250w HPS Club And Help Guide
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nvhak49
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Oh Dang ya ur root ball does look bigger that is weird ya I been using GH trio since I started I had it in coco than I transplanted it when it was 2 weeks old maybe that has to do with it but who knows. I'm using a 10gallon Rubbermaid tub but using 5 gallons of water, I painted it black and put reflective duct tape on the lid. What strain is yours? Any sign of flowers?
Enwhysea
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hey ace yeah thats what the hydro guy told me he said make sure i always add that first before ANYTHING i always PH my res after adding all my nutes. so far ( today only lol ) so good.
nvhak49
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Here's some pics of my plant that I just took and my set up too. The close up almost looks like a pistol but im not sure yet, no white hairs coming out of it yet at least im hoping haha. I just LST'd to help keep it short, since I put in the 250w yesterday Its grown some and I gotta keep it short. I fed them some more too 610ppm and pH'd at 5.7
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Enwhysea
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bro have you trimmed away any of that under growth your 250w can't penetrate low enough to reach. I did and I've noticed my tops are growing better now. I did update to a 400w today and added a net to scrog my plants its a little harder than I thought but the lst'ing helps keep her short I don't think my plant is a foot tall yet but she has a lot of new growth everyday.
nvhak49
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Ya I trimmed some the other day and I probably will do it again once it recovers from lsting, oh cool ur gunna scrog it? I'll probably do that on my next grow or so, I've read it's the best way to max out with the 250 for yields. Ya I don't think mines a foot tall either I FIMed it when it had 4 nodes so I have 4 main colas. Man I'm really hoping I see some white hairs on the next few days it's really liking the 250 so far. Did you veg with a 250 mh?
Enwhysea
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I start my seeds in a aerogarden. And let then get about 2.5 inches. The aerogarden really gets them bushy and I don't have to do anything besides set a fan in front of it and add water. Once she was big enough I just put her in the dwc and prayed for roots to drop. I'll post some pics soon I'm off today and want it to heat it a little in my room before I start waking up.
nvhak49
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Ha badass I bought one of those thinking I was gunna grow mine in one but I returned it and started in coco than read that the bubbleponic grows really fast it's just a top-fed dwc system so I transplanted into the bubbleponic but it stressed it out big time a rookie move on my part haha. If I can exchange the 250 out for 400w I'm gunna get a 400w with a cool tube so I don't gotta buy one later one cuz I know later on down the road I'll wish I had one, I got my 250 off eBay and found a 6" cool tube for pretty cheap on amazon. I think I can get away with a 400w with a cool tube and as long as I keep my plants short too, I think my next grow will be in coco/perlite in smart pots. Cuz that will give me more head room cuz the tub that I use for my bubbleponic is about 16" tall so I'd save that more room and a lot easier to LST'd with and scrog too. That's why I wanna freakin find out what this plant is haha. Did u veg with a MH b4 u switched to the HPS, r U liking the 400w so far? Oh cool cool take some pics of the white hairs!
Enwhysea
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yeah bro go ahead and get that 400w. You'll never look back. I also got all my gear off amazon and ebay there is a really good seller by the name of low_baller he will have everything you want/need for low prices. Eventhough i went to my local hydro shop to get this new ballast and ligh. So far its been very easy to keep my temps stable i have a 6'' and filter hanging inside my tent bringing cold air from a window into the tent. i think cold air sinks so i leave the filter high in the tent to balance out the hot/cold out flowing around. i have a 4'' inline fan outside my tent sucking the air through the cool tube and right into a scubber if i dial down my 6'' intake i can pretty much make a vaccum
from the 4'' sucking a lot of heat and air out the tent.
now for the pictures bear with me.
this is my 4'' blower sucking air out the tent. yeah my room is messy so fucking what.
so far the plants are happy the new nutes seems to be working well the PH still rises so im gonna take a guess that this bitch is eating good .
oh and i thnk these are the white hairs youre looking for i may be wrong though as this is my first grow.
from the 4'' sucking a lot of heat and air out the tent.
now for the pictures bear with me.
this is my 4'' blower sucking air out the tent. yeah my room is messy so fucking what. so far the plants are happy the new nutes seems to be working well the PH still rises so im gonna take a guess that this bitch is eating good .oh and i thnk these are the white hairs youre looking for i may be wrong though as this is my first grow.
