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zen_trikester
Thanks Tilt. I'm working on a small 4-spot single bulb vertical grow now for breeding. It will be a wide-base, mission style lamp big enough to squeeze 4 mt38's and a single 55w pll down the middle. I am always struggling to make space to start seeds, and really enjoy polenchucking, plus you and a few others have me real interested in vertical, and a hollow lamp is about all I can get away with because I have a tween kid at home. I bet with that much light in a confined space I should do well if I can utilize the full length of the bulb. This setup will allow me to start seeds, veg, and then flower so it should be a good step towards keeping some sanity in my other cabinets. I am very excited to finish it up and get it running. Finding the time has been tough though.
I have heard the dirty downsides of the poly tubes from others, but I bet the cloth will work well for you in other ways too. Keep us posted if you need to change the diameter of the cage or anything. As for the white paint, it may not even make a viable difference, but it certainly won't hurt.
Another thing I switched to in my main cab, since you are a mt38 user also, is a passive hydro setup. I use a plastic bin as a res, and just fill it up to about 2" deep. I'm using a 50/50 mix of coco and perlite like what many hempy-bucket people use and it works great. I am using maxibloom as discussed in the K.I.S.S thread with a little bit of a macro supplement and a little bit of silica. If you ever get the urge to try hydro-ish you could do it just using your existing plastic bins most likely. I'm flushing the first few now. Here is the thread where this has been getting discussed, although I am the only mt38 user I think, but they are ideal for this method imho. Learning curve is how much to start them on, Downsides are that they dump water when you pull them out of the res so you can't just pick them up as easily as dirt, and they seem to take about a week before there is any positive growth. https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=209848
I have heard the dirty downsides of the poly tubes from others, but I bet the cloth will work well for you in other ways too. Keep us posted if you need to change the diameter of the cage or anything. As for the white paint, it may not even make a viable difference, but it certainly won't hurt.
Another thing I switched to in my main cab, since you are a mt38 user also, is a passive hydro setup. I use a plastic bin as a res, and just fill it up to about 2" deep. I'm using a 50/50 mix of coco and perlite like what many hempy-bucket people use and it works great. I am using maxibloom as discussed in the K.I.S.S thread with a little bit of a macro supplement and a little bit of silica. If you ever get the urge to try hydro-ish you could do it just using your existing plastic bins most likely. I'm flushing the first few now. Here is the thread where this has been getting discussed, although I am the only mt38 user I think, but they are ideal for this method imho. Learning curve is how much to start them on, Downsides are that they dump water when you pull them out of the res so you can't just pick them up as easily as dirt, and they seem to take about a week before there is any positive growth. https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=209848
