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Old 05-04-2009, 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by cutman View Post
hey cruz.whats up have a few questions if you got time. 1 electric bill- i have 220 in barn and 110,will it be cheaper to run my ballast off 220, or 110? Currently im running on 110. I have 2 400 hps lights with 2 fans, and up top a 5t 4 bulb florescent grow light, going to put a little fan up top today. Now the flour light runs24/7 others are on 12/12 right now. Hopen i ca keep the babes up there for 2 weeks,before i move them down to the small flower area and move the other over to big area, and hopefully pull those out. hey it will be my FIRST!!!! sun day will start 7th week in flower. 2nd- flowering-. , im not seeing allot of bud growth right now on the bigger lades right now should i be feeding them more of nute at feeding time? Right now im use 15-20 mls per gal should i be at 30 mls now buy this time..Is their any thing else that would increase the growth? 3rd trimming - if i trim some of the fan leaves up top more light will get through to lower branchiest is that a plus of minus on the plant,will trimming stress the plant? will topping a plant stress her? how about topping will in flower? early say 1rst week. to what age can i trim her in flower? Is it best to top very early in veg? seedling and clones? Think thats enough schooling today thank teach lol sorry for the long winded thread. have a good day later.

Hey bud,

I know you asked me these questions before and I replied but I just went to find it and I couldn't. Weird. I checked pms and journals... whatever.

Changing over to 220V would save a little like 10% or so. The reason large growers do it is because of the amps. it draws like 4.2 amps and you can use twice as many lights on the same circuit. If you plan on staying small I don't think it would be worth it. Where I live the electric company charges less at night. I think 7:00 is the cutoff.
By changing your flowering cycle to pm you may be able to save some.

Pruning is done in veg, not flower. Always give the plant a week or two to recover when you do.
In flower all I take is the lower fan leaves once they become half yellow. The upper fan leaves feed the stalk that feeds the buds. You want to keep those.

In the last couple weeks they will bulk up. One thing you may want to try is dropping the lights to within 10" of the top it doesn't have to be directly overhead either. By changing the day cycle to 11 hours that last couple weeks helps too. Plants make resin in the dark. In flower plants need a little it more water too. If your leaves are not burnt on the tips you can go a little stronger with the nutes but I wouldn't this grow.

I would finish them as they are and then next time try it. Thats how I figure shit out. trial and error. The error part sucks though if you don't get the nutes out. There are so many variables I would think you need a successful grow to compare it to.

PS If those clones have started growing then drop your light to a few inches away.
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