Pazzo
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Thanks a lot dude, I do what I can with what I got.
250w HPS Club And Help Guide
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cheetah2007
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hehe, keep doin it man ! cheers! +rep
Bon Doogey
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I will be getting that free pack as well...what do you guys do for seed storage...how long do they stay good? I thought I read that they were supposed to be kept in a fridge..can anyone jog my memory ive done too much reading i think...heh
Wretched420
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looks greatHey guys, just heard about this thread so I figured i'de post up a couple of my grows. I don't know if any of you were around for the old C13 cabinet thread on overgrow.com before it was shutdown but it definately opened my eyes to the 250w and cabinet growing. It really was the perfect size at 30"x24" with 50w per square foot but unfortunetly I was only able to use it for a few grows till I moved up to AK and our home depot doesn't have this cabinet anymore.
Anyways, heres a few pics of my very first grow with some northern lights. The LSTed ones are NL#5 x G13xHashplant.. one hell of a smoke, sorry no bud pics for this one tho. I thought I had pics of the cabinet too but it looks like those have gone missing too..
Wretched420
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hell yeah she will really start growing into that screeni've started to train my bitch unda' the net. heres some photos. thats my first scrog. hope im doin it well
looks much more better than the other picture... cant wait!!
Pazzo
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As long as you plan on using them in the next year or so just put them in a droor and leave em there. If you had some seeds you were gonna keep for years and years then putting them in the fridge should make them last longer.
I am on the fence between a 250w mh/hps and 400w. The price difference is not much but I am more concerned about my space where they will grow (Homebox S) which is not really too big. Anyone here using a Homebox S or something close to its dimensions (2.6' x 2.6' x 3.9')? I was thinking about putting 6 plants in there (1 plant per square foot) and flower once they get about a foot tall (AK48 and G13 Power Skunk)
Thanks
Rippey
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Rippey
Pazzo
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Well by my math you would get 60w per square foot with the 400w and only about 37w per square foot with the 250 so the 400 watter would probably be better for that size box. If you flowered them at 1 foot tall they would end up growing into your reflector (including the pot you use). You might want to try either flowering sooner or Scrogging them bitches.
I am thinking that is what I may do, put the screen up about 2.5 - 3' up and hopefully they will not burn. I wonder if I flower at 8in will I still get a nice yield from the girls. Maybe I will experiment and start flower on 1/2 of them at 8" and the others at 12' and see the yields.
rippey
another question I had is Im gonna grow with a 250w in my room closet about 4.3ft long and about 6.4ft wide 6.5ft height Im not using the whole space just around 4.3x2.2 do you guys think I will need a air cooled reflector to keep the heat low enough so I dont have to open the door? I wont be exhausting the hot air out the room but circulating it in the closet would this work? Dont know how bad the heat issue will be and if I buy a regular reflector and the heats too much I wont have enough money to get the air cooled one after so I dont know whether to play it safe and get the air cooled reflector or hope that a reg. reflector will be fine which would be great cuz I could use the extra money for all the other crap I need to grow only have about $330 to spend on everything from the ferts. to the growlight 
cheetah2007
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https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/152257-dp-brainstorm-ma-new-grow-13.html 250 High Pressure Sodium scrog grow 
Wretched420
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dude go with the air cooled reflector my last grow was in a 3 1/2' x 4' x 10' closet and i have 250w floralux .there well be some heat issues i had bud rot fungus and fungus nats my last grow due to not good ventilation.. so i would pay the extra money for a vented reflector and youll be all right with a fan blowing on the light and something cirrculationg the air outanother question I had is Im gonna grow with a 250w in my room closet about 4.3ft long and about 6.4ft wide 6.5ft height Im not using the whole space just around 4.3x2.2 do you guys think I will need a air cooled reflector to keep the heat low enough so I dont have to open the door? I wont be exhausting the hot air out the room but circulating it in the closet would this work? Dont know how bad the heat issue will be and if I buy a regular reflector and the heats too much I wont have enough money to get the air cooled one after so I dont know whether to play it safe and get the air cooled reflector or hope that a reg. reflector will be fine which would be great cuz I could use the extra money for all the other crap I need to grow only have about $330 to spend on everything from the ferts. to the growlight
Thanks for the info, what do you mean by circulate the air out? I was gonna try and circulate the air from the reflector around the closet and the space under the door would intake new air then cool the closet with fans would this work? cuz I dont want to leave the door open because I'll probably mess up my plants during flowering season having to open the door to vent out the heat after the lights off
Wretched420
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as long as you have 2 small fans in there lights off wont be an issue...
lights on while venting like that could work but this is exactly what i did my last grow and i even opened my door during lights on and still had heat problems.. so venting is gonna be your main issue try and find a good way to vent that heat out of your closet or keep it very cool in there. im in your shoes right now.. im stuck on finding a good ventilation idea for my area..some pix of your grow room could help also!! inside and out
Bon Doogey
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Some pictures of the under construction on my setup.
Ventilation is yet to be installed as well as a few small parts. Check out my grow journal for more info....
Ventilation is yet to be installed as well as a few small parts. Check out my grow journal for more info....
cheetah2007
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looks promising man! lookin forward to see this workin. best of luck!Some pictures of the under construction on my setup.
Ventilation is yet to be installed as well as a few small parts. Check out my grow journal for more info....
P.S. Make sure u have very good ventilation, coz this bulbs get H O T !Bon Doogey
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Yeah its a small area so I am hoping if I ventilate it in the right places I will be good...looks promising man! lookin forward to see this workin. best of luck!
2 80CFM inline fans to start more can be added....going to start with one in one out, air will be coming from a cool area...
cheetah2007
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i use bathroom fans in alot bigger area and im good. u can't tell nuffin till u test it lol best of luck again !!
this is where im planning on growing on the left sideas long as you have 2 small fans in there lights off wont be an issue...
lights on while venting like that could work but this is exactly what i did my last grow and i even opened my door during lights on and still had heat problems.. so venting is gonna be your main issue try and find a good way to vent that heat out of your closet or keep it very cool in there. im in your shoes right now.. im stuck on finding a good ventilation idea for my area..some pix of your grow room could help also!! inside and out
a better look at the area I want to grow in http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv342/l3thal420/P1010069.jpg
this is the opposite side http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv342/l3thal420/P1010072.jpg
this is about 5.4ft high up all across the closet http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv342/l3thal420/P1010078.jpg
I was hoping I could just exhaust the hot air from a aircooled reflector with ducting around to the opposite side of the closet high up and with about 2 or 3 10in fans around the room circulating air around the closet to keep it cool and cool down the hot air from the reflector without having to open the door would this be possible?