700g wet, 150w HPS Harvest!

bxke1414

bxke1414

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So I have a thread in the harvest section, but to all of you indoor growers out there, I grew 4 ladies under 1 150w HPS ($20 Econolight) with some side CFL's. This was my first grow and it was also all organic. I just harvested my 4 ladies to a combined WET weight of 700g. Here are some pics, keep it real!

 
bxke1414

bxke1414

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All bagseed from some dank stuff, somehow I got 4 out of 4 females. They flowered for roughly 10 weeks.
 
kief13

kief13

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inspiration to all that 150's can pack a punch and some danky bagseeds still produce high quality good looking nugs,nice purple on the buds...good job
 
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jonnynobody

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Great results! I currently have 2x150's on 3 ladys from some bagseed for my 1st grow & if I get what you got, i'll be friggin thrilled! You just made me feel much better about my lil econo's :)
 
Kingb420

Kingb420

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man, how hot is it? and how close can i put it to the plants! i want one bad, i want to remote the lamp, but im concerned that irt will be way hotter than my 6 26w cfls in a small space, let me know
 
bxke1414

bxke1414

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It was not hot at all, and the econolight takes 5 minutes to remote ballast. I kept the light about 6 inches from the plants, and if you cooltube you can put it even closer.
 
bxke1414

bxke1414

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For sure, 6 26w CFL's put out 1600 lumens a piece (or at least mine did), 26wx6=156w, 6x1600=9600 lumens. The econolight is 150w and puts out 15000 lumens.
 
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jonnynobody

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Kingb420 said:
man, how hot is it? and how close can i put it to the plants! i want one bad, i want to remote the lamp, but im concerned that irt will be way hotter than my 6 26w cfls in a small space, let me know
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your "6 cfl's" are definitely generating more overall heat than that 1 150w hps. Put a fan on it & no heat issues 4-6" from plant tops.
 
OregonMeds

OregonMeds

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jonnynobody said:
your "6 cfl's" are definitely generating more overall heat than that 1 150w hps. Put a fan on it & no heat issues 4-6" from plant tops.
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Actually with a fan on the bulb you can get all the way to 2" but I like 3".

Everything said about the heat being less and etc is correct. There is ZERO reason to do cfl's with this $20 light being so cheap and throwing so many lumens with so little heat. No excuses...
 
bxke1414

bxke1414

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The Econolight is 100x better than CFL's for flowering, but I will use CFL's again for vegging, they worked great.
 
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