250w HPS Club And Help Guide

Skryptz said:

well i think we saved my babys everyone, thanks to your help n such, they startin to stink again an push out trichomes an some nice new growth is startin, there a lil droopy from the flsuhing im thinkin is all thats wrong right now, givin em another day or so before i start wit nutes again, by the way, when i do start back on nutes from flushing from nutelock, how much do i use?

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Good deal, start with 1/4 strength, and build up.

Hi everyone

This is my first time trying to grow and i am using a 250 watt hps. My plants have been on 12/12 for two weeks now.
Can anyone tell me how many plants are good for this size of light.

Kronic01 said:

Hi everyone

This is my first time trying to grow and i am using a 250 watt hps. My plants have been on 12/12 for two weeks now.
Can anyone tell me how many plants are good for this size of light.

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i would say 1 maybe 2 big nice bitches or 2-4 small short squat bitches haha bitces funny.. but from what i see with you i would go for 2-3 mayyybe 4 for the most usage of light..IMO once again

there seems to be alot more intelligent people in here so keep on asking for more opinions cause the fact is we are all sharing opinions but theere is alot of facts around them.. i try and keep it simple haha..

talking alot cause im stoned and pissed!!!
40oz causality and S99 dont help


also try and get that light as close as you can without burning the tops as long as you have god venitlation you should be able to get them to almost touch the light without burning..

Have to think effective light area more than number of plants. 250 cover a 3x3' area. Plan accordingly. You might want to look at some 2700k (warm white) 42 watt cfl's for side lights when the plant get larger and in flower.

MostlyCrazy said:

Have to think effective light area more than number of plants. 250 cover a 3x3' area. Plan accordingly. You might want to look at some 2700k (warm white) 42 watt cfl's for side lights when the plant get larger and in flower.

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yea man also adding some CFL on the sides would help!! durrr

Here's a couple shots of my gals on day 2 of 12/12 (straight from clone)...
I had previously used a 400watt HPS in this same closet, but was having some heat issues so dropped down to a 250watt HPS.
So far it's been staying under 82 (was getting up to 87 regularly with the 400) and the kids seem to be liking it with one exception - there's always a jerk in every bunch...

hello am very very new here and new in growing...
1st of all thanx lots for this thread.. i would like to know i have 2 plant they were growing outside for 1 month but lack of sunlight, then on the net i found this forum and i decided to grow in my closet since saturday 3 days from here is that ok a plant which was outside is now under 250hps 18/24?..please help me my closet is about 30cm width and 150cm hi and abt 35 cm depth...i have 2 fan, 1 abt 14 cm and 1 pc fan working as exhaust fan... my babies the 1st one is abt 12cm hi and the other one 5 to 6 cm...of corse am using 250hps but i can't get let light close 60cm from my plant the leaves starrt to curl like they start to die i have to back up the light please help...will post my pic tomorow no camera tomorow for sure

Hyman said:

Update-

5 weeks into flowering (34 days to be exact)

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6.5 weeks, first amber hairs...

When do you think you will cut according to the strain info? Got a microscope to check the trichs?

MostlyCrazy said:

When do you think you will cut according to the strain info? Got a microscope to check the trichs?

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Just bag seed from a local strain, I don't have a microscope. I have a few small cuttings drying after I stopped the nutrients last week. I plan on giving it a test run this weekend to evaluate its future (Hyman's un-scientific approach), I tend to enjoy a slightly early harvest. Regardless, it turned out far better than I imagined for a budget 250w grow.

Hyman said:

6.5 weeks, first amber hairs...

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Looks good bro.....

I'd say you're right. Outstanding would be a better word for a bag seed grow. Those bagseeds have all kinds of tricks up their sleeve! LOL! So you are going to go by hair color? Since you stopped the nutes you can always wait till it just uses up what it has and then cut.

looking great man!!!
i still grow bagseed some times when i want some surprises..
i have a collection of all the bomb buds ive smoked with seeds just kept and marked the seeds...bagseed bangers

It's really anal to have your bagseeds organized! LOL!

MostlyCrazy said:

It's really anal to have your bagseeds organized! LOL!

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anal hahahaha nah bro its only about 10 worthy different bagseeds ive kept actually over a couple years...and have them marked by taste and high.....

I stand by my statement! LOL!

MostlyCrazy said:

I stand by my statement! LOL!

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WELL NO ONE CARES hahah

I know that! I've been married for 35 years and have heard it many times! LOL! There's a certain freedom to that way of existance!

MostlyCrazy said:

I know that! I've been married for 35 years and have heard it many times! LOL! There's a certain freedom to that way of existance!

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i was just messing bro lol.. and 35 years props to that brotha thats hell of along time i got 1 1/2 year down with my girl lol..

A question what causes plant stretch ? like if u keep ur 250 around 5-6 inchs from the tops , why do they stretch like that? im still a newb only veggd 4 or 5 plants never flowerd until now , look in my journal for mesurments and pics , shes done stretching now just wondering?