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I know! haha.. how do we always get pulled into that same conversation time after time. all I was saying is that the 100 watt rating of a cfl bulb is loosely relative to the lumens. it depends if you're talking about the lumen output or the power consumption of the bulb as to what rating you...

have a link? I don't see it on google. I'd like to read about it.

for an electricity bill, yes, the 26 watt rating is what you want to look at, but I was talking more about growing itself. the 100 watt rating is kinda proportional to the lumen output of the light. not exactly, but close enough for use on a forum. hid's are much more efficient, so comparing...

good job dude. sounds like they weren't expecting what you said.

I had to put a heater in my grow room to keep the temps up. if the res is in the room, you shouldn't have to worry to much about heating the res. just keep an eye on things :eyesmoke: cool air temps in the room can stun growth. I noticed it when the temp went down to 70 during the day inside.

the draining time shouldn't hurt it any. I can't think of anything off the top of my head that would help drain it faster. maybe just raise the table above the res a little higher. mine takes about 2 1/2 minutes to fill to 3 or 4 inches, then 3 minutes to drain purely by syphon. you should flood...

I know I know.. no where near as powerful of light, but they do work, and they can work well! a 26 watt cfl supposedly puts out the equivalent of a 100 watt incandescent. that's what the number means. they usually do lie about it and stretch it to say it's brighter then it really is, but it's...

what does the exhaust from your carbon filter smell like?? when I first made mine and tested it, the exhaust smelled like carbon. I've been using the filter for a month or so now for veging, and I swear, it smells like fresh cake! it's a very sweet smell. do I not have enough carbon in my filter...

it might not be the best in terms of running cost, but for a quicker cheap set up, or to invest a smaller amount of money in lighting and slowly expand, cfl's can work great. my plants are growing at a tinny bit over 1 inch per day under 100 watt cfl's. they are about 14 inches now and I just...

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thanks for the info. is this the stuff that helps with algae too or is that something else? I don't think I've sounded like such a noob in a while. lol

how much is it at a grow shop normally, and do you know about how long it lasts with a 5 gallon res? I'm almost out of nutes, so I'll be taking a trip to the shop this weekend, I'll see what they have :-)

I know you love spending that money snoop, but do you really need filtered water? I started out my grow with a mr clean car wash filter, which filters pretty well, down to around 8ppm, but once I got a ppm tester, I tested my tap water. straight from the tap is always 58ppm on the dot. I think...

Co2/Temp experiment - Cannabis Culture Forums I think the problem everyone is missing is that the good bacteria has to take hold on the system first, before it can destroy the bad bacteria. it doesn't work like H2O2, you can't just dump it in and expect it to work right away. I wonder what the...

haha, it really does work great! the coppers will never ketch you growing anything if they can't see it. even if they do ketch you, they'd just laugh and walk away.

try one of these!!! it will work, I'm telling ya! LED Grow Light DIY

it's pretty simple, really. you get what you put into it. if you do plenty of reading and invest a little money, you will end up with some pretty amazing results. I'm happy with mine so far. 9 plants under 12 100 watt cfl's, somewhere around 2 months old now. I too need many more lights. I'm...

funny thing is, I don't know of one person who knows the strain they are growing. I ask my dealers and everything what strain it is I'm buying, and no one ever knows. as far as I know, everyone is growing bag seed. I really want some good ak-47 and kush seeds.

people who you only know online don't count, or we could all say hundreds or more.. so only people you know outside of the internet, how many people do you know who grow sweet mary-j? it started with hearing from one relative that another relative grows big time, high grade, then hearing about...

after reading this thread, I made my own bong. not a waterfall one, but does work really well. I drilled a hole in the bottom side of a wine bottle, and used epoxy glue to glue a short 1 1/2 inch piece of brass pipe into the hole. screwed a brass elbow onto that. I took a piece of 3 inch brass...