i'm with you Phenom. I was diagnosed with palindromic rheumatoid arthritis. i was taking all kinds of shit for it( 6 diff meds). changed my diet to organic foods and I'm down to 2 simple scrips and feel better than i have in years. but big bro doesn't make money when dow and monsanto can't pump...
get a hps/mh switchable ballast. digital ballasts will accept either bulb but if using older transformer style get one you can switch between the two. and as far as 5" the bigger the better so you can push more air thru the hood when cooling it.
wow that's ugly bro. you're gonna lose all those burned leaves. they'll dry up and fall off. don't know how you locked them but don't be doin that shit again:eyesmoke:
good luck
cool got the pics now! imo e&f with that big of rockwool will be hard to water properly. it will require differing times of watering during diff phases. i think it would be hard to do is all because the rockwool can retain so much moisture the roots can rot easily. i'd drip or go with clay...
gotcha on the cubes. i would use ph'd tap water then for the first few waterings and slowly introduce the nutes. i'd go to a hydroton in an ebb tray. rockwool starter cubes then right into clay pellets. you'll water more often(4 times a day 15 min) but 6x rockwool in an ebb and flow will be a...