I tried growing twice, and couldn’t get past the seedling stage. I have a 32’ by 32’ grow tent, FFOF, fox farm dirty dozen nutrients, humidity dome, crappy led light, inline fan, ducting, carbon filter, PH reader, temp and humidity reader, and cannabis seeds.
I want to buy a light for seedlings, and a light for the rest of the plant’s life. other things on my list is perlite, ph up and down, and a small fan. Could anyone tell me what type of lights, fans, etc I should get (maybe provide a link)? Also, any other practical suggestions?
Since you are having issues getting past the seedling stage, I would recommend you get some Fox Farms Happy Frog soil to grow in. You can even put a layer of Happy Frog on top and a layer of Ocean Forest on the bottom for the roots to grow into as it gets stronger. Try not to over water - it’s the most common mistake beginners make.
In your price range, I would recommend one of the following lights:
HID: 400 watt air-cooled (see part# KIT400QDAC2 at growerhouse) - get an MH (Metal Halide) bulb for vegetative state and an HPS (High Pressure Sodium) bulb for flowering.
LED: Mars Hydro TS-1000
For the seedling stage, I would recommend a 23 watt 6500K CFL bulb in a parabolic clamp fixture, like the following:
Yeah - FYI (for everyone, really) - the light is actually called an HID (High Intensity Discharge) light. The bulbs that go in them are MH (Metal Halide) and HPS (High Pressure Sodium).
I also use happy frog , but I don’t mix it. It throws off my schedule if I do, frog goes four weeks without adding nutrients. Ocean can go up to 6 weeks so now I gotta figure when in there to add. Nothing against mixing just not my style.
Just another FYI - people often think that HID lighting is higher temperature than LED lighting. That comes from the batwing reflectors of yesteryear. With a modern air-cooled fixture like was mentioned above, you shouldn’t experience any issues.
Not entirely true on the heat issues , I had the exact light I took a screenshot of and fought temperature issues with it as well as humidity issues as a result. I also made mention of it in my review of it. Currently I have emails from Vivosun admitting they have temperature issues and have been refunded $40 and asked to change my review , I refused and they are supposed to get back to me with a updated refund amount to get me to change it lol. I can’t be bought but keep sending me money.
Okay, your case sounds certainly like an exception… sadly, it sounds like a really bad product. Just from the pictures I can see several differences between it and a quality fixture like from a company like XtraSun. Hopefully others will be warned away from it by your review. Most companies would be better off specializing in one thing rather than be mediocre in many. For them to try to get you to change the review… now that’s dirty pool.
