250w HPS Club And Help Guide

giggles26

giggles26

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Dr. Kundilini said:
After croping, the fresh/green weight was 2.45 lb. Five days drying in 74 deg F and 45% humidity, stems removed, the dry weight is; Terminal Buds 131 grams-4.67 oz.
Popcorn and small buds-96 grams-3.42 oz. So the total yield was 227 grams or 8.19 oz. View attachment 2390329

The terminal colas are lying in the plastic boc, the popcorn budz are in the Gal storage bag. All immediately went into Qt mason jars to cure.

Smoke test...small amount in glass pipe...burns well, evenly. Dosent pop or crackle and leaves a fine silver ash. (I attrubute this to the first flush at veg to flower and the final flush 10 days before croping), the saste is smoothe and the boquet smells of pine, cedar and camphor. Not much odor unless pinched/mashed, then it becomes much stronger.
There is no metalic /fertilizer taste.

One toke...heady buzz almost immediately,,,second toke, more intense head stone. Five minutes later it is creeping into a body stone...I expect some couch lock might be all up in there if you hit to heavy. Pretty nice all around. Thankful to have the medicine for arthritis pain.(knees, neck, wrists, ankles).
Wish I could share a fatty with everyone in the 250 Club.

BTW..It is all now in Mason jars to cure for several days. I may vacuume pack it after that and keep it in the frige. That worked very well last year...potent and fresh when opened.
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Love it bro. I wish you could burn a fatty with me lol. I'm 11 days into flowering wtih my little babies and fed them some dyna gro bloom with some protekt and I must say damn. I've got 2 more in veg right now and 3 in flower. I wanna have a perpetual grow going. Currently my plants are 3 weeks apart.

So I was right it was more than a qp. Nothing to complain about there :) Keep up the good work man!
 
Sr. Verde

Sr. Verde

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giggles26 said:
Thanks bro! I'm getting ready to feed them dyna gro bloom and dyna gro grow with protekt on Sunday when I water again. I was wondering what exactly made it do that and now I know lol thanks man!

My skunk in the background has a weird pheno type, she keeps stretching and stretching with little popcorn buds all over her and then the skunk on the left of the picture is make one main cola with a few lil popcorn buds below. I think she got more of a indica but I'm not sure it's the first time for me growing these.
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Yeah definitely back off the N for a bit until the claw lets up. Bottles read N-P-K so you know the first number is the nitrogen value..

The popcorn buds can be controlled by lollipopping.. Or cutting off the useless bottom popcorn, to redirect growth to the top main colas that get the most light. I use a screen for SCROG and trim pretty much any flower growing under the screen up until week 2-3 flower.
 
giggles26

giggles26

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Sr. Verde said:
Yeah definitely back off the N for a bit until the claw lets up. Bottles read N-P-K so you know the first number is the nitrogen value..

The popcorn buds can be controlled by lollipopping.. Or cutting off the useless bottom popcorn, to redirect growth to the top main colas that get the most light. I use a screen for SCROG and trim pretty much any flower growing under the screen up until week 2-3 flower.
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Ya I know which one N is lol. This isn't my first time growing but it is my first time growing this strain. I backed off on my feeding on her this last watering and she is looking better.

Thanks for the advice though :) I'm not saying I know it all but I do know which one N is lol. I have lollipopped before on my first plant but it turned hermie on me. I'm sure it wasn't due to the lollipopping I'm sure it had a lot to do with me lol. Got a whopping 7 grams off her.

I've been wanting to try SCROG but I haven't figured out how to do it in my tent yet. How far into flowering do you lollipop and still not cause any stress? Reason I ask cuz I seem to have a issue sometimes with plants going hermie on me due to much stress.
 
giggles26

giggles26

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Quick question fellow 250 clubbers lol.

What are you all using as far as your hps bulb? Like brand and lumen rating. Looking for a good 250 bulb but just not sure what's good anymore. Thanks for all the help you guys!
 
10acjed

10acjed

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giggles26 said:
Quick question fellow 250 clubbers lol.

What are you all using as far as your hps bulb? Like brand and lumen rating. Looking for a good 250 bulb but just not sure what's good anymore. Thanks for all the help you guys!
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ORTILUX SUPER HPS 250 WATT LAMP - 30,500 LUMENS is the one I used.. Worked great...


 
giggles26

giggles26

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10acjed said:
ORTILUX SUPER HPS 250 WATT LAMP - 30,500 LUMENS is the one I used.. Worked great...
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I was looking at those and actually just ordered one lol! Thanks acjed! Sorry to hear about your partner to man. Sorry took me so long just been so busy lately.
 
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Ztelthy

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Blue LED CPU fans add a bit of extra blue...more for show than anything else... :)



^Dimmable 250, 175, 150W Digital Ballast with super lumen switch



^ 2000K 250W HPS (Dual Spec) 33,000 lumens



^ 6500K 250W MH


I was umming and err-ing about which wattage Lamp to run...but have decided upon a dimmable 250W in my modded TV Cab..Below I have added a LINK to my thread were you can see me building this cab.

Please feel free to pop by, check out my progress and leave comments etc..




https://www.rollitup.org/grow-room-design-setup/551472-ztelthys-100w-hps-tv-cabinet.html




Hope you enjoy reading/browsing through ...More updates coming soon :) - ZTELTHY :leaf:
 
Dr. Kundilini

Dr. Kundilini

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giggles26 said:
Quick question fellow 250 clubbers lol.

