Lol yeah I think you're right, your friend is pretty full of it. Let us know how it smokes.
How many were you growing outdoors? A 250 won't replicate the same results as the sun, just saying. I don't want you to be disappointed with the results if you are used to growing x amount of plants outdoors.
Looking great GPC!!Couple more picz. 8 weeks into flower now
Lockout is basically too much salt build up.
Couple more picz. 8 weeks into flower now
GOOD LOOKIN GP&C!! nice job my friend!!! should do you some good
when done with that grow! 
on his statement about the 12 weeks sadly thats one of the "down sides" with using the 250, it just takes a little longer, but always worth the wait!!!! again good job. yeti 
How do i prevent lockout? Also, I was using the dyna-gro liquid bloom formula, but ive been flushing using distilled water & molasses. Should I switch back 2 the nutes, or would continuing to use the molasses make more sense ? Im looking for an 'upbeat' high, so I'll be giving an update when my jewelers loupe comes in. Does the earlier harvest due to the trichome colour(20% amber) drastically effect the yield? Does the bud just continue to 'swell' the longer you let it sit if you really enjoy the couchlock?(Not me personally, but just to know. lol) ie. 15 week flower = HUGE 'stoney-couchlock' buds?
Lockout is a general statement really... its all about PH nutes get "locked out" when the ph level drops below or rises above a certain spot on the PH scale. Im not sure about the exact ph levels but as long as you ph your water before you feed your plants youll most likely not have a problem. most people confuse deficiencies with lockout but they are different but have almost the same effect on a plant. google "what ph locks out nutrients" and you should find some info
How do i prevent lockout? Also, I was using the dyna-gro liquid bloom formula, but ive been flushing using distilled water & molasses. Should I switch back 2 the nutes, or would continuing to use the molasses make more sense ? Im looking for an 'upbeat' high, so I'll be giving an update when my jewelers loupe comes in. Does the earlier harvest due to the trichome colour(20% amber) drastically effect the yield? Does the bud just continue to 'swell' the longer you let it sit if you really enjoy the couchlock?(Not me personally, but just to know. lol) ie. 15 week flower = HUGE 'stoney-couchlock' buds?
Thanks 4 the help
I know how you feel! something like this
right? lockout I've found is a term thrown around alot more then it should be! in all fairness I have only had "lockout" once and it was caused by me using to much of a "good thing" and not enough of the other "good things"
7 months from seed to finish all so I could throw it out!!!
https://www.rollitup.org/general-marijuana-growing/8596-nutrient-lockout-explained.html
HER you mean lol.
I fully agree with "doobieus"
Here are some more pics of my "dn" at 80 days old today. triches are now starting to turn amber, I'd say about 80/20 as of today, planning on harvesting anytime now!
I was taught about this by a friend of mine, who has been growing for quite some time now. Last time I talked to him he was growing/care taking in the previous state I lived which was MMJ friendly.
Welcome to the club Stonemalone!!finally got my 250w hps grow on the go. check out the link in my sig to see my 2 Blue Cheese clones, Juicy Fruit and some kinda bagseed growing
Monitoring trichomes is more about customizing your high, however a plant will let you know when it is ready by physically having a swell and receding hairs when it is matured. 10 or 12 week is what you're probably looking at, more along the lines of 12. It doesn't keep swelling usually, however there are sativas that I have seen go for 14-16 weeks easy, like they don't stop growing lol but are usually pulled around that time anyhow because regardless if they are still growing they are ready because they have already done the final swell.How do i prevent lockout? Also, I was using the dyna-gro liquid bloom formula, but ive been flushing using distilled water & molasses. Should I switch back 2 the nutes, or would continuing to use the molasses make more sense ? Im looking for an 'upbeat' high, so I'll be giving an update when my jewelers loupe comes in. Does the earlier harvest due to the trichome colour(20% amber) drastically effect the yield? Does the bud just continue to 'swell' the longer you let it sit if you really enjoy the couchlock?(Not me personally, but just to know. lol) ie. 15 week flower = HUGE 'stoney-couchlock' buds?
Thanks 4 the help
Yes PH plays a role but TDS and EC play a bigger role in that. The PH causes the EC and TDS to be off, causing the salts that are in nutrients to build up (because of not being properly dissolved due to PH) preventing the nutrients to absorb (Osmosis) through the membrane of the root. The plant's root system cannot break it down, causing lockout.
Clearex is you friend, got to love a good salt leecher.
When using molasses lockout isn't a term that is thrown around too much.I know how you feel! something like this
Now about "lockout", what are you using for soil! nutes? how often are you feeding, is the ph level consistent? these are your 1st thing's to consider, because if you using decent soils and nutes, and your NOT over doing 1 thing or another, you wont have any sort of "lockout"
Are you thinking about lockout because of this harvest you've just completed?? it looks to me as maybe it "missed out" on some things during it's grow! please don't feel as if I'm teasing, I assure you I'm not! my 1st grow ended up with lockout and BUD ROT!!!!