Evening everyone! Been a busy week but getting a move on with some things!
SoH are the lights heavy? As I got a Cali works light that's heavy and also
one that does veg and bloom these almost sound similar ?
The light is very heavy compared to my 1000W HPS w/ vented hood. It's not like unwieldy or anything, but my first instinct/thought when I picked up the package the light came in was "Holy SHIT this is heavy." The mail man said "Holy SHIT this is heavy." My mrs said, "Holy SHIT. The mailman said it was heavy, so I said please carry it inside for me. But it LOOKED heavy!"
Anyways, I actually had another problem with one of the tension clips provided with the light (I just took some pictures, should have them up soon.) I'm fixing it with some carabiner clips from the hardware store; just a bit of peace of mind for me. Ended up going with chain; I've ALWAYS used rope ratchets in the past and they could probably do the job here; but the weight of the light and conventional wisdom says "don't take the chance."
The light still produces heat though; that's not something that's totally gone away from. I've got two 400 watt HPS lights running in a tent next to this one, so heat is still a bit of a bugger for me to deal with. Just installed the big window A/C this last week; so will soon be firing that on, but I think the time has come for the HPS to finally be shown the door! Just tired of the heat, heat, heat. Worked for a long time, now it's time for something new or better!
Hell ya Hobbs gonna rock this grow!!!!
Heck yeah buddy!
The temptation to fill this tent full of plants has started to grow!
Soh let's hope those 3 gallon pots are not like the deal on 5 2 gallon ones they are really 1 gallon
You know they make those rope ratchets in bigger sizes I've seen ones for 1/2" rope . But with that beast I'd say a hoist like you'd use to string up a deer
I was going to order 25 of the 3 gallons and a bunch of the 1 gallon fabric pots, but then thought "welllllll let's maybe see what kind of quality these are before shelling out the dough." I'm still keen on trying some air pots, but the price tag just has me going "blahhhhhh!" with every thought of it lol... maybe I'll splurge on a 5 gallon air pot or two. Keep 'em for big mamba bajamba's.
Do you use these? They work pretty well?
If i can make a suggestion. next grow get sunshine mix number 4 it just has perlite and no vermiculite You will have allot less heat so no need for water retention you will use your food quicker and maximise the size of yer crop. pro mix bx is great for outdoors and HPS
I'll keep a lookout for Sunshine Mix No 4; I've always used Pro Mix BX in the past with my HPS and I LOVED it. I found the Pro Mix Ultimate Organic mix locally here and it's cheap; that's actually primarily why I've started using that. I'll be utilizing the rice hulls in place of the perlite; and I have a ton of rice hulls; so if the mix at 30% doesn't seem right; I can always adjust in the future more.
Appreciate the advice brother; definitely open to new ideas on this new adventure!
