PersonalJesus
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Here is something for my fellow 250 clubbers... give it a listen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Znpt_Umixcs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Znpt_Umixcs
250w HPS Club And Help Guide
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Hettyman
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so here is an example of why I haven't been posting any plant pics. It's my single strawberry cough, which has lost a lot of its fan leaves due to mould ( I won't bother you with the where's and why's, but sorted the issue with my grow room for next time, and minimise this time). It hits end of week 5 on Friday, and I recon it'll come down in 14 days...can't wait. The yield is going to be very low, but some lovely tastey budd
I can never get any decent budd pics, but ordering a USB microscope thing, so hoping to have some bootiful pics come harvest time
...but you see all that flash reflection around the budds...that's fuck loads of tiny shiny trich's!!
I can never get any decent budd pics, but ordering a USB microscope thing, so hoping to have some bootiful pics come harvest time
...but you see all that flash reflection around the budds...that's fuck loads of tiny shiny trich's!!Attachments
Hettyman
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Thank you, well she was before she lost her leaves. Doesn't look like i'll get any real cola's, just loads of small frosty nuggs, 14g's if I'm lucky. It hasn't got the whole 250 to itself, there are 6 smaller clones around it, but usually, I can have 3 or 4 plants this size under my 250, and get a zip dry per plant easy, on a strain the BREEDER describes as lower yielding. I only grew one small single stem plant of this strain before and got similar results. Maybe it is a more fussy plant then I am used too.
xp0c
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I'm just about done setting it up. I'm not too fond of the yo-yo hanger. One end of the reflector is too light for it to stay down so I just clamped it at the height I want it for now.That ballast looks almost identical to mine...really good heat sink, runs nice and cool. I am concerned as to where in that high power circuit you are planning on placing the cat?
Also...why are we not seeing pictures of it up!!
The cat's always taking photo ops. lol
Hettyman
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I got yo-yo hangers with my kit, after 18 months using cable, and just re-tieing it when the light needed raising, and hated the yo-yo's at first. Have a play, suss them properly, and then you will love them. You should be able to tighten them so they don't retract.
xp0c
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temps already dropped a few degrees compared to the 265 watts of cfls I had. I plan to get a decent exhaust fan, but right now it's just a 120mm pc fan 79 cfm's. lol
I'm going to mount another 120mm pc fan to my reflector now. I have to find a good distance from the canopy for my light.
All those plants are 12/12 from seed, and bag seed.
Hettyman
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Chunky Nuggs!!!! That is one porky looking plant
May i suggest putting something flame resistant between the ballast and wooden shelf. You shouldn't have any problems without, but i'm a worrier, and always have my ballasts on none flammable. Like I say, I really do worry to much though
xp0c
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Thanks, she got about two, maybe 3 weeks left I think.Chunky Nuggs!!!! That is one porky looking plant
May i suggest putting something flame resistant between the ballast and wooden shelf. You shouldn't have any problems without, but i'm a worrier, and always have my ballasts on none flammable. Like I say, I really do worry to much though
I got a couple pieces of metal I can put under the ballast to get it off the wood. I was actually thinking that when i touched it to see how warm it got. It gets warm, but not hot at all, but better safe than sorry.
Mounting the fan to the reflector worked great. I got it about 6-8 inches away right now.
I'll raise the smaller plants up some more tomorrow. lights off now.
Hettyman
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That's almost exactly how I hang my fans, except I have them about an inch lower, so it's blowing on the bottom of the bulb and just under it. Not that I am saying it's better that way, I never tried hanging it higher. Did the extra weight at that end of the reflector help stablise it at all? Also, had a couple of spare PC fans and put one on each ballast, they ran so cool. NOt bothering to use them at the mo, cos the ambient temps are so little, they run cool anyway, but worth remembering if you find the ballast hot in the summer. I'm sure they are desgined to, and capable of running hot, but will be happier cooler
Hettyman
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Looks like an aerial view of a trichome riot!! Nice
PersonalJesus
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Been absent a few days... what did I miss???
cbtbudz
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lol had to try out the new pc mircoscope cam.Looks like an aerial view of a trichome riot!! Nice
PersonalJesus
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Looks EPIC