250w HPS Club And Help Guide

Hettyman

Hettyman

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Hettyman said:
Sorry to be hogging all the posts, forgot to add this pic. Where my hand is, that's currently no more then 23-24c, which means even the lower branches of my plants are only 10" away.

I'm really hoping to nail it on this harvest
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2 people liked it, but neither noticed that for the second time in a row, I forget to attach the pic.

God my arm looks like it belongs to Ludo from "Labyrinth"
 

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Hettyman

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stoneslacker said:
Ain't she a beauty Clark? I still have the power cord but couldn't find the video cord. Oh well if I really want to disappoint myself I can just download the emulator. I think I'll relive it's greatness in my memory. The two models posing with this computing giant are from my last blueberry grow.
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The emulators are bound to disappoint cos they won't have nova-load. I like the way you threw in some budds to sexy the pics up a bit more
 
stoneslacker

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Hettyman said:
2 people liked it, but neither noticed that for the second time in a row, I forget to attach the pic.

God my arm looks like it belongs to Ludo from "Labyrinth"
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LMAO! There is another reference few younger people will get. I thought for a sec we had found Bigfoot, and he was growing weed at your place.
 
Hettyman

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'sup slack?? Good day in the grow room?

In reality i'm actually pretty slight, and not that hairybut they do say the camera adds 20 lbs, apparently all of it to my left arm
 
stoneslacker

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Hettyman said:
'sup slack?? Good day in the grow room?

In reality i'm actually pretty slight, and not that hairybut they do say the camera adds 20 lbs, apparently all of it to my left arm
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Good shit! Nice to see there are some people who can have a laugh at their own expense. So many uptight people out there. People need to smoke some ganja and find the humor in life.

My 12/12 period is during the night time hours to try and limit heat. Which is probably a good thing so the poor plants can get a break from me while I sleep. Has to be creepy having my giant head staring at them so much.
 
10acjed

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Hettyman said:
2 people liked it, but neither noticed that for the second time in a row, I forget to attach the pic.

God my arm looks like it belongs to Ludo from "Labyrinth"
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Well in my defense I did just harvest so im pretty stoned if im posting here :bigjoint::eyesmoke:

I bet we can send that pic into finding bigfoot as proof.. :lol:
 
Hettyman

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stoneslacker said:
Good shit! Nice to see there are some people who can have a laugh at their own expense. So many uptight people out there. People need to smoke some ganja and find the humor in life.

My 12/12 period is during the night time hours to try and limit heat. Which is probably a good thing so the poor plants can get a break from me while I sleep. Has to be creepy having my giant head staring at them so much.
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See, now I always convince myself that it makes my ladies feel special, plus I know I'm blowing CO2 all over them. I go into my bedroom with the grow rooms whenever I play guitar for the same 2 reasons.
 
georgyboy

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I don't know if I can count my current grow as a 250W grow. I couldn't fit all of my plants under the 250 so I am using a little fixture I made that adds about 230W of cfl to my grow. Either way here are some pics.

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Here's an older pic that shows the lights.
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Doobieus

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Damn I gotta come on more often....

Here comes the novel of replies lol.

stoneslacker said:
Hey 250 brotherhood. I finally gave up on patching my old computer back together and picked up a new laptop so I can finally update and catch up on here. Looks like I missed some good stuff.

Nice to see Doobieus back in the 250. As the good Dr. said your reputation proceeds you. I at least owe you thanks for your 250 sig post, it was extremely helpful!

A little update on my hempy scrog grow. For those who might not have seen my earlier posts, a little background on these two. Both are unknown as to what kind they are. The first clone I call "U1" was an unmarked clone from a friends house. The second "U2" is a clone from a cutting my friend took from an outdoor grow he stumbled upon early this year. Both are grown in hempy buckets of 100% perlite. Using the GH 3 part with Liquid Koolbloom, Florablend and Floranectar supps.

Edit: They are at day 22 since 12/12 photo change. First solid budset at around day 10-11.
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Hey Slacker!! Lol sorry had to do it. Thanks, hopefully the reputation is good :-P lol. The grow looks great, I feel kind of bad though.... Drooling over your jail bait like that, thankfully they mature quick lol.

Hettyman said:
Yeah that's about right. I can't remember the exact science, but after doing some research heard that leaving the sugar leaves for drying slows the drying and improves the taste/quality. Whether this was because the leaves themselves added something, or merely the slower drying i'm not sure.

I have decided that there is rarely enough supar leaf trim on my budds to bother trimming it off. It's usually so covered in Trichs, and at low budd to leaf ratio that it just disappears in the grinder
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Oil, hash, yum. I'm a sucker for concentrates, sooo yummy. I trim my plants tight, and use all trim with trichs for oils. The last oil run yielded a pretty nice amount, was able to split it to share and have some for awhile. Different tokes for different folks though, but you should make a batch this round. Since you're going to yield more :bigjoint:.

stoneslacker said:
Defender on C64 was so much better than any other system. Conan: Halls of Volta was a great game, I can't remember what the sequel was called but the first one was definitely better. Played alot of Blasteroids too I remember. 10 Yard Fight was a great game too.

