Tubular Florescent bank

here it is... my florescent tube bank thats got these plants rockin! and i know it isnt the same grow as you would get from a HPS and such but... my place also wont burn down while im at work witch im totaly ok with

i wanna smoke a little bud not my house.

i plan on adding some to the sides later for undergrowth too..

NIce dude, any info what your using?

Uvalax said:

NIce dude, any info what your using?

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iv used tubes before but this is my first time setting it up properly

basically, you can usualy find a sale somewhere for T8 size light housings, and you can pick up a bundle of 6500k tubes at a hardware store. thats the daylight blue spectrum for Veg stage.

i have a T-stat set to temp rise and wired to a fan center relay, it cycles the exhaust on temp rise or if it doesnt run for 60 min (since Florescent isnt that hot) it will turn the fan on for 10 min off 20 min until called for cooling again.

the hut is by flora corp, it was $190 ish... im laying it on its side since it wont fit hight wise, im going to weave them for hight.

there is a humidifier in the room since winters are dry and a digital timer with a few hours memory for power out situations (rare) . 22 hours light.

built a frame and light rack system out of cheap lumber from the store, none of the lights touch the wood, they all hang about 1/2 inch off it from screws, even though florescent cant ever get hot enough, the air gap ensures happy days to come without worry

i will upload a few more pics tonight you can see the structure

they look burnt on the leaves

jsteezy1290 said:

they look burnt on the leaves

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not burnt, i was under watering i think.. had that in plant problems already. if you look its the lower leaves that are curled and dried, not the top... you can touch those bulbs bare hand and there inches away fromt eh plant.. no burning.

heres the structure and set up .

sooo if the bottom leaves are kinda drying up and curling its under watered?
the middle leaves of mine are wilting a little too...

do i need more water?

I thought it was the nute starting to burn lol am i worng becuase i might need to add some more H20 tooo my babes

LANERBLAZE said:

sooo if the bottom leaves are kinda drying up and curling its under watered?
the middle leaves of mine are wilting a little too...

do i need more water?

I thought it was the nute starting to burn lol am i worng becuase i might need to add some more H20 tooo my babes

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see im still tackling this issue... i still think i was underwatering a little ... but there may have been a few issues and still is sadly... my plants seem to be uncontrollably growing new branches, without pinching or pruning or bending... so... they seem fine, infact were floroushing, so i just added more tube lights to the sides for undergrowth, and also began strategically pruning cirtain branches as to deliver more energy to the ones i want it to, instead of becoming some big nest of underdeveloped branches..

the old leaves are still dieing but the branches that started near the bottom arent.. infact they are now on fire and 8 branches will soon (2 weeks) hit the same canopy as main cola. so thats cool ...

as for your plant.. if you dont have the same issues as me with the plant possibly delivering too much energy to the new branch points then i would say more watering... your going to know if your over watering.. they will get droopy and unhappy loooking... wont kill them as long as you watch for the signs of overwatering and if you see them... back off on the water for a while and let it dry out a bit.

edit: maybe upload some pics in plant problems so everyone can actually see the leaf themselves. alot of different problems may look alike.. i still need to ph test my soil to rule it out