Medical Grow Journal - Sour Diesel & Northern Lights 600W HPS

How are the Girls looking?

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NowICanSee

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Introduction

This is a continuation from this thread, which is in the CFL forum because I vegged with CFL's:
https://www.rollitup.org/cfl-growing/178656-medical-cfl-grow-journal-sour-2.html#post2392497

4x Sour Diesel Clones
2x Northern Lights Clones

I will update this regularly (2-3x per Week) with new pictures.

Thanks for looking & Enjoy!
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April 18th 2009

I finally got my 600w HPS last night! I also transplanted the girls into 1.5g pots and watered them.

Today is the first day with the new light and the first day of flowering.

All pictures are from 04/18/2009

The last two pictures are of the Northern Lights.
 

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orangeade5

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they look good, i personally didnt like how my northern lights turned out, but i think cheap genetics played a big part
 
NowICanSee

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April 22nd 2009

Here are some updated pictures for everyone to see.
They were taken today about an hour ago.

The first picture is a group shot.
The second, third and fourth pictures are the Northern Lights clone.
The Last picture is one of the Sour Diesel clones.

Enjoy:joint:
 

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orangeade5 said:
they look good, i personally didnt like how my northern lights turned out, but i think cheap genetics played a big part
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I know exactly what you mean because both my smallest and largest plants are both Northern Lights clones, but they were taken from different plants. The difference is amazing!
 
sophanox

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if it's possible, put them into even bigger pots - that will dramatically increase your yield!
 
vapedg13

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Bro the CFLs didnt do the Sour D any justice.....is that 600 watt HPS your using for bud or for veg?

You can get a MH conversion bulb for the HPS system....those plants would do alot better under 600 mh for a couple weeks of veg of then flower them with the HPS:peace:

I found out the hard way that the Sour D will almost tripple in height in the 12 day tranferance period between Veg and Flower
 
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sophanox said:
if it's possible, put them into even bigger pots - that will dramatically increase your yield!
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Thanks man, I appreciate the tip. I was told that 1.5gl would be enough but with the way that they are growing who knows.

vapedog13 said:
Bro the CFLs didnt do the Sour D any justice.....is that 600 watt HPS your using for bud or for veg?

You can get a MH conversion bulb for the HPS system....those plants would do alot better under 600 mh for a couple weeks of veg of then flower them with the HPS:peace:

I found out the hard way that the Sour D will almost tripple in height in the 12 day tranferance period between Veg and Flower
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You are exactly right. I vegged them with about 160w of CFL's for almost 40 days.
I got my 600w HPS on 4/17, transplanted & started flowering the same day.

I am aiming for 2 Ounces per plant, which I believe is very reasonable. I was able to get an ounce from one plant on my last grow using the same 160w CFL hood.

My next grow will be a 400w MH/HPS in a Hydrohut style tent, most likely from HTG.

I am really looking forward to that one!:joint:
 
NowICanSee

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April 28th 2009

Week 2 of flowering

I added my 65w CFL right in the middle of the plants. They provide awesome side lighting and they only cost $15 at Home Depot!





I would highly recommend these if you need some side lighting.

Check out the 2 new pics!
Enjoy:joint:
 

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vapedg13 said:
have you ever thought about using this set up supose to equal a 400 watt MH
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I have thought about using t5 lighting but a 4 foot fixture seems kind of bulky. I really was thinking of maybe a 2ft fixture for the veg chamber. Any experience/info on a smaller t5 veg setup?
 
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NowICanSee said:
I have thought about using t5 lighting but a 4 foot fixture seems kind of bulky. I really was thinking of maybe a 2ft fixture for the veg chamber. Any experience/info on a smaller t5 veg setup?
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You mean like this one......you can get these off ebay...the 4 ft bulbs have 5000 lumens per bulb the 4 ft above is 30,000 lumens- Low Profile - only 2 1/2 inches ! - Overall Dimensions: 20" Wide x 49" Long x 2 1/2" Deep

- Low Profile - only 2 1/2 inches !
- Overall Dimensions: 20" Wide x 25" Long x 2 1/2" Deep
- 25" (approx. 2 feet) Long MINI T5 - perfect for seedstarting or cloning or mother plants!
- SIX 2' High Output 6500K GROW BULBS Included (T5 F24HO)
- 6500K or Kelvin spectrum bulbs provide an Ultra-Blue Spectrum that is designed specifically for vegetative plant growth. These bulbs provide lush, dense, green plant growth and come from a major horticultural lighting manufacturer.
- High Output bulbs have extremely high lumen per watt rating - 2,000 lumens per bulb! This system emits an incredible 12,000 lumens!​
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That looks perfect. I am going to do some more research before I purchase my grow tent/lights from HTG. That won't be for about 2 months anyway so I've got some time to decide.
 
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