Hi , is it possible to use a 250W HPS in this setup ?
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Hi , is it possible to use a 250W HPS in this setup ?
*%#@ !!!!!!! Well i messed up a bit you could say, i noticed my bud leafs were turning brown on the tips, i eventually diagnosed the problem as overwatering, and i was sure right......So i had to do emergency surgery on these ladies and cut them outta their screen.So i cut all the screen off (carefully),and noticed that the pots were very heavy, too heavy, so i am sure that is my problem, if their is an expert that could confirm this for me that would be great, have a look at the pics.So i guess that is the design flaw i was worried about.......not being able to take the pots out every now and then to prune and flush and be sure they are'nt getting over watered !! So as of yesterday i have stopped all watering to try and reduce the amount of moisture in the pots and hopefully they will recover somewhat, i know i have put the hurt on them already and the damage is done already but......
I guess in my next grow in this cab i will have to figure a way i can get at the pots better, oh well, you grow and you learn i guess.Here's some pics,pic five is some of the damage thats been done. Day 48 in flower by the way
Koosdoos........you could try to put a 250 in there but i imagine it would be way to hot, i'm not positive though, i haven't tried myself, but if i were you, get it setup and turned on like that and see what you get for temps before getting seeds started or clones ready or whatever ur gonna do.Good luck
I've been thinkin on doing that, but will see how it turns out. I recon instead of using a rubbermaid container maybe using a large black plastic garbage bin. This might sort some of my heat related problems due to the height restriction of the rubbermaids. Sofar I'm just planning my growbox out.
Did do a outdoor harvest yesterday of Durban poison, had quite a good yield from my 4 ladies.
Good luck with your girls ! Will keep you up to date on whats happening.
Get your problem to the problem section to get some experts advice!!! I'm no expert, nor is my word fact, but the plants look a little nute burned and heat stressed.
Over watered plants usually look similar to under watered plants and droop.
Well, here's today's update, day 50 in flower.Well like i said earlier, the damage has been done on these ladies and it's way too late in flower for them to recover but i think i caught it in time.Balkey i think u were right,heat stress, i didn't notice how hot it was getting in there, apparently my pots were covering my intake tubes, i didn't have the pots placed in there properly.So i removed one of the plants and put her into another cab and left just 2 plants in the rubbermaid to open up space and reduce the heat issue.Couple more weeks to go i think.My new strain i started is doing ok, i got some seedlings growing and am hoping for females, i plan on growing a momma in a seperate cab and cutting clones off of her when needed.Anyways take care everyone and good luck !!
woow man that thing is like a box o nugz, how much longer do you reckon it will be? i defenetly have to do a scrog setup .:rastasmoke:
Well here's today's news........So the plant i took out of the rubbermaid wasn't doing so well so i did an experiment on her and chopped off all the top buds, then i placed her back into the temporary cab with the new seedlings to see if she will grow the little buds on her a little bigger.As for the rubbermaid, the 2 plants in there are almost done i beleive,It's day 58 in flower today.I did some trimming on these plants as well to let these last few days get some light on the little buds that have been covered by the canopy the whole time.So it's gonna be a few more days for the ones in the rubbermaid, and i guess that makes it about 2 1/2 months from crappy clone to finished flowering.I am gonna start a new thread for the new strain i have going, they seem to be doing well, lets hope for females !!! here's some pics
here's the chopped down one in the spare cab with the new seedlings
looking very nice indeed how many do u think u can fit in that runbbermaid contraption u hav there!!!:thumbsup:
:chainsaw::chainsaw: Chop down time !!!!! I will also let you all know the dry weight once it's dried and cured, but as for right now it looks like i'm gonna get just over 2 ounces from the rubbermaid, in a 2 1/2 month time period from clone, and the clones were crappy too.I'm impressed anyway, i plan to do some minor modifications and continue on this process, with some troubleshooting here and there i shall be able to pull off much larger yields, Well here's some pics for the road, good luck all and thanx for all the support and comments.
Pic 5 is what these came from,poorly cut clones off a plant a few weeks into flower, they were basically buds, but they all rooted succesfully.
You can see in pic1 the plant on the far left has a bit more growth than the others, this is the one that had the top buds cut off of it the other day.
Tokalot.....I was able to just barely sqeeze those 3 pots in there so i dunno ?? i might go with a larger rubbermaid ? homemade oblong pot ? be creative