150w HPS Club: Inspirational Resource

dingbang

Active Member
Let me clarify a few thing for you ReelFiles...

but you fail to mention that you had to add an additional 3 CFL bulbs.
If you look two pages back you will notice there are no CFL's in my grow. I removed them to put in different flowering cab for another grow. I actually had heat issues too after adding about 95w of 6500K CFL's.

Also you said yourself this is your first attempt, so you have never actually completed any harvests with this setup yet.
You somehow missed the newer album right above the one you quoted from. That was posted around mid November 2009 and I actually said "First attempt at a mini SOG with JH in organic soil with BMO nutrients." At that point the girls were at most 4-5 weeks flowering and not even at their mid point.

so you have never actually completed any harvests with this setup yet. Just figured those are things you should mention when you comment like that.
Its now the end of February 2010. The grow you mentioned was started in September 2009. In that cab I have a 12 week strain. Since Christmas I have harvested 3-5 plants every 3 weeks. It is a perpetual SOG and supplies me with enough Jack Herer for personal use and I have plenty to give to my friends and family also. It works well for my given circumstances.

LOL, sorry dude, but you just can't go around giving advice without proof to back it up.
I agree with you here. This site is definitely plagued with people talking about things they have no first hand experience of. So, have you ever grown a perpetual SOG or SCROG under a 150? If so what was your average GPW? Why do think a seven plants yielding a meager 70 grams to not be possible?

I wouldn't want this guy to go out and buy a 150Watter, wait 3-4 months to find out that he should have gotten 400W light instead.
He never asked what type of light he should purchase.

The OP had clearly stated what his predetermined plan was and just wanted to know if he could get 10 grams per plant. The obvious answer to anyone would be yes.

It would be pretty freakin difficult to not get more than .466 grams per watt with seven plants.

Not trying to say it doesn't work for you, but I wouldn't recommend it to somebody else. Look at my Old Juicy Fruit thread if you wanna see what you can do growing 2 24" plants each under their own 150WHPS light, and it's a lot less work than taking care of 16 plants.
Maybe you shouldn't recommend it to anyone until you understand how it works. In my perpetual SOG I introduce 4 cuttings every 3 weeks. Inversely, I harvest 4 mature plants every 3 weeks as the cycle pushes onward. My cab fits up to sixteen 20" plants comfortably. I never have more than 3 different feeding schedules at any time. So, its no more difficult than having 3 plants actually.

Like I said I am not here to argue, just trying to give proper advice.
For someone who wasn't trying to argue you sometimes have condescending approach that says otherwise. There area lot of people on here trying to give what they think is "proper" advice, as you call it, but sharing knowledge from personal experience is all I was doing. Like I said before, I am only here to learn and share the little knowledge I have.

The Sea Of Green technique is perfect for smaller efficient lights and when done perpetually works out well for longer flowering sativa crosses. Maybe I'm just too impatient to wait 12 weeks in between harvests.

Your Juicy fruit grow looks great. Those colas are freakin huge. I wish they could get the odor of the JF strain in a more potent smoke. Its one of the few buds that makes my mouth water when getting a whiff.

I only hope this clears up some of the confusion. Getting angry about this kind of shit defies all logic but we do need to keep our facts straight without getting egos involved.

I'm not sure if you were apologizing to me or not but if you were, thank you. But there is no need for an apology at all. I don't care enough about any of this to get emotionally involved. Just keep posting and helping others here we will be fine.

