250w HPS Club And Help Guide

Doobieus

Doobieus

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Matchbox said:
lol :) just reminded me of the new season just out XD

Welcome back Doob's! hope you got all your shit sorted :D

And if I go to a 250w LED can I still be part of the club lol.

Stay Frosty!
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Lol thanks for the welcome back, and of course you can :bigjoint:. Yeah been slacking somewhat, buuuuuut in my defense. I just moved, got a new puppy, have shady maintenance men and am trying to figure out noise dampening. I only have to worry about the neighbor above me lol, so it shouldn't be too bad. I have some poly foam so I'm going to try that on the Veg tent fan tonight. That plus the schnazzy insulated ducting I got should do the trick. Cross your fingers lol.

Grazzmon said:
Did I see a couple recent posts by Doobious? She has been missed for sure..:hug: get that area up and running Doob!!
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No those are just figments of your imagination, lol jk. GRAZZ!! Missed ya man :hug:!! Trying to get it setup tryyyyyying lol.

10acjed said:
Stoned..... LOL....


Wondering what the general consensus is on topping plants here?
I read a few posts about it causing plants to herm, but is that just with feminized seeds? I use to do a bit of outdoor, and we always would top them.

Also, whats the average growth after you go to a 12/12? I know each plant is different, but generally is it around 12"?
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The growth/stretch in bloom is usually based on strain/phenotype. However, a general rule is for every gallon of soil add a foot, or double/triple what you have now in height and you will get close to the final height.

Topping/fimming achieve the same results as LST/SCRoG in a nutshell. The main point of all of these training methods is to re-route hormones/auxins to the smaller nodes. So those smaller nodes grow instead of the main top taking most of the vertical growth. If you top too much it can cause too much stress which would lead to a hermie, or if you topped too much in Bloom same thing. If you top a little here a little there not so much of an issue, but I'd advise to do your topping/training during the Veg cycle.

Hope this helps.
 
10acjed

10acjed

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Doobieus said:
The growth/stretch in bloom is usually based on strain/phenotype. However, a general rule is for every gallon of soil add a foot, or double/triple what you have now in height and you will get close to the final height.

Topping/fimming achieve the same results as LST/SCRoG in a nutshell. The main point of all of these training methods is to re-route hormones/auxins to the smaller nodes. So those smaller nodes grow instead of the main top taking most of the vertical growth. If you top too much it can cause too much stress which would lead to a hermie, or if you topped too much in Bloom same thing. If you top a little here a little there not so much of an issue, but I'd advise to do your topping/training during the Veg cycle.

Hope this helps.
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Yeah it helps alot. I wasnt planning on topping much, just once and during veg cycle.
I am just going to do a couple, so I can see how they grow as opposed to the others.
 
Doobieus

Doobieus

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10acjed said:
Yeah it helps alot. I wasnt planning on topping much, just once and during veg cycle.
I am just going to do a couple, so I can see how they grow as opposed to the others.
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Go for it, part of growing is experimenting and finding what works for you. Like I always say different tokes, for different folks.
 
eside

eside

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hi m8 , im a 250water so i wanted to share my girls with u , they are 2-3 weeks in to flowering , if someone notices something wrong pls share
sry for black lines on images but u know what that all about and i dont wanna spoil the fotoperiod by taking pictures while in dark period... and yes forgot to say , u m8s are best on the web :)
 
Doobieus

Doobieus

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Kalebaiden said:
I would like to see your plants.

PICTURES PLEASE!
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If you're directing that at me, well my setup isn't set up yet. I will take pics when I'm all good. Been itching to post some pics lol.

eside said:
hi m8 , im a 250water so i wanted to share my girls with u , they are 2-3 weeks in to flowering , if someone notices something wrong pls share
sry for black lines on images but u know what that all about and i dont wanna spoil the fotoperiod by taking pictures while in dark period... and yes forgot to say , u m8s are best on the web :)
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The first pic, the one on the right looks to be suffering a deficiency maybe burn but it's hard to see really with the lines. Damn magnetic ballasts lol. The bottom nodes are a little stretched but it looks to be tightening up so that's good. Other than those two minor things they look good.

