The Female Growers Group

[4u2sm0ke]

:yay: mojave...

IMO>>>your name is just as Popular...You would be floored if ya new the crawed you draw girl...I say You run it.... your excitement will shine more then Theirs...They will add to it for 4sure:aok:

FEMALE..FEMALE...FENALE...


can ya see Im wishing ya nothing but FEMALES? :lama:

 

[tcbud]

So nice and dark green,
leaves flat and spikey,
fingers reaching,
aroma's haunting memory.

 

[UKgirl420]

beautiful plants MOJAVE green mojofor ladies

 

[OldHippieChick]

Hi Ladies,
Happy lazy Sunday afternoon. I've managed to get my sleep hrs crossed and was up all night two nights in a row. Tomorrow is gona be hard.
In spite of my best efforts it looks like my 20% germination rate has not improved. I got two WWs sprouts of the 9 seeds I germinated and none of the autos came through. It is what it is.

On the up side, I discovered in the wee hrs of Saturday that my single WW that just turned six weeks old is a Female and I also learned how to take pics in super macro mode on my camera.... so it's be a very rewarding and educational weekend for me. The forum wont let me post the pics here because I already posted them in another thread.

I'd love to get into auto but so far it's been a bust. I may try again in the spring but I would definately breed for seeds. Maybe a volume germination of 30-50 would get me enough seedlings to justify the drama. I think I could get away with some on the patio if I put a lock on the gate to keep out the utility guys. I have some underground phone and gas lines running along the back fence and twice in 4 yrs they have showed up out there unannounce. I'm pretty sure a lock would force them to put a notice on the door and force them to schedule......

I think I need to learn to clone fast.... and take advantage of this one female and get on with the task of producing some smoke.

Mojave, GL with the Females.... I didn't catch how old they are? I've also considered getting involved with NORML but it's not legal in my state and would be afraid to bring attention upon myself. I try real hard to be low key without being that weird neighbor who no one ever sees.

more later.
xox
OHC

 

[2Dog]

ohc dont give up on the seeds yet...remember the one that took over a month the seedling that could? she is a plant now and almost ready to sex...sometimes seeds take a while

 

[mojavemama]

Hey, we can't let the FGG forum die! BUMP this sucker!!!

Question:

Someone gave me an old MH Spartan High Bay Ballast Assy 400W. It's heavy. There is no reflector or bulb. The guy said it works. Picture below.

I know next to nothing about this kind of stuff. My question, though, is, how hard would it be to wire it up to the ceiling, and how would I adjust the light height? Also, would it give off sufficient heat? (garage gets cold in winter)

I'm thinking that my grow room needs to go into flower asap, pistils poppin' out all over the place. But I still have a few smaller plants not ready to flower, and some clones, and I'd also like to germ a couple of the Aurora Indicas.

So it makes sense to me to find a spot in our garage where I can hook up the MH for vegging while the other plants are in the light-proof grow room for flowering.

Obviously, because I'm in a wheelchair, I can't get up on a ladder and do it myself, but the math dude is not disabled and he could do it if we knew what to do. On the label it says the ballast voltage is 120/209/240/277 so I'm assuming it would be okay to run on 120?

If I could do this, it would help out a whole lot. Anyone know if this sounds like a project way out of our league?

TIA!

 

[ozzydiodude]

Hey MM here is the thread you need it's a how to convert High bay lights to Remote ballests

http://www.marijuanapassion.com/forum/showthread.php?t=45696

Ozzy :heart::heart: The FGG

xxoo SM :heart:

:48:eace:

 

[mojavemama]

Ozzy, you're the best! THANK YOU!!!!

 

[ozzydiodude]

Thank ol' DonJones for the great DIY post, I just read it and pass it on to those it will help.

 

[DonJones]

Hi ladies, I guess I need to go to the Coffee table now and then. I wasn't even aware that that we had anything like this. I've been too busy trying to get my first growing operation up and running along with trying to transition from being married to a trucking business shared with my ex-wife who still lives with me and was my team driving partner for years into retirement and waiting for my first SS check to get here. If you are interested in the ex-wife thing, PM me and I'll explain but for legal reasons I have to be real careful about public statements about it.

I came over at mojavemama's invitation to check out her High bay MH light, but I'll do that in a separate post.

Good Smoking.

 

[DonJones]

First, mojavemama, yes your light can be remote ballasted. In fact from what I can see, it is basically identical to one the 2 models that I have and use.


For anyone considering doing this project, Please read my entire thread on Converting commercial HID lights to remote ballasts http://www.marijuanapassion.com/foru...ad.php?t=45696 and decide if you think you can handle it before proceeding further. If not do not be afraid to have an electrician do it. You can carry it into the shop, pay cash under a false name and carry it out if your nervous but pick a name at random out of the phone book so it is believable.


The first thing is to confirm the actual wattage of it. Please verify for me that the label states that it is a 400 watt Metal Halide like it looks like in the picture.


