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

excellente ... make sure to come back with some pics to update us .... we all look forward to pics .... hahahaha! Walk On!!~~

dankfire said:

nice..mine go under the light today

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tahoe58 said:

I started them (2 x 160W SolarGlo) with a couple of hours about a week or so into flowering. Then built up their schedule to 8 hrs within the 12-12 cycle. two hours then eight then two. I have since cut back to 6 within ..... three then six then three. I thought that I might have been getting some burning but I think I really just mismanaged the nutes .... too too "free-for-all" without due care and attention to quantitites and concenrations.

I have not gone without co2, I suppose I could, but right now I'm just really intrerested in trying to extract themost out of the strains I am trying, and I believe that co2 is a contributor to that process. To be absolutely correct I should do a grow with out .... maybe sometime I will do that.

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cool thanks for the info. I could do the UV while I am sleeping but I live (and the kid) in to close proximity to the ladies to be dumping CO2 into the house.

i'm going to be setting up my 400w hps in the next week or so and will definitely post my results here. i'm pumped up this thread is awesome.

No worries. glad to be able to help. The CO2 is trickier for sure. if it weren't for my cab to be setup the way it it, I prolly wouldn't either .... my CO2 is (mostly) confined to a 4x3x4 sealed box. The air circulating to shed light heat is seperated from the growing chambers. its actually pretty ingenious. I expect that CO2 does leak out though.

From my 400W top44 grow, heres an early example. I decided to chop/dry a single branch a couple of days ago (the suggestion was made to allow for an experiment of the different high with the different phases of maturity for this girl). Been hanging in the dark, and this is a small popcorn bud from down the length of the branch. I main "top" of the branch still needs another day or more ..... this is a great smoke, but very obviously pretty much too early ..... cheers!

Hayduke said:

cool thanks for the info. I could do the UV while I am sleeping but I live (and the kid) in to close proximity to the ladies to be dumping CO2 into the house.

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great look forward to seeing you pic as you get going - put up a journal if you wish. Walk On!!~~

green831 said:

i'm going to be setting up my 400w hps in the next week or so and will definitely post my results here. i'm pumped up this thread is awesome.

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mmmm...looks tasty!

heres some more.....

That does look very tasty..

Tahoe58, did you give your plants ample flushing, the leaves still look a bit too green for my liking.

The trich' density looks great yummy.

Just smoking my 400W grown auto Ak47. Have a grin like a cheshire cat and if I was any more relaxed I would liquify!

I'm loving my cured harvest

congrats on the harvest. 1st pic was a week before the chop and the 2nd pic was a after a few days of drying. i flushed for a week, maybe it wasn't long enough, it sure was some tasty smoke tho.

seeing as im about to hook up my new 1000w hps i guess i better get some pics of my 400w setup. im cramming them in...right now ive got 11 ladies under it and theyre all throwin elbows fightin for space. ill get pics in the morning.


and i disagree about the green leaves at harvest and flushing. green leaves are the sign of a healthy plant. yellowing and leaf drop during flowering isnt normal, its a deficiency.

I was under the impression that the idea of flushing was to remove all nutrients hence the yellowing / browning of the leaves in the last week. They use up the last of their reserves.
Or I am mistaken?

SlikWiLL13 said:

and i disagree about the green leaves at harvest and flushing. green leaves are the sign of a healthy plant. yellowing and leaf drop during flowering isnt normal, its a deficiency.

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Hydrokronics said:

bump...........


200+ Grams from a single plant under a single 400w HPS with some CFL side and filler lighting. Could have been nore and i should have topped her ut the yeild was decent and i learned alot.

Things are going much better now

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Did you do that Hydro or soil? I have a two girls, running ebb and flow near there end and was wondering when to flush? The hairs are starting to turn red but only like ten percent at this point. any help much appreciated.

Reiss said:

I was under the impression that the idea of flushing was to remove all nutrients hence the yellowing / browning of the leaves in the last week. They use up the last of their reserves.
Or I am mistaken?

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I dont have any pics right now but the mazar that I have has most of its fan leaves turning yellow. I was thinking that it was because the pot that it is in is too small for the size that I grew her up to? The root structure has engulfed all of the hydroton and taken up every crevice that it could possible reach. And how do you judge when to flush? Any help would be great.

Reiss said:

I was under the impression that the idea of flushing was to remove all nutrients hence the yellowing / browning of the leaves in the last week. They use up the last of their reserves.
Or I am mistaken?

