400w Club-Show Off Your 400w Pride And Joy

Nfld320 said:

:-[ going to chop this Friday.

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Looking great! I personally would hold off on chopping for a week or two, too many white hairs for my taste. Do you have any pictures before you flipped and how long did you veg? Also, did you train at all?

I would wait another week but my holidays are coming up. I believe the candy cane and 1 of the purple kush are ready to harvest but the other 3 pk could go 1-2 weeks. Its been 100 days from popping up from "soil" and its day been 8+ weeks in flower. I did top the Candy cane and 2 of the purple kush and just let 2 purple kush just grow. (Its my first grow and I didn't want to kill my $70 worth of seeds in week 3.) lol I did lst one plant but I questioned if I knew what I was doing and kind of stopped training it. When I start my next grow in a couple of months I will set it up so I don't move the plants and use a flood table and scrog net and veg a little longer.

400 watt HPS with a supplemental 80 watt LED stick light.


Bubba Kush.
Almost ready...

Have been using a cheap 400W for the past few years but this grow I have switched to a Eye Hortilux Super 400W for my new vertical grow. I will also switch my times during 12/12. I had previously had my times set to on at 7AM off at 7PM, now I will have the light on at 10PM and off at 10AM. Want to see what difference having the light on at night and off before the outside temps get too hot. I will also be adding an A/C to the room I will be drawing air from. I know this will make a difference in the day time temps as my grows in the past have hit 85+ degrees during the day when I was running from 7AM to 7PM.
If anyone has run a vertical grow with a 400W please chime in.
GR

Well I designed my Blumat layout, ordered the parts and got them today. Also picked up my tent, light, vertical cord, fan speed controller and got some 4" ducting. Four hours later, I have my closet disassembled and the tent installed. Enough for today!
Getting room ready, got to remove that shelf.

Got that done and lined the floor with plastic.

Getting the tent ready

Putting it all together, one person, should be a two person job. But damn Gorilla tape works great.

Ok, lets get this done

Let's see how the screens fit. Oh yea!


Just a couple more next post.
GR

Let me finish this.
More screen shots

A look inside


A little advertising


Damn near filled my closet

Look thru any window


GR

jeepster1993 said:

400 watt HPS with a supplemental 80 watt LED stick light.

Bubba Kush.
Almost ready...

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Looking yummy! Can we get an update? What size tent are you in?

-MickeyMackWood... said:

Looking yummy! Can we get an update? What size tent are you in?

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The tent is a Secret Jardin 3x3x6 tent.

Update:
The Bubba's Gift, a short term Indica was harvested last week and is Delish!! but was only about an ounce in weight(not much, I expect 2 to 3 off the SLH...)
The Bubba kush is about a week, perhaps from harvest. It is like a 50/50 indica.
The Super Lemon Haze is about 2 weeks, perhaps 16 days from harvest.
The Lucy is about 2 to 3 weeks from harvest. This one is heavy CBD and THC. Giving it a try.
The SLH and Lucy are heavy Sativa, so they are taking longer.

Bubba kush in front/left, SLH front, right(the stretchy one), and Lucy in the back.


SLH, at about 60 days. She smells and makes me want it. A beauty.

Thanks

jeepster1993 said:

The tent is a Secret Jardin 3x3x6 tent.

Update:
The Bubba's Gift, a short term Indica was harvested last week and is Delish!! but was only about an ounce in weight(not much, I expect 2 to 3 off the SLH...)
The Bubba kush is about a week, perhaps from harvest. It is like a 50/50 indica.
The Super Lemon Haze is about 2 weeks, perhaps 16 days from harvest.
The Lucy is about 2 to 3 weeks from harvest. This one is heavy CBD and THC. Giving it a try.
The SLH and Lucy are heavy Sativa, so they are taking longer.

Bubba kush in front/left, SLH front, right(the stretchy one), and Lucy in the back.

SLH, at about 60 days. She smells and makes me want it. A beauty.

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Thanks for the update. Looking very good! That Lemon looks like its packing some power!! How long did you veg?

@gr865...What sized tent are you using?

I have a Gorilla Grow Lite. A 2x 2.5x 7. Got the extra 1 foot hight extension.
That tent is lit with a home made COB style 250 watt LED. Oh man, the plants love that thing. (And, AND...is full of Super Lemon Haze...)
Been toying with the idea of ditching the 400w HPS for LED, but at 9 square feet to light, the COB style LED is VERY costly. The HPS just works too well.

jeepster1993 said:

@gr865...What sized tent are you using?

I have a Gorilla Grow Lite. A 2x 2.5x 7. Got the extra 1 foot hight extension.
That tent is lit with a home made COB style 250 watt LED. Oh man, the plants love that thing. (And, AND...is full of Super Lemon Haze...)
Been toying with the idea of ditching the 400w HPS for LED, but at 9 square feet to light, the COB style LED is VERY costly. The HPS just works too well.

