thoughts? **pics**
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chitownsmoking
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what watt m/h is that?
smoke and coke
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check out the link in my sig. it may help you make that bad boy a remote ballast. let me know if you need a hand. i had my ballast inside my room because i needed the heat. now i dont so its outside the room.
nice looking grow you have there.
nice looking grow you have there.
smoke and coke
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looks like a 400 watt. you can get conversion bulbs for that to get the HPS spectrum.
sirbudmaster
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seems like you are moving right along 
is this from seed right? ya heard that males usually grow taller than females? Hopefully that aint the case for you! nice job
peace
is this from seed right? ya heard that males usually grow taller than females? Hopefully that aint the case for you! nice jobpeace
mjmaupin
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well, they're pretty much the same hight except for the one that sits directly under the light. but it's got the same node number. and remember, they're different ages. the biggest is a week older and just came out of 48 dark (starts 12/12 today).
as for the light, it's obviously MH. i assume 400 or 600 watts. looked all over the package but i guess construction foremen aren't concerned with wattage. MH is MH right? so i assume the spectrum is appropriate.
any suggestions on where to pick up a conversion bulb? HD? Lowe's? Hydro?
also, is it a horrible thing to continue with MH during flowering? i don't intend to, but if i do for just a week or two (if i can't find a bulb quick enough) will that be really bad?
as for the light, it's obviously MH. i assume 400 or 600 watts. looked all over the package but i guess construction foremen aren't concerned with wattage. MH is MH right? so i assume the spectrum is appropriate.
any suggestions on where to pick up a conversion bulb? HD? Lowe's? Hydro?
also, is it a horrible thing to continue with MH during flowering? i don't intend to, but if i do for just a week or two (if i can't find a bulb quick enough) will that be really bad?
sirbudmaster
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actually there are a few different bulbs in spectrum's that are favorable for the entire grow. i have for 3 grows now used MH but i use a sunmaster warm bulb which has the right spectrum for flowering....MH is great for VEG but will hurt your yield greatly if its stuck in the blue spectrum of light. I this time will get the conversion bulb too see the difference. this i get at local hydro shop
peace
smoke and coke
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you can google for a conversion bulb and order from anyplace. there should be a nameplate on the side of the ballast. im pretty sure it would be a 400w. m59 bulb. you can get by for a couple weeks with it. either get a conversion bulb or an hps ballast.
smoke and coke
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no they dont. hydro store or order off the net.
smoke and coke
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ive never used a conversion bulb. i have both MH and HPS ballasts so i just swap out ballasts and bulbs. some of these conversion bulbs are 360 watt to run on your 400watt MH light. i would keep the 400 watt MH for veg. and get a 600 watt HPS for flower.
but if you still want a conversion bulb here is a couple of sites.
http://www.accessdiscounts.com/sku-69186.html
http://www.discount-hydro.com/productdisp.php?pid=264&navid=45
http://www.4hydro.com/lighting/ultraAce400.asp-this one looks like its a 360 watt.
http://www.discount-hydro.com/productdisp.php?pid=264&navid=28
http://www.planetnatural.com/site/hps-conversion-bulb.html?id=SwvXXY3F:69.120.217.221
but if you still want a conversion bulb here is a couple of sites.
http://www.accessdiscounts.com/sku-69186.html
http://www.discount-hydro.com/productdisp.php?pid=264&navid=45
http://www.4hydro.com/lighting/ultraAce400.asp-this one looks like its a 360 watt.
http://www.discount-hydro.com/productdisp.php?pid=264&navid=28
http://www.planetnatural.com/site/hps-conversion-bulb.html?id=SwvXXY3F:69.120.217.221