third closet grow (purple power seeds)

thanks alot biff i cant wait to sex theses babies then i can put my screen in. this grow is goin way better than the rest. just chalk 1 up for experience i guess. lol

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Originally Posted by green horn

sweeeeeeeet my 250 watt hps is finally here. i have it installed and its up and runin. should i still use some cfl's along with it? only prob is heat if i use some cfl's i think. ill have some pics soon.

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For veg, your 250 watter might be enough. However, for flower, well that's the time you really want to pour on the light. I'm thinking you should try to get at least 400 watts in there.

In general, you want to use as much light as your ventalation system can keep cool, and your circuit breaker will handle. More light directly equals more bud, up to a certain point, but you are nowhere near that point.

Also as someone mentioned above, you should line your walls with mylar or something shiney. This is the cheapest and easiest way to increase yield.

i just took some pictures of a bunch of tops i think there is 9 in all. tell me if u can sex any of them.

more pics

I was planning on doing about the same setup as you have with cfls for veg and a 250 hps for flower. I have a couple of questions before I start her up. I'm using a 95watt 6100K compact fluorescent and 2 42 watt compact fluorescents for veg. My closet is 6ft by 21in. I was wondering if this is adequate light for veg if I put aluminum foil up on the walls.

Another big concern is how will I get the air moving around in my closet. I'm planning on putting a fan in there, but I can't really keep my closet door open all the time. I wanted to know if you've taken any steps to solve this problem. Also i was thinking about cutting my closet in half with a tarp or something so I could have both stages going on at once in my closet. If i'm using a 250watt hps and a 95 watt cfl for flowering plus the 95watt cfl and 2 42watt clfs for veg will it be getting to hot in there. I only have 10.5 square feet. I wanted to get some opinions on whether or not its possible to pull of 2 stages in such a small space with shitty ventilation (opening the closet door). Total I'll have 524 watts of light plus the wattage for the water pump and 2 fans. I was thinking I would need to get a surge protector rated at 1500 joules. I don't know how I came up w/ that so any advice would be much appreciated.

I forgot to mention I'll be using an ebb and flow hydro system with the pump on all the time. I don't know what the benefits of having the pump on all the time, but the website says it will continuously be pulling oxygen down from the roots. The dimensions on the unit are 24L x 17W x 13H and has holes to grow up to 9 plants (All for $75 and includes nutrients, rockwool, media, pots and water pump). I was planning on growing 8 around the perimiter and LSTing. This would be my first real grow. If anyone has any tips or see flaws in my setup please tell me and if anyone has used this unit before or ones like it I would like to know what you think about it. I won't be getting it for 2 days and I'm hella excited. I figure its probable not the best system, but for the money its right on. If my veg works out well with it then I'll be buying another for flower.

I just talked about a whole bunch of different stuff but if you can help me out with ideas for any of it, it would be very appreciated.

first off i know nothin about hydro systems. all i know is from my grows and this is only my second real grow cause my first of the three didnt make it past week 2.

in my experience the smaller wattage soft white cfl's work best for veg. u seem to want to use the cfl's i use for flowering for your veg cycle. its up to u but the type of lumens a 43 watt cfl produses is best for flowering. and the smaller ones are best for veg.

i curently have 6 plants in my closet and it is packed. i wish now i had only planted 4. cause with less plants, u can groom them better and take care of them properly. althou in a couple days i should be able to seperate the males and females and i will then have way more room. but be sure to take that into consideration.

my last grow i used aluminum foil. wich works alright but u do get heat burns. try to paint the inside of your closet with white paint if u can instead. (flat white) works best.

all i have is 2 fans in my closet. cause i did not wanna cut any holes in my wales. and the door is shut almost all the time. the temp stays alright either with my cfl's 8 of em or with my 250 hps. but i think with both they would be to hot.

thats all i can think of. peace

im pretty sure these 2 plants are males tell me what u think.

yeap males...givem the axe

ya i thought so but its always nice to get a second opinion.