250w hps

[Kushage]

i have six pure kush plants grown from seeds in ff ocean mix soil, there in my closet with is about 4x3x3 i was just wondering if a 250w hps would be good for them, how far the light should be away, should i run a cfl and how much could i yield? been in soil for two and a half weeks with 150w cfl. are all six inches tall and just got first topping today (5/8/10)

thanks for everything!

 

[Cane'Bosem]

i have six pure kush plants grown from seeds in ff ocean mix soil, there in my closet with is about 4x3x3 i was just wondering if a 250w hps would be good for them, how far the light should be away, should i run a cfl and how much could i yield? been in soil for two and a half weeks with 150w cfl. are all six inches tall and just got first topping today (5/8/10)

thanks for everything!

400 would have been better but the heat may have made that impractical anyway. How close to the light depends on the heat. If your plants are big enough to take HID lighting, they should be fine as close as possible. MEANING - I just put my hand under the light and wherever it feels comfortable for me, I set everything to that height. Sometimes that height is just 12 inches away. Other times it is as close as 6 inches (in winter).

Exciting grow man. Any chance for pics???

 

[Kushage]

ya im really excitied for them. i will have pictures up tommorow. its a little ghetto in my closet but i think it will work haha i am gonna be using a 250w hps bulb with my 105w cfl bulb. heres info on the bulb

http://cgi.ebay.com/7000-LUMEN-500w13-Huge-PLANT-GROW-LIGHT-BULB-FREE-GIFTS-/390194636322?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5ad969a622

should i leave that in there too with my 250w?

first grow by the way too haha

 

[newbieharvester]

The bulb looks good, the sellers text is full of errors at best UV.......????? Usable for plants?????

However, I would complement the 105w with 2-3 20-26W 6500k CFL to get full blue spectrum as well, but hey, I´m just a stupid arse that don´t know shit

 

[Kushage]

ya how much could i yeild with that cfl and a 250w hps?

gonna use nutes, bid bud, bud candy, grow big fox farm

 

[majek]

6 plants might be too many for a single 250w, but you can grow 2-4 plants to full size under it. by full size i mean about 3-4 feet tall. I've grown 4 under my 250w twice and they stretched a little, but they produced some pretty decent buds. just remember its better to have 1 or 2 plants that get direct light, than a bunch of plants that don't get enough light

 

[SensiStan]

majec is right, not to mention u need to expect those plants to almost quadruple in size and im having trouble keeping 3 small plants in space half that size, i'm thinking of going down to 2 plants.from experience 6-10 inches is a good distance for a 250w HPS but the heat it kicks out is big so make sure ur ventilation is up to the challenge.UV IS usable light for plants in their later stages, it helps with resin production .lookin forward to seein some pics

 

[Kushage]

i have six plants but havent even started flowering so i dont know the sex of them im sure not all six of them are gonna be females. im just gonna keep my cfl and hopefully just have two or three females the height of my closet is about 7 feet just need to take the shelfs out. will have pics up asap so u guys can give me some feedback

 

[majek]

sounds good, 6 plants will grow fine under a 250w until they reach a certain size

I'm currently growing only 1 plant under my 250w and she's doing awesome. Check out the journal in my sig for pics

 

[Kushage]

i just look your plant looks awesome! how much u think ur gonna yield from her? idk the characteristics of pure kush does anyone?

 

[majek]

thanks! im hoping for around 3 oz. dry but I dont want to be dissapointed so I'll say 2 lol. pure kush stays very short and bushy and grows dense indica buds that have a very sweet, sometimes musty smell. the burmese i'm growing is a hybrid, it has some sativa traits but the classic og kush taste/smell

 

[Kushage]

i just feed them all with fox farm grow big nute yesterday 1 tbs for a gallon, i waited til they were all 6 inches before the nutes since foxfarm has good soil, just topped the plants today very big nd bushy indica leaves and they already starting to smell a lil haha, i just hope they come out good and when i get pics up u guys can let me know how there doin.

 

[majek]

nice foxfarm makes great soil, it has everything you need to veg plants but I like to start feeding them when they are about 2 weeks old. I don't use foxfarm nutes though just their soil

 

[Kushage]

they have been in the soil for 2 and a half weeks and are about 6 inches tall really think bush of leaves. i think they look really good haha but u guys are gonna have to wait til tommorow to see them ill put the pictures up in the morning


pics of plants now up in my album taken (6/8/10) two and a half weeks in soil
https://www.rollitup.org/members/kushage-257238/albums/pure-kush-12929/