Make sure that it is running on 120v, which would surprise me because most commercial fixtures are wired for either 240 or higher voltage, and I think I see 4 wires coming out of the tube, a bare one, a green one, a white one and a black one. It may be already wired for 120v but I'd bet on 240V.

The first step is to straighten out all of the wire coming out of the tube. They don't have to be completely straight, just good enough to let you pull the tube by unscrewing the tube with either a pair of LARGE water pump type pliers or a pipe wrench. The tube is right hand thread so turn it counter-clockwise to remove it. If you already know that, great, if not I've covered my bases.

Once you have the tube removed, remove the cover plate on the little square box on top and try to gently work the wires out through the side opening until you can read the labels on the wires. Then post a list of which wires on the ballast are hooked to which wires that used to run through the tube and which ones have been blanked off by putting covers on the end.

That will let me figure out if it needs rewiring or just a cord attached.

Please post pictures so the rest of the people can watch what you do.



The thread is also live linked in my signature.

Good smoking.

 

[mojavemama]

Don, a thousand thank you's for your excellent and timely response. I'll be printing out and highlighting your detailed instructions--and I certainly appreciate your excellent (and so well organized/thorough) overview of what comes next---very helpful!

I need to sit down with this ballast with your printed instructions and take a look. Will respond as soon as I can.


In the meantime, I'm passing this your way :bong1: and Thank you again!

 

[gourmet]

In spite of my best efforts it looks like my 20% germination rate has not improved.

I don't feel so bad now OHC, that my first grow other than bag seed indoors started slow due to very poor germination rate, 35%. I finally hit on distilled water for germination and that worked very well. Unfortunately that leaves me only one Full Moon and 5 unknown freebies from Nirvana. Hope like heck the Full Moon is female, but I'm a few weeks at least from knowing.

 

[gourmet]

In spite of my best efforts it looks like my 20% germination rate has not improved.

I don't feel so bad now OHC, that my first grow other than bag seed indoors started slow due to very poor germination rate, 35%. I finally hit on distilled water for germination and that worked very well. Unfortunately that leaves me only one Full Moon and 5 unknown freebies from Nirvana. Hope like heck the Full Moon is female, but I'm a few weeks at least from knowing.

 

[gourmet]

In spite of my best efforts it looks like my 20% germination rate has not improved.

I don't feel so bad now OHC, that my first grow other than bag seed indoors started slow due to very poor germination rate, 35%. I finally hit on distilled water for germination and that worked very well. Unfortunately that leaves me only one Full Moon and 5 unknown freebies from Nirvana. Hope like heck the Full Moon is female, but I'm a few weeks at least from knowing.

 

[gourmet]

Sorry about the double post. Server busy in the middle of the post and I must have gotten mouse click happy.

 

[4u2sm0ke]

:ciao: Ladies...:48:


Don Jones...thats some valuble stuff..thanks for bringing it here and shareing...This will help Lots of folks and wont be long for it to be a sticky..:aok:..if it aint all ready...


mojave...can you and Math Man handle this? This is way better then those t5...but your gonna get that Desert heat from them..But ill be watching...be sue to have DJ close at hand on this project...I think I would make Him my new buddy...well untill the light is done.:giggle:.I dont wanna get a complex:rofl take care and Roll on Girl:48:

UKgirl420...71 :heart:

tcbud...Hows the Boonies..


gourmet...wishing you a FULL MOON FEMALE :lama:

 

[FA$TCA$H]

is it a coinkydink that MM bumped this post and SM shows up? thanx MM

 

[tcbud]

Hey 4u, boonies were cold cold cold, north face road.....and below find some "Flagger Art". One car an hour is a traffic jam.

Hope everyone had steller Weekend, what ever you all did.

fa$t, it was pure coincidence, I am sure.

 

[OldHippieChick]

Hi Gourmet - thanks for the pep talk. If you want, you can go back and delete your multiple posts.... just go to edit and from there to advanced and it's pretty self explanitory from there. .

WOW I just stumbled upon an old post from 2008 that seems to be the original discussion about starting a FGG. OH MY. I had no idea how dramatic your history was.... you woulda though we were asking for the right to vote all over again.

Mojave I've seen those lights offered pretty cheap on ebay and craigs list. I was intimidated but the price is right so more power to you.

I've got a buncha pesky flies in my house. I guess it was all the in and out open doors this past weekend - and then the weather changed yesterday so they were looking for a warm spot. Been killing the nasty things all morning. I've got two smart stealth ones taunting me but I'm on a mission from God. Just a matter of time.... I keep catching it nibbling on one of my seedling WWs. Everything is showing signs of suffering.... I was off schedule and watered a day late, the flo above the older WW slipped and scorched some top branches, the one sapling with the obsessed fly has weird puckered leaves now..... my clones look miffed. I've got stretching going on......All hell has broke loose here.