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Yup...don't let the children play unattended. Keep an eye on them and you should be :clap:

Just remember when something sounds too go to be true, it usually is. 1000 for ten seeds...kiss-ass

Yeah, i can't say MG is pure crap, maybe i just had a bad batch...cause i did use it with OK results for a little while (month or two), but when you get a whole pallet of the stuff and it's turns out to be bad (pH 3.5 - 4.0 and buggy) you get a little mad and discouraged. Once burned, twice shy...

Second that about stuff growing in AK when they have 24HR of sunshine...I've personally used 18/6 with good results...but thinking of going to 20/4...maybe

I put this in the NEWB section, but it could go for indoor too. So i know there are countless threads and posts about MG (miracle grow) and basically everyone knows to not use it unless you have to (i found out the hard way). I've had that crap sit at like a pH of 3.5 out of the bag, along with...

If the temps are okay and you don't notice burning/bleaching of the leaves, more lights FTW :hump:

Well HPS ballasts have a "starter" which is a part that isn't usually physically part of the ballast. The ballast is the big copper and iron part, then there is a starter, and lastly, a capacitor. Depending on who manufactured your ballast, the design will be a little different, but they're all...

If your renting a house, that generally means the landlord can pop in any time for any reason...I'd be very, very careful at the very least.

well smell should be pretty obvious considering whats growing :clap: . My first grow didn't have any way to filter smell and it stunk up the house and part of the neighborhood:o. Highly recommend pumping hot exhaust into a open space if possible and using an ozone generator on that air to...

wow, just bumped across this and have to say whoops....been paper toweling and 24 hr. soaking lately and heck even the peat pellets :hump:. Pretty good results though...i'm thinking i'll be switching up methods in the future though to see if that helps speed up things

I suppose you could, considering 600W hps bulbs run at about 115V, and all ballasts are, are current limiters. You MUST unhook the starter if you do this, or it WILL blow the CFL for sure. (the starter puts out about a 2500?V spike to kick-start the hps bulbs). You be much safer hooking the...

You can check the (lumen) output if you had a meter, but it'd be cheaper to just get a new bulb off the net. It might be working well now, but just remember, it's old and most likely has lost some of is vacuum over time, which might affect it's operation. Kinda your call on replacement...i know...

Yeah, def get a new bulb. Way better tech since 15yr ago. What's the wattage BTW? and are you using it for veg or bud. To answer your question, HPS lumens do drop over time and the bulbs start to "cycle" when they go bad. The only "HID" bulb that doesn't have a lumen drop are low pressure sodium.

Experimenting here with a mix too. 12, T-12 full spectrum HO 110watt running off of 2 ballasts, so far looking like good results. Will start a post eventually about this. Way less heat than the army of 250W MH bulbs i was using. Getting more output and way less heat from the T-12's than the MH...

Curious to hear how it goes. Just came across some here and wanting to try it out.

Think I'm going to have to give these a try :-P. Regular 400W pulse start MH throw off too much heat :fire: Good thing there are some spare HPS ballasts laying around here somewhere....

I saw that on their website. Not trying to argue with you man. Just saying that for having worked on HPS, MH, and Merc. street lighting for quite a few years, i have never ever heard of such a thing. I'm positive they are making reference to the way the bulb has to be run. Some fixtures also...

when i found spider mites the one and only time I've had them thus far, i found a really easy way to check the plants for them. If you can fit a piece of plain white copier paper under your plant and give it a gentle shake, then without tipping the paper check for SMALL black dots or any very...

Mine showed up a little later than normal. It was because of that volcano that erupted in Iceland. The airplane traffic was halted in the UK area for a few days.

I didn't get the email but did get some okay replacements. Still have yet to see the t-shirt and mug though...