Old Goat
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Great read & info Doc & those who contribute.
OK so I go with Hempy with 100% Perlite & buckets set up properly with drainage. Having read considerable about the pots many use tubing in the drain hole and they call that tubing a Siphon tube. This is found mostly on the automated systems. There mediums have been many and none I recall being higher than 50% perlite. I'm a bit leary about drainage. Your thoughts please. Maybe a 50/50 perlite and hydroton on the below drain hole level?
Also I'm on my way out to the Big Orange for O+ but in my reading you haven't spoken to the mixture. Your advice please on proper ratio per cubic foot.
I do not wish to take an off tangent here but I do need help on a heat issue.
My grow cabinet is 23d x48w x5'8" tall. I've two 4x4" hole for in & out air @ 100 cfm, plus a 10"" fan inside. CFL for early stages and either 400w or 430w with a shaped ( wing likebut) no dents or bends polished reflector for finish.
Here's the issue for any input from any please. At 3 & 1/2 feet below the HPS at the floor of my cabinet reads 85 degrees & higher at times. I can and have put the same thermostat on top of the same light and get a reading of 75 degrees. I've removed the reflector to see what's up and only get minimal drop. This alone tells me there is good air movement so why the hot spot?
OK so I go with Hempy with 100% Perlite & buckets set up properly with drainage. Having read considerable about the pots many use tubing in the drain hole and they call that tubing a Siphon tube. This is found mostly on the automated systems. There mediums have been many and none I recall being higher than 50% perlite. I'm a bit leary about drainage. Your thoughts please. Maybe a 50/50 perlite and hydroton on the below drain hole level?
Also I'm on my way out to the Big Orange for O+ but in my reading you haven't spoken to the mixture. Your advice please on proper ratio per cubic foot.
I do not wish to take an off tangent here but I do need help on a heat issue.
My grow cabinet is 23d x48w x5'8" tall. I've two 4x4" hole for in & out air @ 100 cfm, plus a 10"" fan inside. CFL for early stages and either 400w or 430w with a shaped ( wing likebut) no dents or bends polished reflector for finish.
Here's the issue for any input from any please. At 3 & 1/2 feet below the HPS at the floor of my cabinet reads 85 degrees & higher at times. I can and have put the same thermostat on top of the same light and get a reading of 75 degrees. I've removed the reflector to see what's up and only get minimal drop. This alone tells me there is good air movement so why the hot spot?