nvhak49
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How come u have a air scrubber out side of ur tent? You should attach ur filter to ur cool tube so u don't have to have all that extra duct tubing, that's what I'm gunna do, and suck exhaust the heat out from the light and it'll be scrubbing the air too. And u shouldn't have to have two scrubbers/ air filters, I only have one had I haven't used it yet but we'll see once it's starts flowering if it's a female. U shouldn't have to have a filter for air coming into ur tent u just want one when ur exhausting heat out of ur tent so it doesn't smell. Does ur room get hot since ur exhausting into ur room? Are you talking about the hairs on the stem/stock on the plant or white hairs coming out of pistols, are they feminized?
nvhak49
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http://growweedeasy.com/hps-grow-lights-setup#different-components-mh-hps-lights
scroll down to the bottom of that page about MH/HPS. I get that u want the cool air into ur tent but I might work better if u exhaust ur heat out the window so it's not all going into the room ur tents in.
scroll down to the bottom of that page about MH/HPS. I get that u want the cool air into ur tent but I might work better if u exhaust ur heat out the window so it's not all going into the room ur tents in.
nvhak49
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I'm not hating/dawgin on ur set up at all, just thought I'd give u some input in what I've read in what to do, specially once summer gets here not sure where u live but u don't wanna be putting hot air from out side into ur tent. I've read thru that's website like crazy and thru roll it up too and that's where I got all my info on growing these great plants. Hope that site helps some.
Enwhysea
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ok so im filtering the air coming into the tent because i dont want dust/bugs/who knows what else getting into my tent my room doesnt get very warm with the exhaust coming in here partially because my window is ALWAYS OPEN which helps keep my tent just as cool as my room but it also makes me tent fucking toes in the snow cold at night. i totally get what you're saying about attaching my scrubber to my light, i tried that setup and it just really puts a load on the fan to suck air through the scrubber over the light and out the tent it was getting too hot that way even with the 250. i think once it gets warmer where i live which should be in the next 2-3 weeks ill just switch my blowers around and blow hot air out using the 4'' but also just turn my 6'' around and have it suck smelly out through the scrubber and place it out the window and just use a passive intake. i dont think more scrubbers ever hurt to have and i dont think your hating man im here to get input and help out anyway i can bro
Enwhysea
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the filter out my tent is the tent exhaust and the one in the tent is intake. all the ducting was needed for the intake to run from the window to the tent.
the only other ducting would be from the light to the fan thats attached to the scrubber. if anyone has any input or ideas of a better way to run my set up as far as my lighting/fans go please chime in
nvhak49
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That makes sense I didn't think of that about having two scrubbers, u should put ur 6" fan on ur cool tube what's it's rated for cubic ft wise? Oh ok we'll at least u tried that way haha. Haha I just making sure some people on here r sensitive about that kinda stuff and get all butt hurt about making Input on there set ups haha. I'm still learning too so I'll take any kind of input too.
I'll post some more pics of my set up when I get home. I have a 6" inline fan for exhaust with a scrubber in the inside, than a 6" inline fan for intake but right now I haven't had the need to turn on the intake fan and just have flaps open on the bottom of my tent and the ducting for intake as passive intake, cuz of right now my intake can is to much for my tent and it balloons it out so I need to get a speed controller to slow it down to equal the pressure, I need to order and cool tube and see how close I can get it to my plants with the fans I have now to see if I can use them with a 400w too.
I'll post some more pics of my set up when I get home. I have a 6" inline fan for exhaust with a scrubber in the inside, than a 6" inline fan for intake but right now I haven't had the need to turn on the intake fan and just have flaps open on the bottom of my tent and the ducting for intake as passive intake, cuz of right now my intake can is to much for my tent and it balloons it out so I need to get a speed controller to slow it down to equal the pressure, I need to order and cool tube and see how close I can get it to my plants with the fans I have now to see if I can use them with a 400w too.
Enwhysea
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i just touched my cool tube and it was a warmish tube i raised my light after checking out the growweedeasy link you posted and i think 8'' is a good distance for my girl and yeah if i dont have a controller that 6'' fan will balloon my tent as well but anything under the high setting on my controller will give me negative pressure