Looking to Start a 5x5 Grow..looking at the HLG 550R
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Odishaw3
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Hey everyone so I ordered my HLG 550r. My tents and all my fans and stuff are on the way.. ordered some kush berry and some northern berry from peakseedsbc. Got some Remo nutrients, the starter box. I got smart pots and I got a bag of coco coir and perlite, some ph up and down... I have read a decent bit about my lights might needing extra cal-mag due to brightness is this true? Do I run my light on full power? Please help
You can dim it to half power for early veg and then crank it up later. I have an hlg 550 v2 rspec and this is what happened after a 20 day span. The root systems have been growing a while as I topped them for 4 and 8 mains, but I thought they grew real fast 
1st pic is March 11
2nd pic is March 31
3rd pic is April 7th
The light has so far blown me away
1st pic is March 11
2nd pic is March 31
3rd pic is April 7th
The light has so far blown me away
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Odishaw3
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Nice!! K cool thanks mann... appreciate the pics.. I’m pretty excited.... everything should be here this week... how is the heat?... I bought a Vivosun 6 inch fan kit for it...added cal mag to my one order as well... anything else you guys can think of? I wanna grow coco coir... I read to mix with perlite but what kind of mix are we thinking?You can dim it to half power for early veg and then crank it up later. I have an hlg 550 v2 rspec and this is what happened after a 20 day span. The root systems have been growing a while as I topped them for 4 and 8 mains, but I thought they grew real fast
1st pic is March 11
2nd pic is March 31
3rd pic is April 7th
The light has so far blown me away
Odishaw3
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Ya I read about the cal-mag on a few other forums and threw it onto my order as well. Thanks for the advice though!
Odishaw3
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I ran a 4x4 tent once a few years ago with a platinum led and mars hydro and the fan kept the rh and temp pretty much perfect.. I’m hoping for the same on this setup. How’s the temp on the light??
Inside the tent when the light is on full power I'm between 77-83 degrees. Inside the house ranges from from 68-74, so it's running about 9 degrees hotter in the tent. I have a 4x4 with a 6 inch fan 390 CFM that I run about 75% of its max speed when the light is on. And 3 other fans inside the tent, 1 oscillating and 2 mounted in different spots to increase air flow.
In veg when I had the light dimmed to 50% power, temps were much much cooler and I ran the fan on a pretty low speed.
In veg when I had the light dimmed to 50% power, temps were much much cooler and I ran the fan on a pretty low speed.
Odishaw3
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Perfect Thanks a lot..I’ll post pics when I get it all set up and start a forum.