400w HPS in a 2'x2' cab 7 weeks into flowering.

Silversun

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Ken's GDP flowering under a 400w HPS for 7 weeks. How much longer should I wait to harvest? My plan was to wait for at least the average 8 weeks but I'm not totally sure, I'm think maybe 9. Let me know what you guys think.

Here are a few pics, the last two is of the center cola.

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shrxhky420

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Hey Silver... how the hell are ya??? nice to see you back!!! LOOKING STELLAR!!! Keep us posted on results!!! hope you and the fam are doing well!!! stay high
 

Silversun

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Thanks for the comments everyone! I haven't noticed much growth in the last week so I may chop her this weekend (8 weeks of flowering).
 
Hey, how do you keep this cool? That's a pretty small cab for a 400w? I'm about to convert a dresser, and have a 400w available to me if I want it. My dresser is quite a bit bigger though
 

Silversun

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Hey, how do you keep this cool? That's a pretty small cab for a 400w? I'm about to convert a dresser, and have a 400w available to me if I want it. My dresser is quite a bit bigger though
The entire grow was with my digital ballast set at 75%, sometimes 50% if it was hot here. I also try to keep my house AC set at 75F. Even at 75F my cab was 90F, the plant handled it fine.
 

Silversun

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Well she's dead, and dry. Smokes really nice, very strong head high. I don't have a scale so I don't know the dry weight but the flowers didn't shrink much and are pretty dense.
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Concord Dawn

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Well she's dead, and dry. Smokes really nice, very strong head high. I don't have a scale so I don't know the dry weight but the flowers didn't shrink much and are pretty dense.
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who needs a scale bro, you have plenty of great bud to smoke, LoL. way to go man!!
 

mr.lightgr3en

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Fucken amaxing bro. I have the same set up 2x2 growbox was actually a dog house lol. Cleaned it out really good put some white mylar on it and have a 2x2 fan in their pretty big I have 1 exhaust fan and 1 little fan blowing in my 400whps my temps are 85f but my questions are since its gonna be my first time growing in such a small space.

What size pots did you use?
How long did you veg for?
And is that scrog or just lst?
how many plants can fit in there?
how far away did you keep your light?
I currently have some seedling going under my 400w/mh for veg 18\6
Im amazed by your grow hope to here from you soon. Happy growing! Thanks
 

Mr.Highlyfe

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Looking super dank man lovin this I just read the whole build and grow thread and all I can say is im subbed from hear out. I've been dying to do something like this +repp !
 

Silversun

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CD, thanks man! Sorry can't give you any rep yet lol.

Mr. Highlyfe, Awesome dude, I appreciate you taking the time to read through my threads. If you have any questions about my box or grows just let me know. +rep.
 

Silversun

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Fucken amaxing bro. I have the same set up 2x2 growbox was actually a dog house lol. Cleaned it out really good put some white mylar on it and have a 2x2 fan in their pretty big I have 1 exhaust fan and 1 little fan blowing in my 400whps my temps are 85f but my questions are since its gonna be my first time growing in such a small space.

What size pots did you use?
How long did you veg for?
And is that scrog or just lst?
how many plants can fit in there?
how far away did you keep your light?
I currently have some seedling going under my 400w/mh for veg 18\6
Im amazed by your grow hope to here from you soon. Happy growing! Thanks
Thanks dude, glad you enjoyed reading my grow! As for your questions.

What size pots did you use?
I like to use 3 gallons pots, I've been told by the staff at the collective I go to that you can use 1 gallon pots and it'll be fine for smaller indoors grows (under 5ft plants or so).

How long did you veg for?
As for the plant at the start of this thread, I'm not exactly sure. I usually like to veg for about 4 weeks. This time period just works for me, at about 4 weeks my soil is pretty much out of the nutes that it comes with (Fox Farm Ocean Forest) and the plant is normally about 12"-14" which is the height I like to shoot for when I start flowering. For the current grow it was about 8 weeks, this was because I wanted to finish training the paint in the scrog net before I started flower.

And is that scrog or just lst?
This is a scrog setup.

how many plants can fit in there?
I have tried to have two plants inside this box but I didn't like how cramped it was (I say tried because I lost them to PM).

how far away did you keep your light?
I have kept my light as close as 12". This just really depends on how cool you can keep your environment, keep the lights as close to the plants as they can handle it. At 12" the cab got hot (90° to 95°) but the plant didn't show any signs of heat or light stress so I wasn't worried.

I currently have some seedling going under my 400w/mh for veg 18\6
Im amazed by your grow hope to here from you soon. Happy growing! Thanks

NP dude, glad you stopped by, Hope I helped!

Oh and I'll say this, the most important thing I have learned by growing is that you can find a lot of hard numbers on this web site for feeding, light distance, pot size, etc. but in the end it all really depends on what strain your currently growing, each plant likes different things, just give it what it needs and keep it simple stoner. lol.
 

mr.lightgr3en

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You have been alot of help silversun..im gonna try this grow out and see how it works out for me. If it outgrows mu grow box I can always make it a little taller in height..

And this thread would be perfect to shut up every single person who told me that it is impossible to have a 400whps in a 2x2 grow box!!! Here is your proof you ignorant bafoons!!! Lol.

Thanks man you have inspire me alot for this grow!
Happy growing!!
 
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