12/12 From Seed Experiment - 21 Strains

Hot Diggity Sog

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Chapter 2 Update
Day 58
Flowering Day 15


Some pretty nice pistol development happening. Damned bulb did not come on again this morning so the HPS is back in (hence the poor pictures). I'm now convinced the ceramic mogul needs some inspection which I will do 1st thing tomorrow morning. If I'm right then I've got 3 functional MH bulbs...lol

Chronic Thunder canopy is about 26" and the Skunk #1 is about 24". Most of the remaining height should come in the form of main cola's. I'm expecting a 32" finishing height.

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Hot Diggity Sog

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The small fan that you can see in the 1st picture...I have 4 of them but only 2 are currently running. In the next few days I will be connecting all 4 and I will probably position them just above the tubs so the under growth is getting plenty of air flow. In addition, I will be increasing my tent exhaust to 100%. My exhaust is 450 CFM which is way overkill for a 4' x 4' tent. Providing I can keep humidity in check (which I'm pretty sure I can) I'm confident there won't be any risk of mold despite the extreme close proximity.
 

Hot Diggity Sog

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I went down and turned off the light. Removed the bulb and inspected the inside of the mogul. I don't know the terms for the components of a light socket but when you look inside you have the threaded part and then you have the solid piece at the very end in the middle. That solid piece is held in place by thin sheet metal and can easily be bent. I decided to bend it out a little bit just to see if the Blue MH would strike. It did not.

I then plugged in my backup ballast, an inexpensive iPower digital ballast, and it fired right up.
Here is the summary and if anyone could offer some theories as to what is going on I would sure appreciate it.

Apollo Ballast:
Eye Hortilux Blue - Worked for 100 days or so but not now
iPower HPS - Works
iPower MH - Works

SolisTek Ballast:
Eye Hortilux Blue - Worked for 57 days but no more
iPower HPS - Works
iPower MH - Works

iPower Ballast:
Eye Hortilux Blue - Works
iPower HPS - Works
iPower MH - Works

What in the world could be causing not one, but two ballasts to be incapable of firing this Hortilux Blue MH bulb after a period of time? Clearly the bulb is fine as the iPower ballast fires it fine.
 

Hot Diggity Sog

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Looking good bro. Those girls are stretching madly. Canopy is pretty even for most part. Love the way this going and can't wait to see finished results. Keep it up bro
Thanks man. Having so many plants, I have to say I am very pleased with the canopy evenness so far. It's very difficult to tell how many are beneath the canopy tho. Might not really know til the very end when we start counting cola's!
 

Hot Diggity Sog

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The undershot is so cool!!! Looks like your walking through a forest of Cannabis Trees. I'll walk through that forest any day :lol: Are you gonna do any defoil on them so air circulation is good. I know you got the four fans in there so hopefully you don't have to
I'm hoping to not have to. I'm trying to avoid significant man-hours during this journey. I am doing minor daily defoliating on top but not too much.
 

sky rocket

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The small fan that you can see in the 1st picture...I have 4 of them but only 2 are currently running. In the next few days I will be connecting all 4 and I will probably position them just above the tubs so the under growth is getting plenty of air flow. In addition, I will be increasing my tent exhaust to 100%. My exhaust is 450 CFM which is way overkill for a 4' x 4' tent. Providing I can keep humidity in check (which I'm pretty sure I can) I'm confident there won't be any risk of mold despite the extreme close proximity.
Overkill I have a 4x4 tent as well and I have a 720 cfm exhaust fan....lol...sounds like a jet fan with a silencer on it....
 
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