What strains are those?
 
kinetic

kinetic

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eside said:
hi m8 , im a 250water so i wanted to share my girls with u , they are 2-3 weeks in to flowering , if someone notices something wrong pls share
sry for black lines on images but u know what that all about and i dont wanna spoil the fotoperiod by taking pictures while in dark period... and yes forgot to say , u m8s are best on the web :)
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Waaay too much stretch inbetween nodes, I take it you had some heat issues? You really should find a way to get that light closer. If you want to take a pic turn the regular lights on just before your hid comes on and take the pic. It will help people to help you by being able to see the plants better. Looks like this is your first grow, so take what you learn and strive for continued improvement. Good luck. Also put a fan on the plants it will help to give you a bigger better stem to carry what the plant needs.
 
eside

eside

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m8 i really dont know the strain , they are bouth bag seed cuz in my country there are no seed banks and i dont want to get in laws way by ordering it online, im not really to picky about what i smoke i just like sensimilia and thats all, all i did in my life was buying 3th class weed out of suspicious dealers and smoked a lot of bs , with stems , seed , bad curing so i gues these 2 girls of mine , what ever the strain is , will be the best one i've smoked so far :)
 
eside

eside

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  • Waaay too much stretch inbetween nodes, I take it you had some heat issues? You really should find a way to get that light closer. If you want to take a pic turn the regular lights on just before your hid comes on and take the pic. It will help people to help you by being able to see the plants better. Looks like this is your first grow, so take what you learn and strive for continued improvement. Good luck. Also put a fan on the plants it will help to give you a bigger better stem to carry what the plant needs.​
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yea m8 u are correct on that one , i have no CT , my apartment is 5 degrees Celsius hotter then outside and outside is most of the time 30c ,so i have to use climate control unit to cool my room on to 25c and when i do that my closet is 30c at the top of the plant , higher it gets its hotter , few inches above the top is 33, and my reflector is actually a MH flood light reflector :) and its fixed ... so i just let it rest and hoped plants will stretch towards the light to the point where they feel ist good for them , m8 i redone my grow closet 3 times and i have no more energy to put in to it . I had one more plant , that one was done by me under CFL light and it was done good , u can see the img on my imageshack profile , but it turned out it was male so i quickly went to my friends and took 4 more plants , they were said to say pathetic , also u have images of that on my profile , so ive done what i can and it turned out 2 out of 4 were females and im happy now :) ill let them finish and prepare next grow with adjustable CT carbon filter and mylar foil cuz i had no more money for this one . When i got the plants they were pretty strange , they had strange curvings on leafs and were suffering from just about everything aplant can suffer from :) i am happy know to see tham doing better then they did , so i hope for the best .
Ill take that advice of urs and take better pics of plants so u doctors out there can tell me what is wrong with the plant , cuz i think just like u that there is something that can be done better , ill just update u in a day or 2 with that images and will take it from there ...
 
KidneyStoner420

KidneyStoner420

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What light are you using? if you mentioned it somewhere, I missed it.
I used to run a fixed 175w MH light that was still in the big square housing.
I made my first hood out of 2 turkey pans. LOL I just cut both of them the long way along where the edge comes up. Then i just stapled them together, used some aluminum tape to seal the seam up, and attached the bulb to the new hood.
Then just hang it and you can adjust it all you want.
 
hempy7723

hempy7723

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@eside looks good man keep it going. you might want to try a cfl or floro for the veg so you can get the light a lot closer for tighter nodes. also you might wanna try lst or topping to get a even canopy of buds. good luck
 
vinious

vinious

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Looking to join the 250 club but i need help finding the best setup for my budget i have 150-180 to spend i have a 6ft tall 3x2 grow cab cooled by a 240cfm can fan done a lot of looking but idk what to pick and i dont wanna get stuck with a lemon.
 
eside

eside

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  • What light are you using? if you mentioned it somewhere, I missed it.​
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well its a 250hps club :) so i use 250hps , were using CFL and floro and still have them , one 32W fluro 3 x 42 W Cfl and one 20w cfl , i dont know what will i use for next grow cuz my ballast is mh/hps combined so i might get MH to use instead fluro and cfl , when the time comes ill ask u guys what is better to use
 
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