Happy Sunday to all in 600-land
Made a trip up to south Portland to a new grow supply shop (
Urban Garden Supply) that opened up at the begining of the year.
Brought a couple of grams of the Northern Berry to puff on (the wife drives (non-toker), no worries about arrests) and about died of the munchies 20-minutes after toking!
Thankfully, there is a Denny's right next to the grow shop, so we stopped in and I ate a quick BLT sandwich and some hash browns before we were done.
Anyways, called ahead to ask if they were open today and if they had the 600w hortilux in stock. Yes on both accounts, thankfully, and he quoted me a price of $79.50 for the bulb (paid $109 for it at a different hydro shop, one which I will never go back to).
Super friendly guy (
Mark, the manager).
Got 25% off of total purchase for being a new customer, and got an account set up for 20% off on future purchases.
Way cool.
Great selection of nutes on the racks, all grow accessories you could want.
I went specifically for a new HPS bulb, and got an Eye Hortilux 600w Super HPS for $80, and picked up some Botanicare Pure Blend Pro Bloom (1-4-5) to compare it to how well Jack's Classic Blossom Booster (1-3-2) did for me this last grow.
I also bought a jug of Cal-Mag Plus for the occasional foliar feeding my plants seem to need since moving to Salem.
Need to pop out to Fred Meyer's garden section to see about getting a small bag of hydrated lime to ammend into my next batch of soil before starting my next grow.
Then pick 6 seeds from the wondrous assortment left by the good Fairy and put them to bed in their new homes.
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edit: holy
CRAP that new bulb is freakin'
bee-to-the-R-eye-tea!
Damn!
I opened my growbox just now to check on it it since it's been running now for 30-minutes, and my eyes are still a bit wonky from the brightness.
Damn!
With these affordable prices on bulbs, I might switch to being a bulb snob and change out every other grow (
or every grow, should my health improve enough to work part or full time again. I use the quarterly dividends of stocks I own to buy my "toys", but it's barely enough to make a stipend jealous.)