Things to Know About Lighting

KaliKitsune

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Ohh kali how long did the cutting delay your plant growth. How long is it taking you too flower those girls?
Cutting delayed growth by a couple days each cutting with about a week or so between each cutting.

That whole grow, because of the low amount of light, took almost a year to reach that size.

They took two and a half months for flowering.
 

born2killspam

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Not all tops are made equal don't forget.. 200 2-4g tops don't take as much area to grow as 90 1/2oz ones like you would need to hit 3lbs..
What do you yield off those crops Kalikitune?? It is pretty beautiful..
 

KaliKitsune

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Not all tops are made equal don't forget.. 200 2-4g tops don't take as much area to grow as 90 1/2oz ones like you would need to hit 3lbs..
What do you yield off those crops Kalikitune?? It is pretty beautiful..
I got just around 2 & 1/4 pounds from those two plants.

Each cola was around 3.5-5.0 dry.
 

valmeida

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Ok, I have been reading for a few days now and I have a question for all the veterans. which light would be better for a 4x4 grow area with (2) 2X4 trays with 20 plants. My options are (1) 1000 HPS over the middle or (2) 600 watt HPS side by side or (4) 400 watt HPS lights.
 

KaliKitsune

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Ok, I have been reading for a few days now and I have a question for all the veterans. which light would be better for a 4x4 grow area with (2) 2X4 trays with 20 plants. My options are (1) 1000 HPS over the middle or (2) 600 watt HPS side by side or (4) 400 watt HPS lights.
Get 2 600w HPS bulbs and put them side by side, about 4 feet apart from each other. That's your best bet.
 

born2killspam

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I agree with that, but 600W lights are pretty exclusive to grow stores, whereas 400W systems can often be purchased very cheaply at electrical/lighting outfitters.. (A few years ago I got everything I needed to put 400W systems together for $55).. There are some good deals on the net, but I wouldn't buy a light system from the local hydro stores if my life depended on it..
I would prefer 600W to 400W systems though..
 

GypsyBush

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Hey Kali, did you just really want to do a SCROG, or do you think there is an efficiency value in it?

I see clearly why someone restricted in number of plants but not in size, would choose this...

But I am just in awe that you had to wait that long... with your lights on...

I get it though... I run a mother & clone space that runs constantly too... though I use Fluoros there...

I am just curious...

The lollipops are working great for me so far...

Oh... another thing... do you think there is any drawback of having such massive plants with so little room for root mass?

The container I saw looked tiny compared to the amount of plant material above...

I have heard that Cannabis will not get root bound, is this the proof?

Cheers... and I got another 3 or 4 +rep coming your way as soon as they let me... lol...

That picture is awesome!!!! :eyesmoke:
 

AK47StEvY

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I got just around 2 & 1/4 pounds from those two plants.

Each cola was around 3.5-5.0 dry.
The reason you got that yeild is because of how many buds there are if you had half the amount of colas that you do I think you can get another 3/4 pound out of it, because the colas would grow much larger. A whole year though huh. crazy yeah the 400watt is only like 30,000 lumens+. I do believe I read in the Cannabis grow bible that for each watt ther should be 50 lumens, and it told me that 45,000 lumens + is the average amount of light that a cannabis plant requires inwhich you would get that many lumens with a 600 watt light system, I dont remember exactly but yeah... I read that 1000watts is efficient for a 4dx4wx6h area space for sure though. I would have liked to have seen your plant grown with a 1000 watts if you could keep it below 85F or 80F temperatures.
 

fishenfool06

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has any body ever herd if adding a uv lamp 2 weeks before harvist ? the first time i herd it it came from a profeser at oaksterdam . anybody else herd if this?
 

AK47StEvY

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Only if you dont burn your plant, i would just stay with any High Pressure Sodium Bulb rather than some crazy inefficient uv lamp.
 

born2killspam

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Its a suppliment, not a replacement.. There is a thread on it in the advanced forum.. Ppl seem to like the results, but its pretty anecdotal as of yet.. I'd jump on the band wagon since I'm a fan of flowering with HPS&MH together as far as bud quality goes..
 

KaliKitsune

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has any body ever herd if adding a uv lamp 2 weeks before harvist ? the first time i herd it it came from a profeser at oaksterdam . anybody else herd if this?
You want UV at the beginning of trichome production. Use it only as a supplement throughout the majority of flowering.
 
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