250 Watt MH Grow with *PICS*
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Pics from earlier today are on the last page let me know what you all think!
tom__420
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Hello RIU 
I just got done building a cool tube for my 70 watt HPS. I decided to make one because I saw the perfect glass tube today at michael's. It was a hurricane candle pillar I think it was called. I added a 26 watt CFL to the mix to get some of the shaded parts a little more light. The temps are at 78 degrees with the light much closer to my veg plant. I use this box for other plants but of course my main focus is the marijuana haha. Here's some pics to show you what I did. It looks a little sloppy but it def gets the job done in my eyes. I hope you all enjoy! I'm going to have some pics later after I update the flowering box a little bit with some things to hold the door closed better. Happy smoking guys
I just got done building a cool tube for my 70 watt HPS. I decided to make one because I saw the perfect glass tube today at michael's. It was a hurricane candle pillar I think it was called. I added a 26 watt CFL to the mix to get some of the shaded parts a little more light. The temps are at 78 degrees with the light much closer to my veg plant. I use this box for other plants but of course my main focus is the marijuana haha. Here's some pics to show you what I did. It looks a little sloppy but it def gets the job done in my eyes. I hope you all enjoy! I'm going to have some pics later after I update the flowering box a little bit with some things to hold the door closed better. Happy smoking guys
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tom__420
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I just planted four germinated bagseeds into peat pucks. The peat pucks were soaked in 6.0 pH water. I have more germinated seeds but I didn't realize I only had 4 pucks left 
I haven't taken pics of the flowering plants yet but will get around to it at some point tonight.
I haven't taken pics of the flowering plants yet but will get around to it at some point tonight.
tom__420
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I just took some pics of the flowering plants. I took them all out and lined them side by side in front of the flower box. The two big ones look a little stretchy but I think that this strain just does that in flowering. They all look pretty healthy. Plant #1 is getting some brown and orange hairs. I will check her trichomes in the next couple days to see where she is at. I put up some roller catches to keep the door sealed better. It's hard to get a pic of them so here is a link to them: http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=233955-53458-RC60400-NP&lpage=none
Okay so I tried uploading the pics and it said that they were invalid links so I am just going to wait until I upload them all just to find they don't work. I will try periodically throughout tonight and tomorrow until I am sure they will show up. Check back in a little bit guys
Okay so I tried uploading the pics and it said that they were invalid links so I am just going to wait until I upload them all just to find they don't work. I will try periodically throughout tonight and tomorrow until I am sure they will show up. Check back in a little bit guys
lilmafia513
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Good luck Tom,I just took some pics of the flowering plants. I took them all out and lined them side by side in front of the flower box. The two big ones look a little stretchy but I think that this strain just does that in flowering. They all look pretty healthy. Plant #1 is getting some brown and orange hairs. I will check her trichomes in the next couple days to see where she is at. I put up some roller catches to keep the door sealed better. It's hard to get a pic of them so here is a link to them: http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=233955-53458-RC60400-NP&lpage=none
Okay so I tried uploading the pics and it said that they were invalid links so I am just going to wait until I upload them all just to find they don't work. I will try periodically throughout tonight and tomorrow until I am sure they will show up. Check back in a little bit guys
Grow looks nice, are those pea plants?
lilmafia513
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yum, all kinds of healthy plants!! Looks good!
winkdogg420
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Hey tom they look great as usual! Quick ? Do you think you could have kept the nodes closer together if the lights were closer or does the mh just give'em that strech??
tom__420
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I only used the mh on one of the plants that I still have. Can you tell its plant #1? LOL using the metal halide most def kept the stretching down and the nodes closer. I vegged the two other plants in the veg box under the 70 watt HPS. The plants weren't nearly as stretched out in veg though, they really lanked out in flower. I want to upgrade to a 150 watt metal halide in my grow box and house it in the cool tube I built today. I will start looking for rebuildable ballasts in the next couple weeks.
lilmafia513
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I dont know about tom, but my MH doesn't cause any stretching issues.
winkdogg420
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thanks guys i have been doing alot of research on the mh flowering most say a slightly lower yeild but better quality! im hooked up with the 400 watt mh for $50 so im using them all the way through next time!! i didnt think they caused strech i will just keep them really cool so i can keep them close!
ps all the "older dudes" say mh is great for flowering ,who has the best nuggs???old heads, they know what they are doing! i would be fine giving up an oz or two for higher quality!~
ps all the "older dudes" say mh is great for flowering ,who has the best nuggs???old heads, they know what they are doing! i would be fine giving up an oz or two for higher quality!~
winkdogg420
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thats what ive heard lots of trich production but the bulbs have very little effective range so you need a bunch of them or you could move it around alot??
tom__420
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I was thinking of just getting a couple bulbs and using it over one plant and not the other. An experiment to see if they do make a reasonable difference. Actually I just checked out the prices for the bulbs and they are ridiculous! 25 dollars for a little 25 watt bulb... yeah right that is rip off.