Not a newbie just rusty haven't done this in a decade.

Im super intrested into getting uvb tubes or uvb mh tubes to increase my thc and resin profile. But that’s prolly gonna wait till next crop. I guess your a stranger until you post alot..its a pretty endearing name to newcomers though lol

What's a UVB tube?

Many people that have added special uvb florescent tubes or special mh lights that put off uvb(both usually made for reptiles) have seen a significant increase in quality and potency with a tad of loss in overall yield. Florescents don’t put out any UV-B normally.Most HID lights have uvb blocking on the glass. Putting them in a cooltube adds more uvb reduction. Uvb is thought of as the reason as to why the plant produces resin. The big thing if or if you ever use them is to do it in intervals and not all the time. It will sunburn your plants. Heres threads on it
https://www.rollitup.org/advanced-marijuana-cultivation/543778-late-flower-uvb.html
https://www.rollitup.org/led-other-lighting/96571-10-0-uvb-light.html

So I've been super busy and feeling like junk and I know I'm going to run out of meds. But I got some stuff done.

you got a carbon filter/inline?

is that new or used? the light

i use 600w hps flower/ led/cfl veg ~450w

i also you foxfarm Happy frog for seedling FF ocean forest for veg. and I use the trio combo.

I prefer them because they are simple. when you work and attend school, it is really easy to run a successful foxfarm grow. I have learned its all about the water. Water heavy but less. I literally wait till it is bone dry.

if i had the time i would run subcools recipe - no other option for an organic soil grower in my eyes.

Have fun good luck

good to see you getting back into it.

The ballast is new its a dimmable switchable 600 watt. I'm using happy frog right know but I plan on using ocean nutrition and the rest of the happy frog for bloom when I repot after 12/12. I had a lot of luck with organic and soil before. It was also before I discovered the wealth of knowledge from forums like this. I'm confident I can double my last results so we will see.

Drascious, I'm like you. I was growing in the early to mid-'90s but had to stop (growing and using) until about a week ago. Long story, but I wasn't in prison during that time, in case anyone wonders. I'm so old, I can remember when hash wasn't smoked with a blowtorch!

I have a carbon filter inline fan and cool tube hood on the way. I'm gonna veg pretty heavy so I have time until I need the filter but the fan for some exhaust is definitely gonna be needed.

74-79degrees and 49% humidity steady for 3 days not bad I think. I'm thinking cropping twice and then scrog for bloom. I just hope I time it right or else I will run out of meds.