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Lookin good so far! Wish I had a 1000 watt ballast... that would sure be nice! I'm stuck with a 400w now, but it's given me a solid 5 oz dry crop, so I can't complain! I was looking at your first set of pictures, and... umm.... did you notice you can see EVERY detail of your fingerprints? Every single line, bro.... might want to remove that picture. I know I'm paranoid, but I'm just tryin to look out for ya!
Keep up the great work, man!
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Ha I'm not too worried about the pic. But i do appreciate it.
So here it is-My Set-up. Im looking for some constructive criticism on my lighting and fan situation. The pics are not too good to see my other 2 fans (both facing in towards the girls)
Also, i was wondering how people try to predict their yeild. i know you can never be right or even close but id like to give it a s hot.
ok i'm no pro but the best way to have your lights imo is horizontal(but make sure your globes are universal or able to be put that way) globes can have certain specs some can only be safe one way. anyway the reason i say horizontal is the light will be given to the plant(s) the whole way along your globe that 1k hps is sending all its intense light sideways. maybe i'm wrong anyway thats my opinion.
hey, thanks for the advice. im going to have to re wire my 400 and 1000 to switch them. my 400 has the reflector where the 1k doesnt. but boy do thwy love the 1k in there again.
Wow this is awesome.
I cant believe how well they are coming along. I decided to to add some Pro blend Pro Bloom yesterday before i turned the lights off. (30ml for 8L)
So now im wondering if my 1k bulb is too close. I have no burns or heat issues (even with a 1k, 400 hps and a 250mh in a 1.5x3.5x5 closet)
I read somewhere that the light should be @ least 10'' away from the plants and ive managed to get them within 4 inches. My plants is less than 2 weeks into flower and they seem to be close to others around a month........
looks like a spoke to soon. ive completely burnt 2 colas. well 1/2 of 2. i was like no effin way are they turing dark already (buds are no bigger than 1/4 inch) so i took a better look, touched and......crumble. 1k hps is now about 2 feet above plants.
Im starting to ecpect that i wont be getting much from my 4 ladies as i forced @ only 3 weeks of veg and 6-8inches. there looking really good right now and are all about 2' or so. many bud sites, but how much can i expect these buds to grow? for me to even get 2 oz total all my buds would have to 4x there size.
That sucks you burnt you're plants man, keep the lights at the very least 10in away unless they are air cooled. Thats just what i've found from personal experience with a 600w. A 1000w could need more distance depending on ventilation and air circulation to keep temps under 85deg at the top of the canopy.
i now have a good distance between the lights and the plants. i can see how people almost prefer using a 600 or even a 400 w instead of the 1k. i can def get the less W lights closer.
Watered them today with the same as before 30ml Pro Gro Bloom - for 8L of water.
gave them a light mist spray as well.
CAN YOU SAY HEAVY.
so i had the day off work due to weather and deided to transplant them into 5gal.
I must say i did a great job, made a hell of a mess though. ive heard that its not such a good idea to transplant when there flowering and my reason isnt because of the plant stress but due to the fact that you have to tip the plant right upside down. :p
will post pics tonight.
Here are 2 pics of the new home.
they seem to be enjoying the extra room. I was only able to get about an inch deeper but much more room on the sides. I watered with 30ml Pro Bloom for every 8L. Im pretty sure i can add a little more than 30 ml but i dont want to risk it.
As you can see i have the 1k hos in again. temps will be around -5 today outside so it SHOULD keep the temps down while im @ work.
Hope you enjoy.
Well not much new has happened in the past few days since transplanting them. And to boot, I got my brother in law to shut the lights off and 'close the closet door, put the towel at the bottom'.
when i came home i noticed the towel at the bottom of the bedroom door, and obviously not the closet inside the room- didn't think twice about it. Jut a few minutes ago i remembered that i didn't ask him to shut my windows (its about -10 with the wind right now) so i went in the room, shut the window and realized he didn't shut the closet door....???? Damn am i so confused as to how he wouldn't realize.... oh well.
Now i'm sure there stressed to shit. Just transplanted and now this...
well i had to get yet another fan to keep the temps down. its working but now im fighting with only %20 humidity. and very curley leafs....
well i woke up this morning and took a good look. to my amazement ive got a few buds almost covered in red hairs. on the down side my dope is smelling pretty piney... as i said before im not sure of the strain, but every time ive had this 'pine' smellin dope its been pretty shitty. well here is a pic.
im disappointed i didnt veg them a little longer, not even my top colas are worth a gram to me thats how small they are. im hoping they will still flower for another month or so, that way they can still get larger.
man those plants seriously look amazing, i wanna try them after u get them cured, hahahaha
haha thanks fUNKYcDOG. Im not to happy at the moment because one of the strains are curling quite badly.Quote:
Originally Posted by fUNKYcDOG
all 4 of them are doing quite well if i may say so, basking all day under 1400w of hps and 250w of MH. GOD DAMN, come to think of it im well over 100w/sqf.:stoned:
So i did some math and i hope its correct.
Looks like im putting out a total of 235,000 lumens and a total of 1650 watts in a 15'' x about 3ft. closet.
works out to about...... 1.3ftx3ft=3.9sq/ft
Lumens sqf = 60,256
Watts 423!!!!
HOLY CRAP
One thing i do notice though is that ive got a lot ALOT of red hairs already and im only about a month into 12/12. buds are no bigger than 1g at most...... plants get stressed very easily if im not right on with the temps..... over the past week the temps have shot up to over 130f for a period of time, also temps are constant at over 85...about 87..... ah well. if i had a 600 hps thats all id use but i dont so....
well if anyone has seen my posts yesterday they would know that im terminating my grow. too many suspicions about someone been coming into my apartment the past 3 days. im getting married in June and moving from here Jan 31 so i dont need any problems right now.
here are the last of my pics, man did they ever 'fluff' up last night. Enjoy
I feel your pain.... hope all is well!
Are you going to grow after you move and increase security?
The plants look great, by the way!
CONGRATS ON THE UPCOMING SOUL-JOINING!
Hey man, shame about the early chop :(
But hey, better safe than sorry.
HEY GUYS, thanks. it blows that i have to do this but better safe than sorry is right. my new place ill deff be doing a new grow, with a better set up and some real good seads.