250w HPS Club And Help Guide

GreenGrower14

GreenGrower14

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you can get a 250w with the remote ballast and a HPS lamp then you can also purchase a MH for like 35 bucks. theres 2 hoods on their website for less than 100 bucks U.S.

this is the one with a magnetic ballast http://www.htgsupply.com/Category-250---175---150-Watt-Magnetic-Grow-Light-Systems.asp

there is also a digital one for like 190 http://www.htgsupply.com/Product-Digital-Greenhouse---250-Watt-Systems---250-watt-HPS.asp

hope it helps i love htg they make great products and back their warranties
 
Izoc666

Izoc666

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hello fellas , this thread seems alive with 250w users !! its all good because im going to get 250w MH/HPS cool tube hood system soon...and I need your help and your opioion...im not sure which one i should get a grow tent, one is 36"x20"x62" or 46"x24"x60" ? which its ideal to control the temp and say 2 or 4 plants in the tent ? I will be highly appreicate about your help. Thank you for your time.

Happy growing and peace

666
 
NatureaFinest

NatureaFinest

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Izoc666 said:
hello fellas , this thread seems alive with 250w users !! its all good because im going to get 250w MH/HPS cool tube hood system soon...and I need your help and your opioion...im not sure which one i should get a grow tent, one is 36"x20"x62" or 46"x24"x60" ? which its ideal to control the temp and say 2 or 4 plants in the tent ? I will be highly appreicate about your help. Thank you for your time.

Happy growing and peace

666
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Wassup izoc! Personally I'd go with the taller one to keep heat as far as I could from the bottom. Runnin a cool tube/hood will reap the most benefits imo.
 
AWnox

AWnox

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NatureaFinest said:
Wassup izoc! Personally I'd go with the taller one to keep heat as far as I could from the bottom. Runnin a cool tube/hood will reap the most benefits imo.
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Guys keep in mind that a cool tube reduces the luminous output therefore slowing vegetative growth so be sure to compensate for that when placing your lights above your girls (place them as close as possible). It is better for controlling temps if you don't have a proper ventilation system but if you do have proper ventilation and more ambient control I would suggest not going with the cool tube and just make sure there is proper ventilation and keep the temps low; I would say cool tubes are useful for 400W+ but to each it's own I suppose.
 
Doobieus

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Grazzmon said:
Looking good Doob, Thanks for the cottonmouth tip..lol

Grazz
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Thanks Grazz, I may get another pic up since I just tied it down. I have a Bluewidow going too, but the BW is much younger than the KB. Going to get the BW to 4-6 weeks before I flip, the KB is 2 week ahead of it so it will be 6-8 weeks Veg at that point. Definitely want to get clones off both, so I'm waiting for the BW to grow a bit more. I was worried this grow would be so much harder since this is my first grow in 2 years or so, when I closed up shop :shock:. Given the new nutes, different climate, and set up I think I'm doing alright.

Dude it's sooo good no joke, it's not bad for the G2's. My girlfriend brought one home to me, I tried it without even really reading the label. Didn't even notice it was G2 until like 30 mins later lol. It's my new cotton mouth remedy lol.

Izoc666 said:
hello fellas , this thread seems alive with 250w users !! its all good because im going to get 250w MH/HPS cool tube hood system soon...and I need your help and your opioion...im not sure which one i should get a grow tent, one is 36"x20"x62" or 46"x24"x60" ? which its ideal to control the temp and say 2 or 4 plants in the tent ? I will be highly appreicate about your help. Thank you for your time.

Happy growing and peace

666
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We're not all fellas you know, there are some ladies as well =P. Welcome to the club, always glad to have more members :bigjoint:. Go with the smaller and taller one if you are concerned about controlling temps easier as Nature said. However if you can afford to buy a good ventilation system you could go with the bigger, if funds are tight then stick with the smaller tent. As far as cool tube, get a cool-able hood that has a separate ballast (digital is better). Cooltubes can reduce lumens as Awnox said, as they reflect light differently than a normal hood. People have had a lot of success with a cooltube, but at the same point I wonder if the same success couldn't have been achieved with a regular cool-able hood.

