No I honestly didn't know if it was bad at the time, they sent me a replacement because I wasn't satisfied, and then I decided to try it anyway. But yes stealing is low and you shouldn't do it. :p
Bulb life doesn't sound like a big deal, but like I said, if you're running 25-30 lights, times that by 60or so bucks a pop(I like genesis bulbs) , they get expensive..
I understand what you mean, but I'm talking about sealed room industrial c02 grows. I'm just saying air cooled hoods definitely have their application. They also do help increase your bulb life, sounds crazy but I swear it's true.
They are especially useful if you have like 25 thousand watts in a well insulated shipping container or something or your room will literally be smoking your weed for you.
I have had this happen, I sent them the bag # and they sent me a new bag, I proceeded to also use the bag that had the strange growth because dude... It was free... And it did just fine, I baked it at 400 degrees for a hour to attempt to kill everything in the soil, good and bad, then let...
auxin(the hormone that stimulates shoot growth) works in a relationship with cytokinin(the hormone that stimulates root growth), if you have too much on one, the other doesn't do its job.
If you want to control it better, next time cut them and shake them into a plastic bag and just paint it on the buds you want to pollenate, then you can save it for future pollenations with different strains.
Nice! I cut a male and literally flogged a female plant with it once, I got approximately 2000 seeds out of a small 3 foot plant. What genetics are you crossing?
You just need to up the square footage of your canopy. Try to get it to cover the 4'x4' area completely underneath your light. Don't flower longer, just get better bloom nutes and try running 2 plants vegged the same time under it.