TryN
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Mom only gets mad when we ignore her!why my nick name is Papa Nature LOL
Mom can be a bitch but I sure as hell pay attention to her
Hey New Growers, Let's try this again?
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hogbud
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the beauty of knowing a few simple truths tells you right away if they know there stuff,
take high PK bloom boosters, total waste of money if you are in a container (a tad more is needed in hydro) even the CEO of DynaGro will tell you this LOL
The whole flush at the end thing, any one that says this has no real clue how plants function
the fan makes the stem stronger nonsense, there is seriously a lot of bad info out there and I know for a fact that there are a lot of good growers here you just gotta seek em out
lot of folks think Uncle Ben is an old miserable drunk, none of which is true by the way but he is a freakin farmer that has made a living at it for decades, dude knows his shit LOL when it comes to plants and nutes and such
chuck estevez
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digging the new/old avatar.
hogbud
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I said WTF every one knows it's me LOLdigging the new/old avatar.
MrEDuck
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I dunno, he certainly doesn't seem happy. But he does know plants.
Nice to see you're using the right avvie again Rid.
chuck estevez
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just got a new gavita pro i'm testing out, totally off from the t-5 usage, but it is the latest rage. Puts out twice the P.A.R of a HPS.
waterdawg
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Hey Chuck! Do you mind me asking how much you paid? Been doing some reading on them as well.
chuck estevez
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I got good connections and got mine for wholesale cost, But they go from $450 on up.
hogbud
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They are not yet a year old and are still goin strong and they are all one bulb except for the UVB , GE 54 watt HO 4100K
waterdawg
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So kind of a middle spectrum then. I have been running 4-6200 and 4-2700 (i think lol) for side lighting on basically the same angle as yours. In another thread you had said my buds were whispy because i wasn't using them properly. What would you suggest? I do keep them at about a 1.5 to 2.5' away just to get the coverage. I will give what you say a try my first grow in the fall. I started out using a 400 then switched to T5's then to a 600, then to both lol. Always like the T5's fyi. Also i have a hydro setup so may be different? And yes quantity is important to me as well as quality! I would like to think the ultimate goal in all of this is to achieve both!
waterdawg
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Ya thats what I've seen em for. Keep us posted as to how they work! I haven't checked the electrical wholesalers yet but pretty sure they would only sell the complete fixture types with the built in ballast.
chuck estevez
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I think these are designed to plug into any digi ballast https://www.sunlightsupply.com/shop/bycategory/sun-system-reflectors/gavita-hortistar-1000-double-ended-reflector
waterdawg
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Cool! I honestly thought they needed proprietary ballast's. Are you using it for the complete run?
chuck estevez
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I run a perpetual, I am finishing up some plants with it, then I will move some other plants under it that have been under a hps for a couple weeks.
hogbud
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No not a middle spectrum, they have a blue and a red peak right where plants want it unlike HPS that is mostly green
and IME whispy buds can be genetics but most usually is a temp problem
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