250w HPS Club And Help Guide

I had to instantly delete those two posts due to some sensitive info in the pics lol. My camera is out of battery, and will have to take some more pics tomorrow.

In the meantime, here are some pics of my seedlings-

2 Buddha Cheese
1 Strawberry cough
5 Blue Cheese

In a week when I harvest my next 2 plants, the cheese seedlings will go into 6.5litre pots, be vegged and trimmed for a couple of weeks and the 250, then flipped at about 12" with 4 main stems...or that's the plan

The rest will be vegged under the CFL for another 3-4 weeks, then repotted into 7.5's, vegged under a 400 for a week or 2 and then flipped.

ROLL ON MARCH!!!

Also just for fun, the plate of cheesy chips soaked in gravy I had for munch when I got in from work

so i flipped my plants the other night seems to be doing ok pineapple was getting a deficiency in the small pot but has been fixed since moving to the bigger pot PH might have been off before who knows will get pic up soon as they start looking different then before....cant wait for those pre-flowers to come in

maybe a pH issue, but you have to remember that re-pottiing means fresh soil with fresh nutes to be used up

Hey all
I have a few questions ,if yall would help . Im wanting to switch to a 250watt hid/hps .all my previous grows have been cfl . So ive been looking at HTG brand http://www.htgsupply.com/Product-HTGSupply-Ultimate-250w-HPS-&-MH-Grow-Light.asp
or even maybe something off fleebay. Or better yet what would you guys sugest for a lamp brand or otherwise? Or would it be just as good if i just got hps and veg with cfl?
Also id like to ask about a scrubber ,from my homework it looks to be a bit pricey what are you guys useing thats cost efective ? id rather buy one as a kit with the proper inline fan .
My tent is 32inx32in x 72in .
My org plan was to just run duct to pump out up through the chemney with no scrubber but after looking i think ill need to just scrub the air and pump it out .
So i guess my questions are... what equipment do you guys recomend as far a cost effectivness ? im just having a hard time finding the gear i need that doesnt seem way over priced or overkill for what my setup really needs? This is a great thread spent alot of time reading but mostly looking at tent setups to see whats working for you guys.
thanks all really +rep

I buy most of my stuff from HTG. My 250 is from them as is my carbon filter.
My big carbon filter in my tent lasted 2.5 years.

I would get that setup with a cooled reflector, fan and filter.

My set up in my tent is filter up top
air goes >filter>reflector>out tent>fan>exhaust

Their smallest 4" fan filter combo will work for you.
The hps will produce more weed and more smell than your cfl setup.

(in my opinion HID produced weed is much better than cfl)

I got my 250 from HTG as well. Came with an HPS and a CMH. Ive had it a few years with no issues.

Thanks fellas !!

well dudes n' dudettes,that's it.
after 117 days,here are the results of my first indoor grow under a 250w MH/HPS

first one

and it's cola,saved for the very end



second one


and hung for dryin'

you can zoom in pictures if u like,for better clarity


and....that's about it,rlly...
guess i'll be hanging with the 400W-ers,from now on,'cuz I bought that xtra 150w MH,as mentioned before...
bid u farewell,keep growing,and stay beautiful,happy,healthy and FAT !

Oh,and a quick question-that MH 150w reflector is for 4200k phillips bulb...is that OK temp. for veggin' (mind u,I would still use the regular 250w MH,which is a bit higher,if i'm not mistakin')??

What's up loop man
Beautiful grow

tnx....
that was just warmin' up
never did an indoor before-not that the outdoors were PRO...xD
but I feel rdy now..
next on the menu
GHS 'el Nino' and probably MANDALA 'satori'...

White widow, 2nd week flower,hesi nutrients, 250 mh will change soon to philips son-t 250,
Kept it a lil' to close to the bulb as you can see

justperception said:

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White widow, 2nd week flower,hesi nutrients, 250 mh will change soon to philips son-t 250,
Kept it a lil' to close to the bulb as you can see

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Hate to say it, but it looks like you are about to be raped by spider mites, I know I've been battling with them on and off for a year.

I may be wrong but i'm 99% sure. Anyone else want to chip in??

@hetty maybe im just not seeing it which pic?or all of them?
looks like it will yield good if you keep it up healthy tops.

cbtbudz said:

@hetty maybe im just not seeing it which pic?or all of them?
looks like it will yield good if you keep it up healthy tops.

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I was thinking the same thing but maybe it's just my stoned ass not seeing it.

WTF??
Why? What should I do?
You guys are seriously freaking me out right now.

justperception said:

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Kept it a lil' to close to the bulb as you can see

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Looks fine to me!

Hettyman said:

Hate to say it, but it looks like you are about to be raped by spider mites, I know I've been battling with them on and off for a year.

I may be wrong but i'm 99% sure. Anyone else want to chip in??

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may i ask where you see spider mites? they leave white dots on the plants surface from sucking the sap out of a part of the leaf and i cant see any white spots and im straight as a brand new arrow right now! not only do i know this from reading but i have had them too! if you do get them i used this stuff called captain jacks dead bug brew suppose to be organic and works for spider mites very well i buy the concentrate and mix myself for outdoor growing! also you can turn the leaf over and look really really close and you can see a small thing moving on the underpart of the leaves if you use pesticides of anykind though i would make sure you give them a shower at some point to wash off the pesticide as the rain in nature does this outdoors also i would put pesticides on plants not much older than yours week 3 the lastest after that i think buds to big to chance it being inside the buds

here is some pics of the girls the smaller one is pineapple the other random clone from this summer

here is spider mite damage althought this pic is a overrun leaf these are the spots to look for

justperception said:

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White widow, 2nd week flower,hesi nutrients, 250 mh will change soon to philips son-t 250,
Kept it a lil' to close to the bulb as you can see

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is it just me or should he be pruning the bottom of those plants off? i would but thats me any input people? i mean i put my light meter at the base of my plants and it gets a 5 on my light meter with scale 1-10 and my plants only a 10 inches or so his looks to be three feet!