GrapePhilly&Chronic said:
Heres the girl at 6 1/2 weeks flowering. Chop at 8 weeks sound about right? Check'em out. The full picture is from a few days ago, and the other ones are from Monday. :weed::weed:
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That depends on how you like your high, but 8 weeks is soon to be chopping personally. I'd start flushing at 8 weeks and then take it to 10 weeks or so some times a little longer. That plant looks like it is a sativa/indica mix, I think it could use more time personally. Looking good, keep it up :eyesmoke:.
 
Izoc666

Izoc666

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yo NatureaFinest, thanks for your opioion....I was thinking about tall will be better too...thanks a lot and +rep for ya

AWnox, Im planning to get the light close to plants without burn, thanks sir. +rep for ya

Doobieus, thanks for giving me head up about ladies are grower too :) yes im going to get a digital electronic ballast...it should be fine, right ? thanks for your help as well. +rep for ya.

thanks fellas and gals , happy growing and Peace

666
 
GrapePhilly&Chronic

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Doobieus said:
Thanks Grazz, I may get another pic up since I just tied it down. I have a Bluewidow going too, but the BW is much younger than the KB. Going to get the BW to 4-6 weeks before I flip, the KB is 2 week ahead of it so it will be 6-8 weeks Veg at that point. Definitely want to get clones off both, so I'm waiting for the BW to grow a bit more. I was worried this grow would be so much harder since this is my first grow in 2 years or so, when I closed up shop :shock:. Given the new nutes, different climate, and set up I think I'm doing alright.

Dude it's sooo good no joke, it's not bad for the G2's. My girlfriend brought one home to me, I tried it without even really reading the label. Didn't even notice it was G2 until like 30 mins later lol. It's my new cotton mouth remedy lol.


We're not all fellas you know, there are some ladies as well =P. Welcome to the club, always glad to have more members :bigjoint:. Go with the smaller and taller one if you are concerned about controlling temps easier as Nature said. However if you can afford to buy a good ventilation system you could go with the bigger, if funds are tight then stick with the smaller tent. As far as cool tube, get a cool-able hood that has a separate ballast (digital is better). Cooltubes can reduce lumens as Awnox said, as they reflect light differently than a normal hood. People have had a lot of success with a cooltube, but at the same point I wonder if the same success couldn't have been achieved with a regular cool-able hood.


That depends on how you like your high, but 8 weeks is soon to be chopping personally. I'd start flushing at 8 weeks and then take it to 10 weeks or so some times a little longer. That plant looks like it is a sativa/indica mix, I think it could use more time personally. Looking good, keep it up :eyesmoke:.
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Im looking for more of an upbeat energized high then a couchlock, and from the research i've done, its about 8-9 weeks for a more of a 'sativa' high, 9-10 weeks for a mixed effect, and 10+ for an indica dominant 'couch-lock'. Am I about right with the 8 to 8 1/2 week harvest if i'm seeking more of a 'sativa' effect?
 
GreenGrower14

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GrapePhilly&Chronic said:
Im looking for more of an upbeat energized high then a couchlock, and from the research i've done, its about 8-9 weeks for a more of a 'sativa' high, 9-10 weeks for a mixed effect, and 10+ for an indica dominant 'couch-lock'. Am I about right with the 8 to 8 1/2 week harvest if i'm seeking more of a 'sativa' effect?
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what is the strain you are growing? your theory is right but the weeks vary with the strain dont worry about the weeks too much. Get yourself a jewelers loupe they are super cheap and look at the trich

50/50 clear and milky will give you a mind high mostly milky with very few clear will give you a better mind high maybe with a good body high aswell and when you start seeing amber your bud is gonna couchloch you just my 2cents hope it helps
 
GreenGrower14

GreenGrower14

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Izoc666 said:
hello fellas , this thread seems alive with 250w users !! its all good because im going to get 250w MH/HPS cool tube hood system soon...and I need your help and your opioion...im not sure which one i should get a grow tent, one is 36"x20"x62" or 46"x24"x60" ? which its ideal to control the temp and say 2 or 4 plants in the tent ? I will be highly appreicate about your help. Thank you for your time.