I had the SNES emulator on my old computer to play some classic RPG's like Chrono Trigger and FF and it worked really well. Going to download it again and relive my gaming past, also the N64 emulator and replay Ocarina of Time. It is really enjoyable to fire up a fatty and listen to those sweet 8-bit soundtracks. FPS and MMO? Please, side-scrolling and 2-d rule!
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Lol funny I just finished FFVII for the bagillionth time, but idk 6 had it's charm on the SNES. As far as emulators, Mame is one of my faves. Arcade games and the like, can't beat it especially with quarters that don't kill your pocket lol. I love my gen1 Xbox for the emulators though, PC is alright but my TV's bigger than my monitor lol.

Chrono trigger/Cross, BoFire series, FF series.... Ahhhh childhood lol.

You ever watch that 8-bit show, Code monkeys? Pretty funny stoned lol.

georgyboy said:
I don't know if I can count my current grow as a 250W grow. I couldn't fit all of my plants under the 250 so I am using a little fixture I made that adds about 230W of cfl to my grow. Either way here are some pics.

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It counts screw it lol, good going Georgy. Nice to see you around.
 
stoneslacker

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Doobieus said:
Damn I gotta come on more often....

Lol funny I just finished FFVII for the bagillionth time, but idk 6 had it's charm on the SNES. As far as emulators, Mame is one of my faves. Arcade games and the like, can't beat it especially with quarters that don't kill your pocket lol. I love my gen1 Xbox for the emulators though, PC is alright but my TV's bigger than my monitor lol.

Chrono trigger/Cross, BoFire series, FF series.... Ahhhh childhood lol.

You ever watch that 8-bit show, Code monkeys? Pretty funny stoned lol.
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FF VII is easlily in my top 3 games of all time. Everything about it was so epic at the time, from the chocobos to the awesome KOTRT materia. Kefka is one of my favorite game villians, and FFVI is one of my best memories of discovering cannabis and video games. The soundtrack to my life definitely includes a large 8-bit Uematsu section.
 
S L O T H

S L O T H

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hey you guys , growing with 250's for 4 years now and ive noticed that my yeild is getting smaller each time, and why is this , let me tell ya

i use 4 inline sputnik coolshades over a 8x3f scrog 8 ladies in bubble, and its sweet but the time has come for some new bulbs. should have done it 2 grows ago but , i read loads of threads that said the bulb life and lumens drop was bullshit .. so kept on going

now i know its bull. dont get me wrong ive had great results but time to change .

so what bulbs should i buy what are the best out there , i would prefer to get 4 red and 4 blue not dual spec want to maximise this time round ,

i heard powerplant do a great bulb in 250w

sorry if this is old news but i cant be doin with reading 670 + pages

hope some one can help me
 
stoneslacker

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Im a little high but still I am confused a bit by your post. It sounds like you are running 4 250w in cooltubes? I am not sure because it says you want to run 4 blue and 4 red.

As far as bulbs go I just used the one the guy at the hydro shop gave me, I think its called maxlume and the lumens are comparable to most other 250w bulbs. I hear good and bad on hortilux but I have no personal experience to go on. Mine is not seeming as bright as before and I never really thought till now how important a spare hps could be some Saturday or Sunday night in the future maybe. So I would also like to hear if anyone has a preference.

Although it is in no reference to your question, have you thought about 2 6oow over that area. Even 2 400w or a 600 on a light mover would be nice and more efficient than 4 250w, if that is what you are running.
 
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stoneslacker said:
Im a little high but still I am confused a bit by your post. It sounds like you are running 4 250w in cooltubes? I am not sure because it says you want to run 4 blue and 4 red.

As far as bulbs go I just used the one the guy at the hydro shop gave me, I think its called maxlume and the lumens are comparable to most other 250w bulbs. I hear good and bad on hortilux but I have no personal experience to go on. Mine is not seeming as bright as before and I never really thought till now how important a spare hps could be some Saturday or Sunday night in the future maybe. So I would also like to hear if anyone has a preference.

Although it is in no reference to your question, have you thought about 2 6oow over that area. Even 2 400w or a 600 on a light mover would be nice and more efficient than 4 250w, if that is what you are running.
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sorry for any confusion , yes running 4 cool tubes , want to run blue for veg (this is debatable but not now) as im using the SCROG method , so veg for a good 5 weeks to fill the net then switch the bulbs to red for the flower stage .

i dont want to start over again and buy new lights/ballasts the way ive got it is just rite me thinks , cant go any higher on the wattage as electricity is way to expensive. 1000w for 18hrs a day for 5 weeks is alot just to veg.

2 400w seems like a good idea (and cheaper in power) but would have to be alot higher over the net (for the spread) than 4 250's . thats why i opted for that set up in the first place. fits my area just rite and can be kept closer to the screen without heat issues ...

anyway , bulbs, will have to do some digging on maxlume . is anyone using powerplant they say theres is 10% more lumens than other HPS' dont know if there dual spec od what need to do more digging

thanks for the input will have to take some photos for you
 
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