250w HPS Club And Help Guide

GrapePhilly&Chronic

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Here's my 250's worth, lol! she's a durban/northern lights at 75 days! I'm planning on harvesting at 80-85 days but the 250 is "kicking a%$!":clap: I almost switched up to a 400, tried it for a day and a half but heat became an issue:fire: and back to the 250 I went!!:bigjoint:
pics below are at 73 days!! luv the 250 hps!!! its just perfect for a small closet!!!!:weed:
Nice fat colas! How long did you veg for? Lookin forward to harvest weights!
 

yetibear

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what kinda of strain is that are you getting a high yield pardon the pun because of the strain?

im trying to pick my next plants not easy :blsmoke:

Thanks All! High SnowMonkey, it's a durban poison-northern lights combo! basically my chocolate (durban poison) and a long time friend of mine's peanut butter (northern lights) and his genius little brother (a real horticulturist) and wha-laa!! a strain that kicks a$$ on both the donor strains!!! I don't even bother with the durban anymore!
 

yetibear

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Nice fat colas! How long did you veg for? Lookin forward to harvest weights!
High G.P&C! DIG THE NAME!!!! I vegged for about 6-7 weeks under 3 4' t-5's! nothing more!! in flowering I'm running the 250 up above and 1, 4' t-5 down each side of the closet! 3 lights, 358 total watts! 1 7" "american living" oscillating fan moving up and down the plant, less then $300 invested and this will be my 4th flowering!!! luv it!!!!! no heat issues whatsoever. I'll let you know what my final harvest is when done. yeti
 

GrapePhilly&Chronic

Active Member
High G.P&C! DIG THE NAME!!!! I vegged for about 6-7 weeks under 3 4' t-5's! nothing more!! in flowering I'm running the 250 up above and 1, 4' t-5 down each side of the closet! 3 lights, 358 total watts! 1 7" "american living" oscillating fan moving up and down the plant, less then $300 invested and this will be my 4th flowering!!! luv it!!!!! no heat issues whatsoever. I'll let you know what my final harvest is when done. yeti
Haha thanks brother. Check out my thread! Everything sounds identical about our grows, Same veg time, same wattage same strain(i hope haha. mines bagseed that looks like Nirvana Northern Lights:wall: lmao) but i use CFLs to veg and compliment my HPS, instead of t5s I have one girl(18day veg) up here and another(43 day veg(6weeks)) Are you using any nutes? Im using a dyna-gro liquid bloom formula with molasses. So far its working like a charm:bigjoint:
 

yetibear

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Haha thanks brother. Check out my thread! Everything sounds identical about our grows, Same veg time, same wattage same strain(i hope haha. mines bagseed that looks like Nirvana Northern Lights:wall: lmao) but i use CFLs to veg and compliment my HPS, instead of t5s I have one girl(18day veg) up here and another(43 day veg(6weeks)) Are you using any nutes? Im using a dyna-gro liquid bloom formula with molasses. So far its working like a charm:bigjoint:

Yeah cool thread! I like using the 4 foot t-5's vertically down the sides of my closet because they stretch the light out the length of the plant! works real well for me in conjunction with the 250!! as for nutes: bc boost & bloom, awesome blossom, bud candy and calmag at the recommend amounts once every 3rd watering. As for my strain I believe due to the fact that my friends baby bro is responsible for the creation of this particular strain, were thinking were the only ones with it!!! period!!!! but being that I'm not shy about giving clones away, this probably wont hold true for long! LOL!!!
 

Grazzmon

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First pic is from a Nirvana Blue Mystic feminized seed, the next two pics are from a seed that I got from the last grow (Blue Mystic). Looks kinda freaky.. lol

"Honestly Officer, it's just Leaf Lettuce" :hump:

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Grazz
 

Doobieus

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First pic is from a Nirvana Blue Mystic feminized seed, the next two pics are from a seed that I got from the last grow (Blue Mystic). Looks kinda freaky.. lol

"Honestly Officer, it's just Leaf Lettuce" :hump:

Grazz
Looking great Grazz, I can't wait to see how this grow pans out for you :weed:.
 