Happy growing and peace

yea defiantly get the taller one i have a 36x20x60 and it is waaaaaay to skinny for 2 plants. the cool tube is get idea will help with tents alot. in my grow i usually stay at the mid 80's in the summer months and in the mid 70s in the winter months a good rule of thumb is your tent with a cool tube will be around 10degrees hotter than you ambient temps i.e. if you have a room that is 70degrees your tent will prolly be close to 80 atleast that is how it works for me and my neighbors that are part of the co-op
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GreenGrower14

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just an update for everyone.... ill be chopping all the top colas of my bubba tonight. shes still got some white hairs on her but saturday will be week 10 and that is way to long in my opinion so im gonna harvest the top and lower the light and finish out the lower stuff. The pineapple express i have in there is sooooooo frosty im gonna chop her and revegg cause out of the 2 phenos i read about i got the one that smells like straight pineapple almost made me want to go to the grocer and buy one lol so i wanna keep her around. gonna make bubble out of the PE aswell should be some awsomeness haha sorry im so high my first cola i chopped just finished drying im choppin her up and putting her in jars but i just had to have a sample....
 
Doobieus

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GrapePhilly&Chronic said:
Im looking for more of an upbeat energized high then a couchlock, and from the research i've done, its about 8-9 weeks for a more of a 'sativa' high, 9-10 weeks for a mixed effect, and 10+ for an indica dominant 'couch-lock'. Am I about right with the 8 to 8 1/2 week harvest if i'm seeking more of a 'sativa' effect?
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You need to get a microscope if you want to tune in your high, I'd go with 9 just to be safe if you don't use a microscope. A sativa takes longer than an indica to finish/mature, and since I think you said it was bag seed and we don't know the strain the only thing I can go by is the leaves. You can manipulate the highs from an indica to kind of match to a sativa high if you harvest it early, same goes with letting a sativa go longer with more amber to get an effect closer to an indica's. Pocket microscopes are cheap, they are under 15 bucks usually.

Hope this helps.
 
Grazzmon

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I still think the seedling from one of the seeds from my last grow looks odd...lol. The first one is from a Nirvana Blue Mystic Feminized seed, second is a seed I got from the last grow (Nirvana BM FEM). The leaves are really much wider.. Hmmm.. maybe that means the Buds will be much wider too :-PDSCN3187.jpgDSCN3184.jpg

Grazz
 
Doobieus

Doobieus

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Grazzmon said:
I still think the seedling from one of the seeds from my last grow looks odd...lol. The first one is from a Nirvana Blue Mystic Feminized seed, second is a seed I got from the last grow (Nirvana BM FEM). The leaves are really much wider.. Hmmm.. maybe that means the Buds will be much wider too :-PView attachment 1821261View attachment 1821262

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Cross those fingers Grazz lol!! Looking healthy, they grow up so fast *tear* lol.
 
GrapePhilly&Chronic

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GreenGrower14 said:
what is the strain you are growing? your theory is right but the weeks vary with the strain dont worry about the weeks too much. Get yourself a jewelers loupe they are super cheap and look at the trich

50/50 clear and milky will give you a mind high mostly milky with very few clear will give you a better mind high maybe with a good body high aswell and when you start seeing amber your bud is gonna couchloch you just my 2cents hope it helps
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Im pretty sure she's an indica dominant. She grew very low and fat in veg. Ive seen sativas before, and they look far taller and lankier then my plants did. So 8 1/2 to 9 weeks would be best? Where can I get a 'jewellers loupe'?
 
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