Growing Under 250W HPS at 34C

[faithlessxxx]

Summer temps forced me to downsize to a 250W HPS, and I'm still generally at around 34C. I thought, rather than give up for the summer, I'd carry on with the crop just to learn first-hand what happens under those kinds of conditions and even more importantly, to provide an abundance of clones for the autumn. I must say, I'm quite pleasantly surprised at the results so far at 13 days flowering. So, this is 8 NL's, vegged for only 10 days, no cropping or any other methods, just thought I'd try to get one main cola from each plant, under only 250W HPS, at 34C:

faithlessxxx Reviewed by faithlessxxx on 07-09-2007. Growing Under 250W HPS at 34C Summer temps forced me to downsize to a 250W HPS, and I'm still generally at around 34C. I thought, rather than give up for the summer, I'd carry on with the crop just to learn first-hand what happens under those kinds of conditions and even more importantly, to provide an abundance of clones for the autumn. I must say, I'm quite pleasantly surprised at the results so far at 13 days flowering. So, this is 8 NL's, vegged for only 10 days, no cropping or any other methods, just thought I'd try to Rating: 5

[faithlessxxx]

Woah, it's potent already! Nice. Great citrus smell. Very sticky.

[faithlessxxx]

Oh damn, just realized I'm only at about 37 days of 12/12. That gives me another 2 weeks of hermy hunting...sigh. This is a critical period, it means all teh difference between a proper harvest and a ruined harvest.
I don't care if they get infected the 3rd last week, the seeds wont have time to develop, in fact some people feel that the buds swell if you pollinate them a week before harvest.

An interesting experiment, all in all though.

[faithlessxxx]

At about 45 days flowering after 10 days of veg at a rough constant of 33 - 35C, 5 of 8 plants starting to hermie up a bit. Just need to keep any pollinating accidents from happening for the next week or so, and I'm home free.
So far, it seems high temps haven't affected the yield particularly, however, temps like this will cause hermy issues.

I initially considered flowering at night, but the fan makes quite a lot of noise, and I decided that I wasn't going to let the grow room completely dominate my lifestyle:

[Cervantez]

Those look GRET!!!!! Have you tried to run the flowering light during the night???? That is what i do for runing the temp. donw, cheers!
http://boards.cannabis.com/closet-ca...ml#post1512807

[khronik]

Yeah, a lot of the perfectionists will say stuff like that going above 80 degrees is bad for your plants, and going above 95 will kill them or whatever. But this plant is a lot more resilient than most of us give it credit for. After all, countries that have temps well over 100 degrees fahrenheit grow some of the best pot. Give it enough light and water and a little fertilizer, and it'll grow like, well, a weed. :smokin:

Fine-tuning your environment is necessary more for finicky strains and for coaxing a little extra bud out of your plants.

[evertking]

Looking good!!

[faithlessxxx]

No comments? Anyone want to guess the outcome? I'm thinking I'm going to get a few ounces from what I see, the quality may be crap though for all I know.

[princedapimp4]

my friend just harvested 3 plants around the same height of strawberry cough and got around ounce per plant. his plants were a little more bushier than yours so you should expected around 3-4 ounces for all 8 since northern lights is a good yielder.

[faithlessxxx]

But these conditions are generally said to be almost impossible...