150w HPS Club and Resource Guide......

[rootidec]

someone said to raise my lights a but. Kf the temps are right, it can't be too close (not with 150w hps anyways)can it?

Yeah, sorry, I didn't mean to be confusing.
Try to keep it within 8" anyways as it becomes less efficient beyond that point (I read you are at >5").
I came as close as 3.5-4" with a pc fan blowing on the bulb up and away from the plants. just ime

 

[LiquidWarlock]

@rootidec I have a box style fan, the ones from wallmart, its been blowing for her whole life, blows on both her and the bulb, that's why my temps are so sexy, also why I don't think mold will be of much issue, and also why her stems are thick.

Can too much air be bad though? Its really simplified the whole process.

Darkvade. Can't be an eight, last run was 7.5, this one is significantly bigger. Also she will fatten up the next 2 weeks right before harvest, as she did last tome most likely.
I also had the light up too far in veg. Maybe 10inch on average.

I've got 3 girls ready for the next round.
Can someone comment on this idea.

Put all 3 in a 24 or some kinda gal. Rubbermaid. My space is not completely unlimited, and I'd like to get the best bhang for my buck, so to speak. Lol

Would that be better, or just one super plant in the big container?

Would using 1gal pots just be the best for each girl, with one in the 4gal I'm using now?

I was too nervous to beg. Too long because i don't k ow how long a plant can live on just organic soil. Did transplants a 12/12 just to change soil. Over thinking things?

 

[LiquidWarlock]

leaves starting to yellow. She is fattening up just a bit. We are at 40%milky, she's smelling like she did last time.
I harvested last time at MAYBE 50%milky. As the couch lock isn't my thing. And I've got a vape I use to medicate.
any preferences for you guys for harvesting %?

I'm not sure she's gunna last till amber. Cause of the yellowing.

 

[kweezy]

is ultra sun the best brand for 150 watt hps?

 

[darkvade420]

is ultra sun the best brand for 150 watt hps?

I cant vouch they are the best but i do know they are the most common and they get the job done.

 

[dddaver]

I have read more than one plant per pot can be bad because roots will "choke" each other.

I did accidentally have a male and a female grow in one pot and the male was really a shorty/slow grower. Usually the other way around. Females usually grow slower. Chopped the dude as soon as he showed.

I felt both in the same pot slowed the female's growth too. But that was a 4 gal. pot. You might be good in a Rubbermaid. Just make sure to maximize separation. I wouldn't try more than 2 at a time myself though.

 

[LiquidWarlock]

I have read more than one plant per pot can be bad because roots will "choke" each other.

I did accidentally have a male and a female grow in one pot and the male was really a shorty/slow grower. Usually the other way around. Females usually grow slower. Chopped the dude as soon as he showed.
maybe I'll make a divider for the 2..

with soil how often should I change out dirt for an entire grow..

I felt both in the same pot slowed the female's growth too. But that was a 4 gal. pot. You might be good in a Rubbermaid. Just make sure to maximize separation. I wouldn't try more than 2 at a time myself though.

maybe I'll add a divider.. How many months can a plant live with the same soil?

 

[LiquidWarlock]

so she is starting to yellow, which is because shes near the end, but is also throwing out new hairs...
trichs are about 50, maybe more % white, the rest clear, no amber (didnt have any close to amber the first run with her though)

is she done, should I wait?
I get the yellowing, but the extra hairs didnt pop out last time..
any thoughts, thanks guys

have another one goin thats only been topped 2x, no other cuts, just lst.
round 3 should be good

 

[LiquidWarlock]

thought i had posted pics, sorry

 

[budelight]

I'd let her keep going

 

[darkvade420]

thought i had posted pics, sorry

id say cut off the rest of the fan leaves

 

[LiquidWarlock]

I'd let her keep going

I guess I'll do that.
doesn't seem like a deficiency or anyting.

also why cut fan leaves if its sapping the last of the reserves from them.

 

[budelight]

I leave leaves on until they are yellow...

 

[LiquidWarlock]

I leave leaves on until they are yellow...

so should I cut those yellow leaves? Can I use yellowed leaves for hash?
was gunna use the whole girl for a qwiso

 

[rootidec]

18"x15,2" canopy, light is at 6-7" now.
5 days flo atm.
my first horizontal setup, with 4 plants LSTed:

it's not "killer" but it's practical, cheap and stealth.

I'm using a GiB bulb, which the hydro guy told me has a nice spectrum (in fact it always kept plants very compact)
BUT I also have a silvanya which (in retrospect, with some grows under the belt now) looked like the bulb who made my buds the fattest instead...

do you think it would be wise to switch? or better keep one bulb only through the end?
thank you

*edit NVM, switched to sylvania and raised 2"

 

[dudin]

I´m going vert. Just wet 20 landrace sativas from Uruguay. Will grow em in hempymix in selfwatering pots kind of like a swc/hempy/PPK thing.
Dont buy shit online stoned 150w 6000k MH buld (ohh yeah green) instead of 6500k, will change to an 2700k HPS instead.
Digital dimmable ballast 100-150w.

 

[darkvade420]

I´m going vert. Just wet 20 landrace sativas from Uruguay. Will grow em in hempymix in selfwatering pots kind of like a swc/hempy/PPK thing.
Dont buy shit online stoned 150w 6000k MH buld (ohh yeah green) instead of 6500k, will change to an 2700k HPS instead.
Digital dimmable ballast 100-150w.
http://s856.photobucket.com/user/exil1/media/IMG_3090_zps80e47f66.jpg.htmlView Image

looks cool to bad green reflects

 

[dudin]

@Darkvade it was bright as a MF.
Still nothing new on the landraces. Seems they are a bit hard to germ.
Changed too a HPS instead of that worthless greeen MH.

In one of the plastic cups there is a Dr.Grinspoon x LR2, just had to see what kind of bastard offspring they produced.

 

[darkvade420]

Looking better in there.i hope you get one of them crazy grinspoon p types they looks nutty as hell. good luck

 

[dudin]

Looking better in there.i hope you get one of them crazy grinspoon p types they looks nutty as hell. good luck

Yep that's a freaky mf. Probably the worst used w /g you could ever grow. Well it looks like a few of those sats from U are finally making their way through the jiffy. I call em Goatwoman, smell catpiss 13 fingers and grow big