What are you all using as far as your hps bulb? Like brand and lumen rating. Looking for a good 250 bulb but just not sure what's good anymore. Thanks for all the help you guys!
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Giggles, I don't know the brand of bulb. I was included in the"kit". I do remember that it is 2100K and claims around 28,000 Lumens at around 10" to 12". Sylvania or Phillips are supposed to be top shelf. No doubt the ones they put in a "light kit" are cheapo knock offs, but I am satisfied with how well it worked. When this one begins to fade, I will invest in a top line brand. Most of the 250W HPS bulbs are affordable and underestimated. If you using a small space, it is the way to go, IMHO. I will check the bulb for a brand name.
 
Hettyman

Hettyman

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giggles26 said:
Oh btw did you ever try hooking up your other extractor?
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Yep, did it make a difference...no.

So I put it in amongst the canopy, making it a 3rd circulating fan, did it make a difference... no

went out and bought a mini dehumidifier,did it make a difference... no!! well from 80 down to 74% RH, but this is starting to piss me right off now
 
Hettyman

Hettyman

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giggles26 said:
I was looking at those and actually just ordered one lol! Thanks acjed! Sorry to hear about your partner to man. Sorry took me so long just been so busy lately.
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Sunmaster Dual Spectrum - 33,000 lums....nothing to compare to, but has a great colour spectrum, high lums, and makes cracking nuggs
 
10acjed

10acjed

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giggles26 said:
I was looking at those and actually just ordered one lol! Thanks acjed! Sorry to hear about your partner to man. Sorry took me so long just been so busy lately.
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Thanks...

I had no clue when buying it, just got lucky I guess... Bout time too, heck any other time I buy without first asking I get the wrong things lol...

OT:
Hooked my friend up with my 4 bulb T5 and a couple wonder woman seeds.... Hope he is successful..:leaf:
 
brettsog

brettsog

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im using a venture bulb. 29000 lumens and 3000k i believe. gonna have a good spread this time around so i should get more than 2.5oz :)
 
Dr. Kundilini

Dr. Kundilini

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Hettyman said:
From a 250w?? That's like 0.9g per watt....jealous!! :roll:
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Thanks Hettyman, I am very pleased with quality and yield. Even with my stupid blunders, it finished well. I will always use some CFL's to clone or start seedlings, but the 250W HPS is the perfect size for the area I have avaliable, and I agree fully that 0.9 g per watt isnt too shabby. To be fully truthful, I did have two shop lights, one on each end with T12 40W 2700K floros, so additional 160W of side lights. I thought they would help get more light to the understory. I honestly couldn't say if it helped at all. I trimmed "lolipop" the lower nodes up to about 14 inches, which did help with air circulation and lower humidity.
 
brettsog

brettsog

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Dr. Kundilini said:
Thanks Hettyman, I am very pleased with quality and yield. Even with my stupid blunders, it finished well. I will always use some CFL's to clone or start seedlings, but the 250W HPS is the perfect size for the area I have avaliable, and I agree fully that 0.9 g per watt isnt too shabby. To be fully truthful, I did have two shop lights, one on each end with T12 40W 2700K floros, so additional 160W of side lights. I thought they would help get more light to the understory. I honestly couldn't say if it helped at all. I trimmed "lolipop" the lower nodes up to about 14 inches, which did help with air circulation and lower humidity.
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i said about 10oz. good guessing :)
 
Hettyman

Hettyman

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Dr. Kundilini said:
Thanks Hettyman, I am very pleased with quality and yield. Even with my stupid blunders, it finished well. I will always use some CFL's to clone or start seedlings, but the 250W HPS is the perfect size for the area I have avaliable, and I agree fully that 0.9 g per watt isnt too shabby. To be fully truthful, I did have two shop lights, one on each end with T12 40W 2700K floros, so additional 160W of side lights. I thought they would help get more light to the understory. I honestly couldn't say if it helped at all. I trimmed "lolipop" the lower nodes up to about 14 inches, which did help with air circulation and lower humidity.
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Of course the extra lights helped, but still a massive harvest in my mind. Describing your grow room, I can remember seeing a pic of it.

I'm about to harvest 2 plants (had a look today, trich's are about 5% amber, mostly cloudy), so they are on water till next monday, then nothing for another 5 days, and then harvest. Oh yeah, the calyx's have started to plump up nicely too. They have had half of the light from my 250, and from the looks of things, i'll get between 21-28g dry from each plant but i'ts so hard to tell at this point.

Also, I did a little trimming or lollipopping, but not a huge amount. I might try and be more ruthless next time. I did it at around 16 days flower, may wait another week next time, when more have developed :)
 
giggles26

giggles26

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Anyone have any experience with ona gel or the ona block?

I'm wanting to work on the smell in my flower room. My carbon filter isn't quite cutting it. I spend quite a bit of time in my garden and the smell escapes a lot so I want something for emergencies.
 
cbtbudz

cbtbudz

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yeah ona gel works, i just didnt care for the smell of the 1 i had, i know they had some diff smelling ones just never tried em.
nice ppl are getting some good sized harvest w 250w.
 
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