250 Watt MH Grow with *PICS*

tom__420

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Well guys here is the new 400 watt setup. I didn't get many pics cause I'm pretty beat. I mounted the digital ballast on the outside of the back wall to the cab. That should keep temps down a little even though this ballast is staying cool as hell.

Here is a pic of the ballast attached on the back:



Here are pics of the inside of the cab. I added two other purple seedlings in there so there is three purple seedlings (one is in the diy ebb and flow the other two in green pots), one older purple female, and a church female. The church is the big one in the back and the bigger purple plant is in front of her.








All I need to do today is attach 6 inch ducting from the carbon filter to the cooltube and switch the lights back from 18/6 to 12/12. The temps are great right now without the c/f attached, 75°F at the top of the white pots and 79°F directly below the bulb which doesn't really matter because I have the bulb backed off quite a few inches.

Also, on the next feeding they will be fed this per gallon of water:
1 tablespoon Big Bloom
1.5 teaspoons of Tiger Bloom
0.5 teaspoon of Purple Maxx
and 1 teaspoon of Botanicare's Sweet Grape
The ppms came out to 463. I filter my 120 ppm tap water through a brita filter and that brings it down to 60 ppms so there is about 400 ppms of nutes in the water
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tom__420

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Just made an order to attitude for 1 Fmeinized Super Lemon Haze Seed. I got 1 fem pineapple express seed, 5 free thai super skunk seeds, and 1 fem moby dick seed all for free. So i am getting 4 different strains shipped to me all for less than 30 dollars. They are giving away 5 free thai super skunk and 1 fem pineapple express without buying anything. I just decided to buy the one super lemon haze seed because if you spent .43 cents than you could get the free moby dick seed
 

KiloBit

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Just made an order to attitude for 1 Fmeinized Super Lemon Haze Seed. I got 1 fem pineapple express seed, 5 free thai super skunk seeds, and 1 fem moby dick seed all for free. So i am getting 4 different strains shipped to me all for less than 30 dollars. They are giving away 5 free thai super skunk and 1 fem pineapple express without buying anything. I just decided to buy the one super lemon haze seed because if you spent .43 cents than you could get the free moby dick seed

looks like someone is going to be a happy camper....not saying your not now....bro were you buy?....
 
great thread tom. i have two 400watt metal halides using for flowering room. then some cfls to start the plants. i think MHs work well but id like to get HPS.... MH was free though LOL. i have them about 6ft off the ground, i wanted to veg plants with One but i think thats too high up for them , and, if i lowered it , it may fry them. ohwell great thread and glad to see others using MH. makes me not so paranoid about the turnout.
 

lilmafia513

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great thread tom. i have two 400watt metal halides using for flowering room. then some cfls to start the plants. i think MHs work well but id like to get HPS.... MH was free though LOL. i have them about 6ft off the ground, i wanted to veg plants with One but i think thats too high up for them , and, if i lowered it , it may fry them. ohwell great thread and glad to see others using MH. makes me not so paranoid about the turnout.
I love my 400 MH's, They make pretty decent buds.....:lol:.....
 

cruzer101

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Nice meter dude.

It looks like it will be very accurate. I had similar one, a Milwaukee, not as accurate.

I loaned it to a friend and he didn't store it correctly (keep it wet) and it got ruined.
so be sure you keep the cap on and a little bit of water in there.

I learned something since then, when calibrating, try and use the same temp solution as your res. It makes a difference.


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tom__420

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How moist should the meter be kept? I just have a little tiny bit of water sitting on the bottom of the cap right now...
 

TechnoMage

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My meter says not to use water and to use a "storage solution". I was just at the @#$% hydro store today getting calibration solution and I forgot to pick up the storage solution. :wall:

How moist should the meter be kept? I just have a little tiny bit of water sitting on the bottom of the cap right now...
 

tom__420

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I plan on ordering some storage solution even though my meter doesn't say it needs it. Just as a precaution
 
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