250w HPS Club And Help Guide

[Sr. Verde]

congrats on the girls!

Just took a few pictures. Saturday will be 8 weeks since she showed her sex. I'm thinking maybe 9 weeks? Not too many amber trichs as of now.

I'd wait until the pistils turned and the calyxes puff up, and check the trichs on the calyxes if you do.. the trichs on the leaves degrade faster..

https://www.rollitup.org/harvesting-curing/210501-zeuss-take-harvesting.html

Like he says...

It should look less like this

And more like this.

Trust me when I say, it is worth the excruciating wait.

 

[10acjed]

Can anyone tell me (please) if my plants, pictured on last page, well stretch much after going under the HPS. In my experience from growing with CFL's, height growth has stopped by now (24days 12/12), and it's just the budds getting bigger from here on in.

However, with my 250, i'm guessing the bulb will be about 6 inches from the plants, will this cause them to stretch more, now they are mid flower??

The stretch should be slowed/stopped by now. Figure roughly 3 weeks after flower.
Not sure how the HPS will affect it, I doubt it will cause any major stertch at this point.. When you go from 18/6 cfl or MH to 12/12 and HPS it will depend on the strain... My current strains went another 18" up in 3 weeks before stopping...

 

[Hettyman]

The stretch should be slowed/stopped by now. Figure roughly 3 weeks after flower.
Not sure how the HPS will affect it, I doubt it will cause any major stertch at this point.. When you go from 18/6 cfl or MH to 12/12 and HPS it will depend on the strain... My current strains went another 18" up in 3 weeks before stopping...

Thanks, I figured they shouldn't stretch this late on, being short stocky plants by nature anyway, just never used HPS, so what I would ask... Speaking of which, my ballast and bulb just arrived, a day early too!! That's my afternoon sorted....pics to follow shortly

 

[stoneslacker]

Can anyone tell me (please) if my plants, pictured on last page, well stretch much after going under the HPS. In my experience from growing with CFL's, height growth has stopped by now (24days 12/12), and it's just the budds getting bigger from here on in.

However, with my 250, i'm guessing the bulb will be about 6 inches from the plants, will this cause them to stretch more, now they are mid flower??

If you are 24 days in you should have minimal stretch when adding your hps. If you are keeping it 5-10in from your canopy the light intensity should keep her from "reaching".

 

[Hettyman]

Thats it!!!.....I'm in!!!!!

All set up with my 250 now!!

Spec:
2 x Blue Mystic (Nirvana Seeds), topped and little LST in 10 litre buckets - flipped 24 days ago, so day 17ish flower I recon
BioBizz Light Mix Soil, with additional perlite, worm cast, and clay pebbles
Biobizz BioGrow, BioBloom and Top Max - Hesi Power Zyme used evry 3rd/4th watering
Fox Farm - Big Bloom - not used this yet, it looks kind of similar to Top Max - should I use with my other ferts??
3 and half inch fan directly under Bulb
4" TT Extractor with Prima Klima Filter

I just gave them a nice feed before sending them to worship their new Overlord. I have them about 6" away from the bulb, and there is little to no heat there, think I could push them up an inch, but will give them a day or two to adjust first.

I'm So Frickin' Happy!!

 

[Hettyman]

If you are 24 days in you should have minimal stretch when adding your hps. If you are keeping it 5-10in from your canopy the light intensity should keep her from "reaching".

Thank you... I'm am almost Jizzing in pants waiting to see how they develop now.... i've doubled the lumens already, and adding 4x30w 2700k CFL's tommorrow!! September is gonna be a good month!!!

 

[Hettyman]

Oh and I would like to give a big shout out to http://charlieshydro.co.uk/ I keep buying stuff from there, cos they are cheapest 9/10, and even though they told me 2 days delivery (totally acceptable for the cheap postage) it came in under 20 HOURS of ordering... I'm not usually one to big up ppl but

 

[stoneslacker]

Some dried pics of the Blueberry and Trainwreck. Camera is pretty shitty.

