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You want a good yield?than redo your lights....hps is what you have to use

afshinn said:

Helloo
Its been about 75 days of veggin
Im going to change the light schedule to 12/12 in 2 days
I tried lst on 2 of em but not all the stems im gonna do the same with the rest ,i dont think i should bend al the stems cuz i fear they will fill the place up and the bulbs wont be enough for the whole space,
Any suggestions ?

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Yeah. More light next time. Nice job. You have done a better job under-equipped and flying by the seat of your pants than many do after years of trying.

hotrodharley said:

Yeah. More light next time. Nice job. You have done a better job under-equipped and flying by the seat of your pants than many do after years of trying.

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fandango said:

You want a good yield?than redo your lights....hps is what you have to use

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Thank you.Yes i already bought 3 400w hps,im gonna switch em with cfls after the shift to flowering, but im thinking to leave mhs over em as well

any pictures, how they looking afshinn?

jacksthc said:

any pictures, how they looking afshinn?

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missed the post with the pics lol
you plants look great, nice level canopy with loads of top shoots, flower them off under the 3 x 400w hps and your going to pull a high yeild
hope you sort you mate out as he gave you a bumper crop, just keep them heathy and you will see

jacksthc said:

missed the post with the pics lol
you plants look great, nice level canopy with loads of top shoots, flower them off under the 3 x 400w hps and your going to pull a high yeild
hope you sort you mate out as he gave you a bumper crop, just keep them heathy and you will see

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Tnx
Just one question though,
I started lst after 74 days , don't you think i should let em grow for a while before sending em to flowerin ?

it depends on how much space you have and how big you want them to get. You'd be good to put em into flower in the next week, or you can continue scrogging and lst, and bush em out further. Its all about your space and how much light you will be able to provide.

afshinn said:

Tnx
Just one question though,
I started lst after 74 days , don't you think i should let em grow for a while before sending em to flowerin ?

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you want to fill about 2/3 of the space in the room before you flower, looks like your there from the pictures

what size is the flower room ?
just trying to work out how many 400w you need and how much canopy they will cover

jacksthc said:

you want to fill about 2/3 of the space in the room before you flower, looks like your there from the pictures

what size is the flower room ?
just trying to work out how many 400w you need and how much canopy they will cover

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i guess .
its (3x3x2) (Meter)

afshinn said:

i guess .
its (3x3x2) (Meter)

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not sure what you are going to do then you have a room 6m2 and need a min of 4x 600w hps lights
If you use all the veg lights and in a v shape(x =400w hps ) and use veg lights as o you could set a 2m x 2m canopy

X O X
O X O

should give the best yeild you can get from the plants
anless you can buy more lights

jacksthc said:

not sure what you are going to do then you have a room 6m2 and need a min of 4x 600w hps lights
If you use all the veg lights and in a v shape(x =400w hps ) and use veg lights as o you could set a 2m x 2m canopy

X O X
O X O

should give the best yeild you can get from the plants
anless you can buy more lights

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I also have 2 metal halides with reflector, u think i should keep them for flowering too?
I thought i could switch 3cfl with 3hps
So it goes like this(3hps-2mh-3cfl-5fluorescent)

Plus i have this little problem with lst ,
I tried to bend a stem on this one but the stems are toooo thick to do so, do u think i should just pull em aside a bit and tie em down or just leave it(picture1)
And this one ,the main stem makin lots of shadowy spots for lower leaves and stems, on the other hand the main is not tall enough for bending and not colliding with rest of the plant.(pic2)

you don't need to do anything with the plants, there ready to flower

any update it would be good to see how the plants are looking @afshinn

afshinn said:

Helloo
Its been about 75 days of veggin
Im going to change the light schedule to 12/12 in 2 days
I tried lst on 2 of em but not all the stems im gonna do the same with the rest ,i dont think i should bend al the stems cuz i fear they will fill the place up and the bulbs wont be enough for the whole space,
Any suggestions ?

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Look brilliant for the light there are receiving

use the mh and the hps

Hell if its not too much heat you can use the cfl`s round the side or up high if you can afford the electric bill but mh/hps is a really good combo all hps will get you more but mh gives a lot of blue light that hps can lack, that can help stop your plants getting too tall and can make your bud frostier

but hps will normally yield more per w than mh will but there both better than using cfl`s for yield

You can use any lights you like. If you choose CFL like I do keep the light 4 inches or less from the plant. My profile picture is from CFL's. I use them only. Saves on the electric bill. Not that much higher than without for 2 plants.

There's always a better way. This is the way I chose. You can make your own judgement here.

jacksthc said:

any update it would be good to see how the plants are looking @afshinn

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Hi , sadly i ran into a little problem ;even low wattage hid lights (70-150-250) needs trans and starter plus a reflector.but im runnin low on budget and can't afford another set for the lights .
So i thought i just switch both hid's with mh's and leave the rest as they are .
And here is how the look (yesterday)

told you they would look great in a few days

they look amazing,

you should push all the pots together, get the plants in the smallest area you can and hang some black and white, or a fake wall out of anything you can to reflect the light back on the plants, this way the plants would get more light and you would get a higher yeild

afshinn said:

Hi , sadly i ran into a little problem ;even low wattage hid lights (70-150-250) needs trans and starter plus a reflector.but im runnin low on budget and can't afford another set for the lights .
So i thought i just switch both hid's with mh's and leave the rest as they are .
And here is how the look (yesterday)

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Got some markings on your fan leaf`s bro hard to see what kinda colour it is, could be a tad of under feeding or cal mag or could be bugs, but they look healthy, do you spray them ?