KidneyStoner420

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I grow in a 30"x24"x 72" area.
I'm currently running a 175w mh. I plan on purchasing a hps light soon. I was thinking of going with the smaller 150w. Is the 250 too big for my area? My 175w mh bulb should work in there as well, right?
 

Doobieus

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I grow in a 30"x24"x 72" area.
I'm currently running a 175w mh. I plan on purchasing a hps light soon. I was thinking of going with the smaller 150w. Is the 250 too big for my area? My 175w mh bulb should work in there as well, right?
250 is not too big for that space, that's actually good dimensions for a 250. A 250 will cover round about a 3ft width x 3ft length area and penetrate around 3ft - 4ft in height. Both should work fine, be more concerned about light penetration and temps if anything.

Hope this helps and welcome to the club Kidneystoner lol @ the name by the way.
 

GreenGrower14

Active Member
Well i chopped the whole plant yesterday and i must say i wasnt expecting nearly this much it took me and a buddy almost 2 hours to trim all the buds... so i have (4) 1pint mason jars that are full of curing bud im thinking theyll be about half full after all the water is gone. here are a few pics ill put more up later im kinda tired lol.
 

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NatureaFinest

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Is there any way to post pics off your iPhone onthis forum
hey bro I use my storm 2 on here but I use Photobucket. But there is an image icon where u reply. Will be like a pic of a small tree where u insert em, or that's what it is on mine lol. But Photobucket was easier imo.
 

Grazzmon

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Well i chopped the whole plant yesterday and i must say i wasnt expecting nearly this much it took me and a buddy almost 2 hours to trim all the buds... so i have (4) 1pint mason jars that are full of curing bud im thinking theyll be about half full after all the water is gone. here are a few pics ill put more up later im kinda tired lol.
GG,

Hmmm.. no wet weight so I guess you didn't get a scale yet? :weed: Looks real nice, was that all from one plant? Green, you did dry them there buds until the stems were crisp before plopping them in a mason jar.. right?

Grazz
 

yetibear

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GG,

Hmmm, you did dry them there buds until the stems were crisp before plopping them in a mason jar.. right?

:clap:

LOOKS NICE G.G.!! sadly on my grows I've noticed more like 60-70% weight loss upon curing! but that might just be in my cases!! seriously though, I hope your not curing in those jars?????
 

Doobieus

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Well i chopped the whole plant yesterday and i must say i wasnt expecting nearly this much it took me and a buddy almost 2 hours to trim all the buds... so i have (4) 1pint mason jars that are full of curing bud im thinking theyll be about half full after all the water is gone. here are a few pics ill put more up later im kinda tired lol.
Spring loaded trim scissors for the win!! Looking good GG.

GG,

Hmmm.. no wet weight so I guess you didn't get a scale yet? :weed: Looks real nice, was that all from one plant? Green, you did dry them there buds until the stems were crisp before plopping them in a mason jar.. right?

Grazz
I was wondering this as well, good point made Grazz.

:clap:

LOOKS NICE G.G.!! sadly on my grows I've noticed more like 60-70% weight loss upon curing! but that might just be in my cases!! seriously though, I hope your not curing in those jars?????
60% - 70% water weight loss is perfectly normal, actually the general rule is 75%. So you could dry them a little more, but I find the moistness of the buds is purely preference.
 

Turtlehermit

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Put up pics when they are done curing ..... OR ELSE! *Freight night music starts playing*
Well i chopped the whole plant yesterday and i must say i wasnt expecting nearly this much it took me and a buddy almost 2 hours to trim all the buds... so i have (4) 1pint mason jars that are full of curing bud im thinking theyll be about half full after all the water is gone. here are a few pics ill put more up later im kinda tired lol.
 
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