Bought my Gear Today, Seedling and Before Grow Room pictures.

Cassegrain · Oct 15, 2009

I got my entire set up today from the local Hydroponics store. They've been super friendly in helping me get everything I need. Going to build my Ebb and Flow system ASAP in the AM.

I'm working with the following:
1 - Ebb and Flow Kit
1 - 2x4 Plastic Grow Tray
2 - 27 galloon rez's, one for storage.
1 - 125w 6500k Cool Spectrum CFL for Veg Obvs.
1 - Sunsystem Bright Wing Reflector
1 - Eco Air 2 Air Pump Double Nozzle
1 - 185 GPH Water Pump

Grodan Rock Wool both 2" for seeds and clones
General Hydroponics Nutrients

I bought everything for about... 300 bucks.

I've got regular seedbag right now in the Germbox I made but I've got the following seeds on the way.

10 - Jedi Landrace Swazi
10 - Tiki Shanti Devi
10 - Tiki Bella Ciao

Also including an Alaskan Kush bud I'm sitting on.

Can't wait to get everything rolling. :bigjoint:

Medical J · Oct 15, 2009

damn that bud looks nice

cant find shit like that around my town.. cant wait to see how it goes for ya! good luck!

Cassegrain · Oct 15, 2009

Medical J said:
damn that bud looks nice cant find shit like that around my town.. cant wait to see how it goes for ya! good luck!

Yeah it's pretty damn good I'd have to admit! Thanks for the good luck, I think I'm going to need it lol.

: bongsmilie

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Platipy · Oct 15, 2009

you are gonna add more light right?

Cassegrain · Oct 15, 2009

Platipy said:
you are gonna add more light right?

Well I'm going to use the 150w CFL for Veg then use a 400 or 600 hps for flowering. Trying to debate right now which I want to buy....

I found a 400w HPS System Enclosed Ballast for 150.
http://www.horticulturesource.com/product_info.php?products_id=456

check that out and let me know what you recommend. I'm planning on doing 6-8 plants if everything goes correctly.

Cassegrain · Oct 15, 2009

Cassegrain said:
Well I'm going to use the 150w CFL for Veg then use a 400 or 600 hps for flowering. Trying to debate right now which I want to buy....

I found a 400w HPS System Enclosed Ballast for 150.
http://www.horticulturesource.com/product_info.php?products_id=456

check that out and let me know what you recommend. I'm planning on doing 6-8 plants if everything goes correctly.

Also found this 600w system for cheap.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Digital-600-watt-HPS-GROW-LIGHT-600w-Sun-Sodium-System_W0QQitemZ390086614634QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item5ad2f95e6a

Cassegrain · Oct 15, 2009

Cassegrain said:
Well I'm going to use the 150w CFL for Veg then use a 400 or 600 hps for flowering. Trying to debate right now which I want to buy....

I found a 400w HPS System Enclosed Ballast for 150.
http://www.horticulturesource.com/product_info.php?products_id=456

check that out and let me know what you recommend. I'm planning on doing 6-8 plants if everything goes correctly.

Found this 600w system on Ebay too for 200 bucks. Comes with a Digital Ballast so I could switch from MH and HPS. Then I could use my 150w CFL for clones and seeds. Not a bad thought...........

palehawaiian · Oct 15, 2009

you can veg with cfl and hps dont need to be metal halide.... and btw they make combo bulbs MH and HPS in one bulb and one ballast

Check it out lemme know if you like it
http://www.hidhut.com/catalog/dual-arc-1000w-lamp-mh-and-hps-in-one-bulb-p-1593.html

Cassegrain · Oct 15, 2009

palehawaiian said:
you can veg with cfl and hps dont need to be metal halide.... and btw they make combo bulbs MH and HPS in one bulb and one ballast

Check it out lemme know if you like it
http://www.hidhut.com/catalog/dual-arc-1000w-lamp-mh-and-hps-in-one-bulb-p-1593.html

I like it but I think that only works in 1000w systems. I like the idea of having both hps and mh in one bulb though. Thanks for the link.

palehawaiian · Oct 15, 2009

no problem... with a light mover in the room you can seriously almost triple your space. One 1000 watt HPS is alot more than your gonna need unless your doing like 30 or more plants... Whatever you choose to do good luck with it

Cassegrain · Oct 16, 2009

palehawaiian said:
no problem... with a light mover in the room you can seriously almost triple your space. One 1000 watt HPS is alot more than your gonna need unless your doing like 30 or more plants... Whatever you choose to do good luck with it

Thank you! I think I'm going to go with a 400w hps and use the CFL for some blue while flowering for extra light but if I find a cheap 600w system im gonna get it for sure. Let me know if you find any good deals.

:bigjoint:

smoke on.

palehawaiian · Oct 16, 2009

will do... good growing...

Cassegrain · Oct 20, 2009

check this out.

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http://i35.tinypic.com/2n20235.gif

tom__420 · Oct 20, 2009

Cool man

milowerx96 · Oct 20, 2009

You don't want to fuck around with cheap digital ballasts!!! Don't do it if you like your cash. I would recomend a nice magnetic 600 watt balast. You can get 1 new for about $180 bucks.

http://cgi.ebay.com/600-watt-Hydrofarm-Sodium-HPS-Grow-Light-Ballast-600-w_W0QQitemZ270420626146QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3ef6534ae2

Cassegrain said:
Found this 600w system on Ebay too for 200 bucks. Comes with a Digital Ballast so I could switch from MH and HPS. Then I could use my 150w CFL for clones and seeds. Not a bad thought...........

tom__420 · Oct 20, 2009

I got a cheap digital ballast off ebay and have been running it since the day I got it on 12/12 with not even the slightest problem
I paid 200 dollars shipped with a 6 inch cool tube, bulb and yo yo hangers
I would say that it was well worth it, just buy from an ebay store and you will get a good product

milowerx96 · Oct 20, 2009

Nope they make 600 watt dual arc bulbs now!!!

Cassegrain said:
I like it but I think that only works in 1000w systems. I like the idea of having both hps and mh in one bulb though. Thanks for the link.

Cassegrain · Oct 20, 2009

thanks for all the replies gents. Regarding the lighting system I think ive come to the conclusion that I'm going to buy a ballast from this old poor man who owns a light bulb store thats selling ballasts from 400-1000 watts for both hps and mh light systems for 80 bucks each. If you want one let me know I'll see what I can do for you. Once I get the ballast I'm going to go to my local hydroponics store and get the Sun System 600w reflector with 6" Air Duct for cooling and then just probally purcahse my light there. Should damage me about 250 id say.

thoughts?

oh and tonight I recently just moved the babies shown from 3 26w spiral CFLS in my cabinet to the Bright Wing 125w Cool Bulb.
Hopefully they enjoy the new light!! More pics coming soon.

Cassegrain · Oct 20, 2009

milowerx96 said:
Nope they make 600 watt dual arc bulbs now!!!

Show me, im super interested. I haven't been able to find em.

milowerx96 · Oct 20, 2009

Your one of the lucky ones! This forum is full of horror stories of bad digi's. Also most of the cheaper ones and some of the more expensive ones transmit RF interference. If you have any electronics like Co2 controllers timers or humidistats it may cause issues. If my magnetic ballast takes a shit I can fix it for $26 since it's almost always the capacitor. In 19 years I have only had to replace 2 of those. Just my opinion.

tom__420 said:
I got a cheap digital ballast off ebay and have been running it since the day I got it on 12/12 with not even the slightest problem
I paid 200 dollars shipped with a 6 inch cool tube, bulb and yo yo hangers
I would say that it was well worth it, just buy from an ebay store and you will get a good product

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