250w HPS Club And Help Guide

Thanks for the time Hempy.

I actually just checked the trichs on another plant.

I am still seeing some clear trichs and practically no amber ones.

I am at 67 days today.

I expect to harvest by Wednesday, day 70.

The old fashioned indicators are a bit mixed, as the hairs are past
50% reddened, but the bud leaves are still fairly strong.

I have been smoking the Somango. Strong and really delicious smoke!

Take care,

JD

Hey Everyone! Just want to introduce myself and try to chime in and learn and be a help to someone if possible. I have been using a 250 since 2010. Before that I was using 400hps, but in a different house. Could not get temps down in the new place. I have a grow tent set up inside a upstairs closet veniting through the attic and out through roof vents. I use a fan/filter combo from Foothill Filters, and I have an aircooled hood. Living in the midwest USA I get my best grows from September to April. After that outside temps pick up and I struggle to stay under 85 degrees with lights on. I have managed but its a pain in the ass.

I grow for personal med reasons as I have degenerative disc disease in lower back. Have had 2 surgeries on back and 1 on knees. Im a true believer in the medical benefits of Cannabis and will be a user till the end!! My consumption rate is not too high. I go through .5 grams a day. A few hits in the morning, nibbles on infused cookies through out the day, and vaporizer at night. My point being, the 250 provides me with plenty pot!

One thing I seem to notice is a lot of people trying to grow 3-4 plants under a 250. I did that at first but after learning about light coverage and penetration, I do no more than 2. And believe it or not. I prefer to do one. Now that I have learned to train, and be patient with veg time and not rushing harvest, I average 3.5 - 4 oz per plant. If you go to my above consumption rate you will see this is plenty for me. The last year Ive been using topping and 4way LST for my training methods. I just pulled down a RP Sour Kush plant that had a pretty level canopy and 13 tops on her. Yielded 3.75 oz's off her. Extremely smelly pot with a perfect buzz IMO!

I would suggest to those just getting started with 250's to train be patient and get the most out of the light range. ( 50 watts per square foot is 2.5x 2 feet) Im looking into buildin a removable scrog set up. It has to be able to come out my small grow area so I can do the required training and pruning. I have seen 250 scrogs pull 6-8 oz's per plant. Thats awesome to me. Anyway forgive the rant. After my morning walk and buzz, I will post some pics of recent grows. Hopefully I can help someone and not offend others. Remember these are just my opinions!

Nice to meet you Jim

Hello everyone...

got 2 plants in closest - the size is - 34x54x140 cm and im using 250 hps with cool tube.

as the plants grow bigger the leaves start to being yellow.

you think the volume is too small for that lamp?

got a pic haze?

Nice seeing you here jim

Hey 250'ers. Jim I agree that training can be the best way to maximize the 250s power. I made small 10" x 22" individual screens for my buckets. I keep my plants really small about 12-14in tall and spread them out horizontally. My previous grows were 2 plants and yields were about 134g total for both plants. I modified my cab and I am trying to add a 3rd plant this run. The individual screens let me move the plant positions around and try to even out the light coverage. So far things appear to be on par with my last grow. I'm at day 17 of 12/12 so in the next few weeks I should have a better idea of how close these will be on a per plant basis. The strains I am running are all from clone, Blueberry, Blackjack and Permafrost.

Here is the current grow. Pic is from a few day back.

My 2x2, 250 watt HPS tent...

Space Jill SCROG, 10 gallon organic soil mix.

Sorry for the bad pic.

Rising Moon said:

My 2x2, 250 watt HPS tent...

Space Jill SCROG, 10 gallon organic soil mix.

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See thats what Im talkin about. Lookin good. I like your screen. With that size pot, you should get a nice yield! Looks like quite a few tops.

stoneslacker said:

Hey 250'ers. Jim I agree that training can be the best way to maximize the 250s power. I made small 10" x 22" individual screens for my buckets. I keep my plants really small about 12-14in tall and spread them out horizontally. My previous grows were 2 plants and yields were about 134g total for both plants. I modified my cab and I am trying to add a 3rd plant this run. The individual screens let me move the plant positions around and try to even out the light coverage. So far things appear to be on par with my last grow. I'm at day 17 of 12/12 so in the next few weeks I should have a better idea of how close these will be on a per plant basis. The strains I am running are all from clone, Blueberry, Blackjack and Permafrost.

Here is the current grow. Pic is from a few day back.

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Looks great. Canopy is nice and flat.

Hey guys hows it going

Hi guys, haven't been in here for awhile. Glad to see that the 250 club is still rockin. It really is an under estimated light.

Hope everyone is well. Take care guys and happy growing

Its the Mascot of the garden, doin some Regulating!

Just got back into town from the cannabis cup was gone for 5 days WOW they are looking great!!!

whats up everyone got a couple pics..
PURE AK at 4 weeks flower

WHITE RUSSIAN 2 1/2 weeks veg

really cant wait till these WR go into flower.fucking things stink already
the pure AK getting on my nerves, soooo PH sensitive and dont really
smell that much. for the life of me i dont know why they call it an AK
but thy are two clones of one seed so i wont say the whole line is shitty
but i wont be growing this again. i got a blue widow (DINAFEM)in flower too
dont really know why i didnt take pics of it.if someone thinking about
growing one and want to see pics just say the word and ill put them up

Looking good ace. Sucks that the AK is subpar so far. The only AK I have smoked is from Serious Seeds and it was dank as fuck. Really good smoke.

What size pot did you use ace and how tall is the AK right now?

psychoholic22 said:

What size pot did you use ace and how tall is the AK right now?

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I didn't use pots. Lol I use 2 liter pop bottles and I cut them at the top just where they start to curve. The only reason I use them is I didn't have small pots at the time and they were around so I said fukit. They about two feet etch. I don't think I'll get much out of them (an ounce etch would be nice). I put them in flower so small because I had more plants. I had a few freebies I was interested in so I figured I'd do this run with them (all the freebies).