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4'x4'x6'7".
If you would like you can check out my grow in Vertical Growing.
How do you like your tent, have found multiple light leaks, mainly at the stitches.
GR

Light leaks...
Yeah.

Took this of the window/door. The window is closed with velcro and the door is 5 separate zippers(for a 2x2.5 room, 5 zippers for the door???)
Not bad leaks, but...
I like the Jarden more...

Yes, I have the same issues, with the windows, have not seen any other area of concern. I think I will just put a light weight black felt cover over the front when I begin 12/12. That will solve both the window and seam problems.
Should have listened to my GF, damn that woman. LOL Tent is 4x4, room is under 5x5, she said why use a tent?

GR

Quick update!
Day 31 since sprout.
7/9/16 - Transplanted into the two gallon smart pots.
7/23/16 - Hooked up Blumat gravity system, 5 carrots, 10 gal rez.

Problems
Neglect the first couple of weeks, slow start.
This week I have a issue with armyworm. I had been putting the plants outside during the day, had them set for 24/7 light, 9 hrs sunlight and 15 hrs the vertical 400W, I am now at 18/6. Just a couple of days ago I was examining them first thing in the morning and had two shoot on two different plants just wilted and laying over. Checked them over well, at least I though I did, and did not find anything until that evening and I found a worm laying on one of the fan leaves, upon further inspection with a hand lens I found this on one of the two plants that were effected. Since then I have found and killed two more worms, sprayed with AmaMax but this morning shoot wilted and laying on the fan leaf was another worm.
Going into town soon to get some neem oil and will do another thorough inspection when I spray them with the neem oil, I will leave the lights off for at least 12 hrs after the application.
May buy some Praying Mantis as they are great worm control and I think can live in the tent and be harvested when they have done the deed.
Anyway, I am hopeful that I can get this shit under control and glad my plants are still small, and should grow out of the damage.

Taken yesterday after I finished installing the Blumat system.

GR

Everything is out of the room, all harvested.
I got about 1/2+ of a gram of bud per watt of light. Also made 3 grams of bubble hash with the trimmings. So that worked out to just about 9 1/2 ounces out of my 400 watt room. Not growing any of the big bud stuff, but trying some more of the higher end stuff that is not heavy producers, I feel good with that.
It is really good bud too.
This is Super lemon haze the day before harvest, oh my am I happy with the quality, toe curling stuff. Not the heaviest yield at about 2 ounces on this plant.

gr865 said:

Yes, I have the same issues, with the windows, have not seen any other area of concern. I think I will just put a light weight black felt cover over the front when I begin 12/12. That will solve both the window and seam problems.
Should have listened to my GF, damn that woman. LOL Tent is 4x4, room is under 5x5, she said why use a tent?

GR

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Dont you hate when your girl is right fml

jeepster1993 said:

Everything is out of the room, all harvested.
I got about 1/2+ of a gram of bud per watt of light. Also made 3 grams of bubble hash with the trimmings. So that worked out to just about 9 1/2 ounces out of my 400 watt room. Not growing any of the big bud stuff, but trying some more of the higher end stuff that is not heavy producers, I feel good with that.
It is really good bud too.
This is Super lemon haze the day before harvest, oh my am I happy with the quality, toe curling stuff. Not the heaviest yield at about 2 ounces on this plant.

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Ill take 2 oz of fire all day before a 1/4 of some Huffy

jeepster1993 said:

Everything is out of the room, all harvested.
I got about 1/2+ of a gram of bud per watt of light. Also made 3 grams of bubble hash with the trimmings. So that worked out to just about 9 1/2 ounces out of my 400 watt room. Not growing any of the big bud stuff, but trying some more of the higher end stuff that is not heavy producers, I feel good with that.
It is really good bud too.
This is Super lemon haze the day before harvest, oh my am I happy with the quality, toe curling stuff. Not the heaviest yield at about 2 ounces on this plant.

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Damn good harvest if you ask me. Im shooting for a QP off my 400w, anything more will be a blessing . Its been a few years since my last go so im having to tweak and relearn as I go... How long did you veg? Also did you LST at all? That Lemon Haze looks fire! It has me over here drooling!!

It veged for 2 months. No cutting, or topping, but I do run a lot of fans so there is LST, the fans blow right on them, you can see it this pic from the other room(the LED room).



After it dried, there was 75 grams off this plant. That would work out to 300g off 400w.
I am waiting to see what happens under the LED light running in the other room, same SLH strain. The buds are larger.
This is from 250 watts of full spectrum LED light. Still about 3 weeks from harvest.

Update!
Day 39 since sprout.

Put them on the screens this week, have the Blumats "dialed-in" sort of, had one runaway two days after getting them going. Caught it before it got out of the containment tray. They have been tied up some, have done minor defo, have been tucking the fans behind the screens, still get some light so still acting as the solar panels they are.
BC1

BC2

BC3

CK1

CK2

I did not cut but a few fans but you can see where I tucked the fans to the back of the screen, will cut them when the shoots new fans get a bit bigger.

View from the top


GR

Suggestions welcome!