150w HPS Club: Inspirational Resource

MisterMicro

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Day 22

Heres my Church and my one BigbudXBlackberryXKush (Only 7" Tall!) at 22 days flower. I switched from MG to Foxfarms and MOAB (mother of all bloom) nutes yesterday because i think its burning my plants( the leaves are burritoing)
 

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Are the 150 HSP lamps able to use just a lamp base, do they need a ballast?
I am looking into a stealth system, but need to work out energy use details and security issues so I don't end up in pokey or on fire.
I am a newby and new to this post, so be gentle.

Are the 150 HSP lamps able to use just a lamp base, do they need a ballast?
Does anyone use wormcastings for nutrition? Does it work well or need suppliments?
Thanks for your input.
 
MisterMicro

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[email protected] said:
Are the 150 HSP lamps able to use just a lamp base, do they need a ballast?
I am looking into a stealth system, but need to work out energy use details and security issues so I don't end up in pokey or on fire.
I am a newby and new to this post, so be gentle.

Are the 150 HSP lamps able to use just a lamp base, do they need a ballast?
Does anyone use wormcastings for nutrition? Does it work well or need suppliments?
Thanks for your input.
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You do need a ballast for any HID light, HPS or MH.

Im using Wormcastings. One of my girls was very stunted, i didnt understand. When i transplanted into a Wormcasting mix, it had a amazing turnaround. Worm castings are a source of Micro nutrience. Its to heavy to use straight (Will stunt growth) you could use just Wormcastings and something like 25% perlite as long as your adding Nutrience.

Good luck with your setup.
 
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cruzer101

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Cool thread you guys got here. Looks like its been around a while too.
I really am surprised more of you 150 watters are not scrog.
IMO thats the only way to go with low wattage.

I was looking at the distance the light is away from your plants and thought
I would add I have flowered with 400w eight inches away without any burns.
Thats in a diy cool tube. I tried it closer and got light poisoning so thats
as close as i could recommend for a 400. That make me think a 150W could be closer.

I dont know if you got this chart but it helped me in the past.



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MuntantLizzard

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cruzer101 said:
Cool thread you guys got here. Looks like its been around a while too.
I really am surprised more of you 150 watters are not scrog.
IMO thats the only way to go with low wattage.

I was looking at the distance the light is away from your plants and thought
I would add I have flowered with 400w eight inches away without any burns.
Thats in a diy cool tube. I tried it closer and got light poisoning so thats
as close as i could recommend for a 400. That make me think a 150W could be closer.

I dont know if you got this chart but it helped me in the past.



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wow great resource!
 
MisterMicro

MisterMicro

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cruzer101 said:
Cool thread you guys got here. Looks like its been around a while too.
I really am surprised more of you 150 watters are not scrog.
IMO thats the only way to go with low wattage.

I was looking at the distance the light is away from your plants and thought
I would add I have flowered with 400w eight inches away without any burns.
Thats in a diy cool tube. I tried it closer and got light poisoning so thats
as close as i could recommend for a 400. That make me think a 150W could be closer.

I dont know if you got this chart but it helped me in the past.



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Aewsome chart.

This is exactly what ive been telling the cat, but he thinks hes going to burn his girls.
 
MisterMicro

MisterMicro

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Hey, how close can you put your hand to the light and feel comfortable?

You can move your plants up to that point. As long as it isnt Hot on the hand, it wont be hot on your plants.
 
MisterMicro

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ink the world said:
Great chart +rep for ya

Wish i had found this 2 weeks ago, toasted a plant. Hope it saves someone from my "experiment" of how close can i go?:wall:
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PRetty damn close. i have good air flow so like to get my girls up to 3 inches from the bulb. The closer the more intensity and the bigger your bud will florish.

Hoods are a different story, they create an aura of heat around the bulb so just go by hand. IF your hand is comfortable here, not Hot but just a bit warm, then your good.
 
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cruzer101

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MisterMicro said:
Hey, how close can you put your hand to the light and feel comfortable?

You can move your plants up to that point. As long as it isnt Hot on the hand, it wont be hot on your plants.
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I found that rule doesn't really apply to bulbs in cool tubes.
The reason I say that is I put enough air through the tube so there was no heat at all.
I though I could put them right next to it. I was wrong. It wasn't the heat that fucked them up,
IMO It was the density of the lumen's. All buds closer then eight inches were damaged and there was zero heat.
Go figure.

I know I was able to get them closer then if I didn't use an air cooled unit but something fucked them up and I
think its called light poisoning.

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MisterMicro

MisterMicro

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cruzer101 said:
I found that rule doesn't really apply to bulbs in cool tubes.
The reason I say that is I put enough air through the tube so there was no heat at all.
I though I could put them right next to it. I was wrong. It wasn't the heat that fucked them up,
IMO It was the density of the lumen's. All buds closer then eight inches were damaged and there was zero heat.
Go figure.

I know I was able to get them closer then if I didn't use an air cooled unit but something fucked them up and I
think its called light poisoning.

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Oh for sure, cooltubes is another story. I understand light 'bleaching'. I was actually asking the Lizard.

I had my plants right up on my 150w cooltube and they were happy, i imagine with 400w thatd be intense, but youd be wasting the amount of coverage a 400w can put out if you did that anyways.
 
MuntantLizzard

MuntantLizzard

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MisterMicro said:
Hey, how close can you put your hand to the light and feel comfortable?

You can move your plants up to that point. As long as it isnt Hot on the hand, it wont be hot on your plants.
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It sees in a past grow i had leaves 4" from the light. i guess the scrog thing threw my mind to do something diffrent
Really can t move the plants in the screen .
How low can you go? well see later.
 
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