Blueberry
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Trainwreck
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Peace

 

[10acjed]

Nice looking buds stoneslacker....

Updated my journal again...

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More pics in journal..

 

[Southtexasman87]

Anyone running a 250 in a growlabs 40?

 

[georgyboy]

9 plants, 1 gallon containers, 4 colas per plant. Do you thing a 250w light can handle it?

 

[KidneyStoner420]

250 can handle anything! LOL
But I would go with at least a 400.
But tbh, I have 8-10 going at any time, but they are all 12/12 from seed and at different spots in there grow, so not all have buds or anything.
I'd love a 400, but my area gets too hot with just the 250

 

[10acjed]

I have 3 main plants with a total of 20 kolas, and a sativa with 2 more kolas stuffed under a 250W, however they do not take up alot of horizontal space, using 4 3gal containers in 2 plastic bins (to catch ro) and only about 75% of them are getting ideal light... There are a couple of the taller ones off to the back a little, still only 6" from the light, but to the side not under...

Only issue I see you having is 9 containers, going to make your base wide so you may need to pull the kolas in towards the light... 36 kolas stuffed into a 3' x 3' space is going to be tough. With a 400W you can add another 2' x 2' of grow space..

 

[KidneyStoner420]

Just raise the light a few inches if some of your plants aren't getting enough light, 10acjed

 

[10acjed]

Just raise the light a few inches if some of your plants aren't getting enough light, 10acjed

Thanks.
I have been tinker with a few things so far... My box is 24" wide x 54" long, most of the long is for storing things, my fan etc. I use about 24" x 30" of space.
I have already rotated the light so that the 30" area is to the sides of my light, but the bulb is off center because of the hood & ballast, if that makes sense.. Kinda hard without seeing it.

If I put the tape measure at a 45° angle from the bulb its 6" away from the taller ones so I think it is still getting enough light... The others are directly under the light area at about 6" as well... If I look directly down from above my light I only have a couple inches outside of the hood area.
Plus I tied two branches today and got them lower and under the light as well, so its really just one or two kolas, if they seem like they need more light I will move them..

 

[Kalebaiden]

**Minor emergency**

I found spider mites on a plant downstairs. the plant never gets touched and rarely watered so I took it outside and tossed it. (It wasn't herb)

My question is, how contagious are spider mites, how easily do they transfer to other plants and will they seek marijuana plants that are less accessible over regular plants within reach?

 

[georgyboy]

Thanks guys. I'm looking at a 3x2 footprint under my 250. If things get too cramped I've got these things I made that can each hold up to 12 cfls. I can pull some plants under one of those and open up space under the 250.

 

[KidneyStoner420]

**Minor emergency**

I found spider mites on a plant downstairs. the plant never gets touched and rarely watered so I took it outside and tossed it. (It wasn't herb)

My question is, how contagious are spider mites, how easily do they transfer to other plants and will they seek marijuana plants that are less accessible over regular plants within reach?

Buy a Hot Shot pest strip. I had a minor mite issue and now they are long gone. Inly took a couple days.

 

[KidneyStoner420]

Thanks guys. I'm looking at a 3x2 footprint under my 250. If things get too cramped I've got these things I made that can each hold up to 12 cfls. I can pull some plants under one of those and open up space under the 250.

My area is 3x2 and it's nearly perfect for me, though a 400 wouldn't hurt.

 

[10acjed]

**Minor emergency**

I found spider mites on a plant downstairs. the plant never gets touched and rarely watered so I took it outside and tossed it. (It wasn't herb)

My question is, how contagious are spider mites, how easily do they transfer to other plants and will they seek marijuana plants that are less accessible over regular plants within reach?

They can spread, however if its a good distance away and you just noticed it you should be ok. Watch out for webs on your plants, and keep an eye on the underside of leaves. Maybe get a magnified glass and inspect just to ease your mind..