250w HPS Club And Help Guide

Ordered me some Serious seeds WHITE RUSSIAN

Ace... White Russsian? Its not just a breakfast drink anymore!

Giggles.... Looks Bangin' !!!

I wish either of mine I got right now looked like that... My G13 Haze is still vegging, what a slow grower she is. Atleast I see some female pre-flowers. And my other one is an AUTO Blueberry... I'm running the AUTO just for fun, kinda a companion experiment.
Truthfully, I shouldn't of wasted my time on an auto-flower, I was curious and it was a freebie from long ago.

Hettyman said:

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

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Finally got around to dropping the fan a bit more. It should work better because I had it a bit high. I think the weight of the fan being there helps, but i did tighten the tension a lot more to keep it in place. The yoyo's not so bad now

Hey guys, here's summary of my first grow
White widow from nirvanaseeds under 250 mh sunmaster cool deluxe bulb, hesi nutrients, ph ~6.5 the whole time.
Grow room dimensions: 20in x 34in x 6ft, mylar on the walls, one fan, one thermometer
Temp: ~20-28C

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Total dry weight of the buds was around 4.2 - 4.5oz Please comment on how good is that as I have no idea.

This would not be possible without helping hand from a lot of people in the 250w Club
I would like to give big shout out to all who are spreading the knowledge out of goodness of their hearts, especially:
ace720 giggles26 stoneslacker 10acjed Hettyman coolguy14788

xp0c said:

Finally got around to dropping the fan a bit more. It should work better because I had it a bit high. I think the weight of the fan being there helps, but i did tighten the tension a lot more to keep it in place. The yoyo's not so bad now
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Glad I helped and it wasn't just stoned babbling. Still so jealous of that near harvest plant

Hi new around here just picked up a 270 watt hydrofarms light 250 is close as it gets and there is not 270 club lol... Hi just started some bag seeds with cfl but i got a sweet deal on this 270 HPS figured it would work better than the cfls i hope we are about 2 weeks in...

So what do you guys recon no the whole harvest thing. Early on in my growing I heard a lot of "clear = high, and amber = stoned", but more recently I read that when the trich's are cloudy, they are ready, and amber is when they start to degrade. Now this seems totally logical, becuase whenever I have had spider mites , closer inspection shows the trich's around the affected area are amber, even if the rest of the plant are still clear.

However I also heard that the pistols or hairs receding, and the calyxs plumping, is a good sign, but I find this usually comes around amber trich time. Anyone done their own experments? I just find that no matter when I harvest, I get busted

Forget that, just found this thread again https://www.rollitup.org/harvesting-curing/516184-trichomes-harvesting.html

Cloudy, def cloudy

Im waiting for about 10% amber, and right now I have about 80% cloudy.

I was reading the other day that not only is the amber degrading, but it also counteracts the thc.

first of 4 colas chopped off my og kush!... below is the sample nug i took off 4 days ago and she smokes perfect! buds are nice and dense aswel so props to the 250!
cutting a little earlier then i normally would at 55 days with only a few amber trichomes showing, much prefer the high!

Yeah cloudy is the way to go.
But you got to make sure it's ready and now too early

Yeah I agree... I look for my trichs to be all cloudy with just a touch of amber

I don't even check trichs anymore. I got by how my plants look

checking trichs is for the birds hahaha.

giggles26 said:

I don't even check trichs anymore. I got by how my plants look

checking trichs is for the birds hahaha.

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This is what I meant by the calyx's swelling, and pistols receeding, or do you know another trick?

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This is what I meant by the calyx's swelling, and pistols receeding, or do you know another trick?

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That's another way yes, but I've been doing this long enough I can just tell when a plant is ready and when it's not ready. Once you've been doing this long enough you can just tell by the way a plant looks and what kinda high your wanting.

Fade is the one who taught me.

I think I have a good idea. I'm pretty sure I was justified in giving my Strawberry cough it's first flush today, to take down next friday. Will be 7 weeks dead, but a small plant and quick finisher. Also, thank you so much for removng that freaky ass face mask picture

I liked the freaky face mack pic... It reminded me why I'm afraid of clowns!

Hey 250 clubbers. Took a break from growing for a bit to do some remods on my grow closet. That and haven't had much free time lately so I haven't been doing much posting just a bit of lurking. Looks like there is some familiar faces still rolling around here.

Hettyman, I find that if you can harvest with the peak amount of cloudy trichs is ideal. I too have at times perpetuated the myth about amber=couchlock, but I firmly believe that amber is degraded trichs now. The true measure of whether bud is uppy or couchlocky is in the genetics. A higher percentage of indica usually means a more stoney smoke. I think this has more to do with the differing percentages of other cannabinoids besides THC, which are usually more prevalent in indica dominant strains. I didn't bother to look at trichs my last grow, and like giggles said, I let the plants "look" tell me when she was ready. Worked out well and both plants ended up well balanced and very potent.

Started my new grow today and with the mods I did to my box I am able to stuff 3 plants with screens under my 250 now. Going with the Blackjack and Blueberry from my previous grows and one newbie, Permafrost from a clone only strain that is floating around my area. Clones are much smaller than my previous grows so I am looking at longer veg times, but this will give me a chance to experiment with my training process and see how much shaping I can do without cutting.

Peace

From left to right - Permafrost, Blueberrry, Blackjack

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