass.....dont use it for weed
say what???? tell me about the bugs.....the fox farm did hella good, the AN had a bigger main bud but the fox farm had a fuller plant so its really up in the air
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAYohbq27rU
so here it is.... i did my own nutrient challenge with fox farm miricle grow and advanced nutrients, to tell you the truth the fox farm and AN were so close in size and shit that im wondering if its worth the extra money, i mean shit i got the full line...
thats a 400 watt ballast, the sticker is to denote which it is thats why there is the black dot over the 400, your idea of adding a 250 is good and floros will do fine for veg the more hid light you have on the flowering plants the better