250w HPS Club And Help Guide

[stoneslacker]

On my first grow I used some 42w 6500K cfls as supplemental side lighting. I read somewhere that around 20% of your total HiD wattage in bright white will increase bud density without effecting overall size. Due to heat I was unable to run the cfls on my second grow, and now that they are mostly dry and ready for jars I can notice a difference in density. Overall bud size was bigger but density was less. Not overly so but somewhat noticeable.

Just an observation, I'm still really green at this hobby, but learning alot. My upcoming grow will kick off somewhere around Oct or whenever steady cooler temps come. I plan on running at least the same amount of cfl wattage, and see what happens.

 

[cbtbudz]

^i like it. mix up the spectrum on those cfls.i am going to add a couple cfls also.

 

[RCgrowerman]

I added some 2700k to get some red in there.

 

[10acjed]

I added some 2700k to get some red in there.

I do have a 4' 4bulb T5 just sitting.... May have to order some bulbs and use it to supplement a bit...

 

[RCgrowerman]

I have a great T5 fixture as well, but unfortunately it will not fit into the tent with everything else so i gotta use the CFL's >.<

edit: my Barney's pineapple express, blue widow, and blue hash beans all came in today!!!!!! (ok maybe im a little too excited)

 

[RCgrowerman]

so far so good =)

 

[Sr. Verde]

give them more N

I'm seeing N deficiency working it's way from the bottom.

 

[10acjed]

Looks nice RC, wish mine would have stayed low like that.

Only reason I havent and may not use my T5 is power + heat. My T5 is like 250w as well, and puts off a bit of heat. My box is already hitting 82 - 84 during the light cycle so I may stick a cfl or two in there instead.
No need to be greedy...

Anyone have a link to a good guide on making hash or something out of the lower popcorn buds? Been a long time since I had any hash....

 

[kinetic]

Looks nice RC, wish mine would have stayed low like that.

Only reason I havent and may not use my T5 is power + heat. My T5 is like 250w as well, and puts off a bit of heat. My box is already hitting 82 - 84 during the light cycle so I may stick a cfl or two in there instead.
No need to be greedy...

Anyone have a link to a good guide on making hash or something out of the lower popcorn buds? Been a long time since I had any hash....

A buddy of mine grinds 'em and runs it in a 220 micron screen bag with a bucket and dry ice...

 

[RCgrowerman]

give them more N

I'm seeing N deficiency working it's way from the bottom.

That is left over from when she got a ph issue I identified about a week or so ago. She has been making steadily turning back to normal, but i don't want to make the common mistake of overloading my girl with nutrients due to a deficiency. Thanks for the tip!

 

[Dr. Kundilini]

RC, thanks for the encouragement.

 

[Dr. Kundilini]

10acjed....just yeasterday, browsing, I found "Jorge Cervantes Ultimate Grow", on you tube. It's 1hour 39 minutes of how to grow info and about the last 10 minutes is about turning the bud clippings into hash. Simple and straightforward. I don't know where to get the bags he used, but they are avaliable somewhere..just have to find them.

 

[stoneslacker]

Here you go.
[video=youtube;Uf0skTsA1bw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf0skTsA1bw[/video]

 

[stoneslacker]

This one also. Dry ice
[video=youtube;MZL3nLVYorg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZL3nLVYorg&amp;feature=related[/video]

 

[Sr. Verde]

That is left over from when she got a ph issue I identified about a week or so ago. She has been making steadily turning back to normal, but i don't want to make the common mistake of overloading my girl with nutrients due to a deficiency. Thanks for the tip!

Oh for sure.

My plants always need a boost of N for the first 20-25 days flowering.. It looks like you are around that stage? Sounds like a compounding problem - plants got hungry, showed signs, you fed them, now they need more food than when they were initially hungry.

Just be sure to back off the N after the 12/12 stretch. That is when you will see they slow down using N way a lot, and focus on the flowers. It's pretty easy to go over kill with the N past day 25.. Not so hard around days 5-15, most strains just eat it up..

Anyone have a link to a good guide on making hash or something out of the lower popcorn buds? Been a long time since I had any hash....

We make lots of hash over here at the concentrate corner > https://www.rollitup.org/concentrates-extracts/472288-sr-verdes-concentrate-corner-59.html

 

[RCgrowerman]

My problem was my bloom feed is very acidic and i was not at the time checking my PH at all. So they were getting the nutes they needed they were just locked up and thats why it seems they are needing more but its just a matter of the ph balancing out and using the nutes i give it. I got really lucky in the fact that the PH of the veg nut's is perfect for this but once i switched over is when i start having issues. Now i just have to take more time during watering to check my individual pots for PH but i cant stress enough how important it can be for people that may not be doing it.

 

[Kalebaiden]

Well I'm back, I got home during a dark cycle so I brought my nutes out to a lit area, mixed up some food for the betties and watered in the dark. I have no idea who needed what or if their dead and I watered dead plants. I'll figure out things tomorrow but for now i'm DOA.

 

[10acjed]

Thanks for the videos.. Will be a last minute decision when I am ready to harvest..

I fed mine on Thursday, so figured they would be good til today. 2 were starting to look a little droopy yesterday afternoon. This morning they were wilting pretty bad. Watered them all with 6.5. Still have some nute lockout on one. But I am collecting some RW today and will probably flush tonight with it if I can gather enough...

Buds filling in nicely tho...

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Nute lockout & dehydration
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A couple more pics in my journal...

 

[RCgrowerman]

Thanks for the videos.. Will be a last minute decision when I am ready to harvest..

I fed mine on Thursday, so figured they would be good til today. 2 were starting to look a little droopy yesterday afternoon. This morning they were wilting pretty bad. Watered them all with 6.5. Still have some nute lockout on one. But I am collecting some RW today and will probably flush tonight with it if I can gather enough...

Buds filling in nicely tho...

Nute lockout & dehydration



A couple more pics in my journal...

I feel your pain on the lockout situation

 

[Kalebaiden]

I just looked at the kids, Jamaican Bud is a girl!

Kaya Gold has bushed out and I'm almost ready to call her 'too big'

The B-52s are also getting big, not too big yet but their easily on their way.

Everyone is healthy and happy.