400w Club-Show Off Your 400w Pride And Joy

mookie brown

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i love the size and girth of your plant there. good job growing. it looks sweet. i got a few questions if you dont mind. i got a plant thats about 43 days into veg. i use a 400w hps. i was wondering do you leave your plants outside for vegging and the 400w for flower? and if so for how long each cycle?
I veg all my plants indoors one at a time using 125watts 24/0 on indica/hybrids until they reach my desired height of 18" & then put it into flowering 12/12. The only thing I do outside is flower every chance I can get in my backyard. Right now I have one inside under 400watt hps flowering & one outside flowering under the sun.

43days into veg ? whatcha growing ?
 

g00sEgg

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Debating on a getting a 400w or a 250w....I finally figured out how i'm gonna run my ventilation. What do you guys think? Is there really a huge difference in the two?
 

mookie brown

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Debating on a getting a 400w or a 250w....I finally figured out how i'm gonna run my ventilation. What do you guys think? Is there really a huge difference in the two?
Everyone I spoke with here & there on the web or in the real world when I asked that question all said to just get the 400. From what I know now, I too would say get the 400. More than likely if you get a 250 when you're halfway in flowering you will already have your mind made up to get the 400 for the next grow & kick yourself for getting the 250 in the first place.
 

g00sEgg

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Everyone I spoke with here & there on the web or in the real world when I asked that question all said to just get the 400. From what I know now, I too would say get the 400. More than likely if you get a 250 when you're halfway in flowering you will already have your mind made up to get the 400 for the next grow & kick yourself for getting the 250 in the first place.
Thanks man, I was thinking the same thing!
 

bongmarley2009

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Go with the biggest light your setup can handle right from the start. I went with a 400w. Downsizing to a 250w due to my living conditions next year though.
 
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GardenOfGreen400

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I veg all my plants indoors one at a time using 125watts 24/0 on indica/hybrids until they reach my desired height of 18" & then put it into flowering 12/12. The only thing I do outside is flower every chance I can get in my backyard. Right now I have one inside under 400watt hps flowering & one outside flowering under the sun.

43days into veg ? whatcha growing ?
i got some ken's grand daddy purple. idk if you've heard of it. its supposedly a clone only strain. im guna clone it and then flip to 12/12 at day 60. do you think its a good idea to put it outside during the day to veg? im running a 400w hps inside and idk if i should use the light or outside for veg. heres some pics, let me know if you got any ideas. thanks
 

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stringd2002

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I just harvested my 400 watt grow and have a question. Will my 400 Watt MH bulb at 40" away hurt my 1 week old seedlings? +Rep for Good advice.
 

mookie brown

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i got some ken's grand daddy purple. idk if you've heard of it. its supposedly a clone only strain. im guna clone it and then flip to 12/12 at day 60. do you think its a good idea to put it outside during the day to veg? im running a 400w hps inside and idk if i should use the light or outside for veg. heres some pics, let me know if you got any ideas. thanks
GOG400,

I've heard of GDP recently here on the forums. That's definitely west coast I'm assuming. No GDP here on the east coast. Very nice girl you got !! The sun is always better to use whenever possible. I used to take a plant outside on my first grow during the day to cut any type of cost possible on my electric bill. Most people frown on it because you could end up bringing bugs back into your home/grow room, but if it's not a problem then do it during the day, just make sure to move it back inside before it goes dark. If your safe putting it outside then take advantage of it otherwise I wouldn't recommend.

:peace:
 

mookie brown

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I just harvested my 400 watt grow and have a question. Will my 400 Watt MH bulb at 40" away hurt my 1 week old seedlings? +Rep for Good advice.

Why would you want to use 400watts on seedlings ? I think that's a waste of $'s but then again how many seedlings are you talking about ?
 

doctorD

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Why would you want to use 400watts on seedlings ? I think that's a waste of $'s but then again how many seedlings are you talking about ?
Nope not a waste at all. The light just needs to be far enough away not to burn. The plants grow much faster.
 
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GardenOfGreen400

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GOG400,

I've heard of GDP recently here on the forums. That's definitely west coast I'm assuming. No GDP here on the east coast. Very nice girl you got !! The sun is always better to use whenever possible. I used to take a plant outside on my first grow during the day to cut any type of cost possible on my electric bill. Most people frown on it because you could end up bringing bugs back into your home/grow room, but if it's not a problem then do it during the day, just make sure to move it back inside before it goes dark. If your safe putting it outside then take advantage of it otherwise I wouldn't recommend.

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thanks a lot man:smile:, i put her in my house by my huge sliding glass door really that way the wind dont hurt her and like you said to cut cost on the bill. it gets real good lighting but not straight sunlight, which i think is the best for it. i havent been able to get a lot of help with the strain. i believe it is like a west thing, hints why im prolly not getting much info. thanks for the comments bro.
 

mookie brown

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Nope not a waste at all. The light just needs to be far enough away not to burn. The plants grow much faster.

Everyone has their own set ways & I can dig it. I myself have my set way on how I grow 1 plant. First I use a 42watt cfl for seedling for a few days & then I move to a single 85watt cfl for about a week & then I move to a 125watt cfl to finish my veg until she's bushy & at 18" tall (approximately 1 month vegging) before I put it to 12/12 with my 150watt hps for the first week of flowering & then I exchange out the 150 to my 400 to finish the rest of the grow.

I live alone & pay all the bills, I try to save as much as possible with cutting costs, I'm on a super tight budget.
 

mookie brown

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24 seedlings in all and they have responded to the 400W MH well. All are standing at attention... Thanx
That makes a lot more sense to me. I wish I could many at a time but then that would mean I would be smoking more :bigjoint: i'll stick with 7-10g a week for smoking. Anything more than that will kick my age in & I'll be napping my life away. :lol:
 

stringd2002

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I'm actually getting them ready to go outdoor guerilla style. They are THC Bomb and Super Silver Haze. They should be ready in about 2-3 weeks
 
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GardenOfGreen400

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my first grow was my only grow before now and it was horrible for the time and money i spent. i have a 400w hps and i vegged for 1.5 months and flowered for eight weeks and only yielded about a oz. and a hlaf if i was lucky. i used ff nutes and the plant never looked bad the whole time. would anyone be able to tell me why i yielded so little. also i only had the one plant.
thanks
 

golddog

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my first grow was my only grow before now and it was horrible for the time and money i spent. i have a 400w hps and i vegged for 1.5 months and flowered for eight weeks and only yielded about a oz. and a hlaf if i was lucky. i used ff nutes and the plant never looked bad the whole time. would anyone be able to tell me why i yielded so little. also i only had the one plant.
thanks
Dude,

How big was your plant(s) ?

I just finished a grow with my 400w, FFOF & Nutes. Got much more than that (almost 8 zips) off 4 plants.

Maybe tell us a little more about you grow setup, strains, etc. How close did you put you lights. :bigjoint:
 
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