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this is true.if you flush at the end it will cause the plant to use what nutes are left.this will cause the leaves to turn yellow and maybe start to die.but this ok cause your gonna harvest soon anyway.the flush will give the bud a smoother and better tasting smoke.

The way i judge a plant to determine how long it has left until the flush is I look at the trichomes. The trichomes are the glass/water droplet looking stuff on your bud and leaves close to the bud. I cut a leaf off right next to the bud and then i look at it carefully under a microscope. You can buy a microscope at radioshack for 12 USD. Under the miscroscope i look at the trichomes to determine if they are clear, cloudy, or amber in color. This is an excelent indication on how far along your plant REALLY is and how much longer you have. If they are clear then they totally need more time. But if they are cloudy or amber then you are near finish. The perfect color would be a 50/50 cloudy/amber combination. But depending on your buzz preference you can tweek between the cloudy and amber looking trichomes to give you your desired high.

Percolator said:

I dont have any pics right now but the mazar that I have has most of its fan leaves turning yellow. I was thinking that it was because the pot that it is in is too small for the size that I grew her up to? The root structure has engulfed all of the hydroton and taken up every crevice that it could possible reach. And how do you judge when to flush? Any help would be great.

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greenearth5 said:

The way i judge a plant to determine how long it has left until the flush is I look at the trichomes. The trichomes are the glass/water droplet looking stuff on your bud and leaves close to the bud. I cut a leaf off right next to the bud and then i look at it carefully under a microscope. You can buy a microscope at radioshack for 12 USD. Under the miscroscope i look at the trichomes to determine if they are clear, cloudy, or amber in color. This is an excelent indication on how far along your plant REALLY is and how much longer you have. If they are clear then they totally need more time. But if they are cloudy or amber then you are near finish. The perfect color would be a 50/50 cloudy/amber combination. But depending on your buzz preference you can tweek between the cloudy and amber looking trichomes to give you your desired high.

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Always good advice. You don't even need a microscope, I use a jewellers loupe off ebay, 30X I think, works just fine.
Hairs are no indication of maturity, trichs are.

diggitydank420 said:

LOL, I just ordered one of these from HTG last week... should be here tomorrow (fingers crossed)

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hey diggitydank420.did you get this tent up and going yet?how is the temps?ill be ordering mine in another month or two,im in the process of getting my med licence so thats my goal before a new set up.

litljohn said:

hey diggitydank420.did you get this tent up and going yet?how is the temps?ill be ordering mine in another month or two,im in the process of getting my med licence so thats my goal before a new set up.

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Yup... that's the one. It's very nice and I am very pleased with it so far. It's handling 200W of CFLs with just a fan blowing into the fresh air vent on the side and two ports open toward the top.

It's very well constructed, but it does leak a little bit of light. But I keep it behind curtains so you can't see anything at all.

I recommend this tent very highly. Only thing is, I won't be joining the 400Watter club... I'm gonna get a 600W digi.

But, I just bought the tent alone, not that whole kit that your pic shows.

Reiss said:

I was under the impression that the idea of flushing was to remove all nutrients hence the yellowing / browning of the leaves in the last week. They use up the last of their reserves.
Or I am mistaken?

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some leaves will turn yellow/brown towards the end of flowering.

diggitydank420 said:

Yup... that's the one. It's very nice and I am very pleased with it so far. It's handling 200W of CFLs with just a fan blowing into the fresh air vent on the side and two ports open toward the top.

It's very well constructed, but it does leak a little bit of light. But I keep it behind curtains so you can't see anything at all.

I recommend this tent very highly. Only thing is, I won't be joining the 400Watter club... I'm gonna get a 600W digi.

But, I just bought the tent alone, not that whole kit that your pic shows.

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thats cool that the tent is good quility,but that kinda sucks cause i need to know how the temps will be with a 400watt hps.ill be using a diffrent fan than in the pic,ill be using a 4'' inline fan(270 cfm) with a carbon scrubber.does anyone else know how the temps will be?

litljohn said:

thats cool that the tent is good quility,but that kinda sucks cause i need to know how the temps will be with a 400watt hps.ill be using a diffrent fan than in the pic,ill be using a 4'' inline fan(270 cfm) with a carbon scrubber.does anyone else know how the temps will be?

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I've got the same fan...but I'm using it with a cool tube. Probably be your best bet with a tent.