So again, lets put the bullshit behind us and move on to helping people grow more herb.

peace.
 

jpnspec

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heres a quick update from my journal that I thought i'd share with y'all-

DAY 13 FLOWER on my MK (on the right) and mango. DAY 4 on AI (no sex shown yet)

more pics on my journal, check it out :peace:
 

dank nug

Active Member
hey my last ballast purchase didnt go so well. i though i was getting a complete ballast and only ended up getting pieces to a ballast. anyway my question is where did you guys/girls get your ballasts from online? im looking for a relatively cheap,reliable,plug in ballast for my 150w hps. i was looking into the adjustable ballast too. if you have one and its not ridiculously overpriced hit me up. any feedback is greatly appreciated!
 

dingbang

Active Member
Sorry to hear about your misfortune.
I came across this the other day while trying to decide for my next grow project. I have no experience with either the ballast or the seller but it is both cheap and switchable. If you just want to be cheap their are these all day long for around $40-$50

After a lot of thought, I think I am getting a 150w Pulse start metal halide to run a some CMH bulbs from Philips. I like the fact that they run cooler than HPS and it would be fun to do a side by side comparison between the two.

I am assuming you accidentally bought a magnetic ballast kit and if so, they are real simple to wire together and it may be worth looking into. Good luck with your next light purchase whatever it may be and let us all know what you find.

peace.
 

dank nug

Active Member
i found some deals online for hps/ballast/air cooled hoods. once i get roughly 150$ i think im going to order it. along with many other things. im just really tired of fluorescent lighting. the grow i have now is a joke. i cant wait to get my actual set up done. im tired of messing around with small ghetto grows.
 

cdub

Member
Well hello again everybody. Just a quick recap this is my first plant ever grown i start with a 150w hps i posted my setup earlier on in the post. I now upgraded to a 600w hps and kind fixed the grow area. I'm also about to start flowering cause i was finally able to completely dark out the room :).I'm really curious as to what other growers out there think and would love to here some suggestions or even questions. Thanks Everyone. Take it e-z
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shefsmoke

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Hey dingbang I was thinking of doing a sog grow cuz I got a 150HPS sun system. But I got a small tent I'd have to make a mother n clone cab cuz I was thinkng of about 4 5 plants a week. I got sour diesel strain. About how would I go about the setup like u got.
 

dingbang

Active Member
Hey dingbang I was thinking of doing a sog grow cuz I got a 150HPS sun system. But I got a small tent I'd have to make a mother n clone cab cuz I was thinkng of about 4 5 plants a week. I got sour diesel strain. About how would I go about the setup like u got.
Sorry for the late response shefsmoke but I haven't been very active here lately due to some work related international travels. My head is fuzzy from jet lag so please excuse any typos or incongruent thoughts.

I will help to the best of my abilities but most of what I do is based on the talents of a man named DrBudGreengenes from another site. I will PM you some links as soon as I find them. The biggest part of optimizing a micro SOG is determining your strains tolerances and growth patterns which is unfortunately a trial and error process. Once you establish these factors then its pretty smooth sailing.:bigjoint:

Is this for your 16x16 tent?

What happened to the other strains you ordered? Did you check out those videos I sent you?

Give me a day or two to get some info together for you and make sure you have your Private Messages turned on.

peace.
 

jpnspec

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come on guys lets see some updates.i wanna see 150 grow pics!!!

sure why not., 150 HPS w/ CFL's. DAY 21 Flower since sex shown on the Master Kush. To the left of her is my unknown mango at DAY 11 after showing sex. Grow journal on both under my sig. Shes got some yellowing going on that im still trying to control, other than that, shes doing fine. Topped and did a minor LST to control her height during veg.

Come on fellas, lets see them other 150 watters.
 

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MJ Crescendo

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Hey all, Good to be here with a bunch of 150w growers :weed:

I'm currently growing one Moby Dick under my 150w HPS and just went into flowering today. Vegged for a couple of weeks, with a few mistakes. You may notice how she isn't that tall (yet). I am hoping to see some good height increases during flowering. She is in the first pic.

The second pic was my last 150w hps grow and the strain was white berry. This was after a trimming. She was only a single cola, so I only yielded a measly 7g's..

All in all, 150w hps are awesome!
 

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what would be the name and/or brand of the very best, top of the line, cost not an issue MH and HPS lamp that you guys would get? got a setup already just lookin for bulbs.
 
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