I find testing stuff that way to be difficult as well. I can't test some stuff, & try some taken a few days later & notice a difference. It may be just that my tolerance is so high that minor changes.
I see...could you put some sort of reducer or series of reducers (technically, I mean the opposite of a reducer) to a cap filter? That way the exhaust the AC is putting out, the air getting into your cars, would be filtered? Those AC's usually have 4" ducting no? If so, it would just be a converted to a 6" & use a centrifugal fan to help the ac fan. Those portable units aren't designed to have a lot of air pressure exhausting, so if you were to run it to a cap filter, I think you would need to give the ac fan some assistance.
Double that.
Some other forums are active & have a lot of people on them, but I find most of them to have a lot of flame wars & cliques. If this was the first & only forum you go to, you nailed it from the start!
How long did you veg them?
In that case the way we can best help you is to see the area, or give us dimensions (LxWxH) of the room, what the ambient temp/RH is. Where the room is located in the house etc. Just for an example, if you were just running in a 4' x 4' (& cash wasn't an issue) the Kind K51000 would be fantastic. If you think you may alter the room size, HID is a good way to go. It's easy to daisy chain hoods. My electric rate may play a role, but even running 3k of hid light, my electric bill is under $250
What a dump! ;) I will look into those nutes, those look mighty fine!
I have a hood like that now, the Raptor dual bulb. I have a 1k HPS & a 400 watt MH in there for veg. This is an experiment for me, so I don't have a lot of answers for you right now.
A couple things I can say right now are the hood says not to go over 1k. It doesn't specify if that is total? Or each bulb? The sockets are completely separate. Separate wiring, separate ballasts everything. So the only reason I can see for the 1k limit is if the aluminum won't take the heat. Which is totally possible. I've not looked into it, but I have heard from people that the stuff made overseas (by Hydrofarm & Sun Systems) has a higher tendency to catch fire. My shop won't carry the chinese made stuff because of it. Like Sun Systems has hoods that are US made & some that are Chinese made, my shop won't sell the Chinese stuff. But I have about 1500 in there right now & it's fine.
I can say that what you are talking about with the first two weeks & last two weeks of MH, works much better with the Horti Blue. But they rape you on the bulb.
Also, at my local shop the other day they have the Raptor now without the glass & external stuff. It's basically just the aluminum part at a good discount. I will def be grabbing one.
I don't know if there are others. But I've seen the SS & Nano in person & the SS feels better built.
With some strains, I have not flushed before & not noticed a difference vs flushing. That was with organic (fairly organic lol) With bottled nutes, even organic, with other strains, it seems almost intolerable if you don't flush it. Others, aren't so bad. I haven't figured that out yet, but to me, it just seems like a good practice to flush it...knowing you may create really bad cough weed.
Indeed.
How much mag are you using? Still Cali-magic?