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

[Guest]

suga, it's a strange thing those leaves. i'm 99% sure that it's because of the light. it's mostly on that one bud, and that top in particular stretched more than any others, so it's in a dim lit area up there. it's still growing fine, but very airy/fluffy bud up there. if you look down lower where the light is intense, all the leaves are full and normal shape.

 

[Guest]

by the way admiral, that's an awesome fukn pic man! i'm nominating you whether you like it or not!

 

[motaco]

Sugabear. good to see you about. u still growing the burmaberry?


420g from the ultimate sativa thread back at OG.

 

[ganjawarrior]

just got my first 150W HPS
need a good cheap ballast i think?
any suggestions?

 

[bounty29]

Prospective member of the 150w HPS club here...

I've built a cabinet, about the same size as the Homebox XS, 2'x2'x4', and I was originally going to use a 250w HPS, but I think I'll be going the 150w route instead now. After my first harvest I might add another 150w.

I've been planning and reading and learning for the past six months and I can't wait to finally get this grow started. I'll be sure to have a diary and let you all see my cabinet when I get it running!

Ok so... I think I'm just going to make one large purchase from 1000bulbs, I think I can get everything I need for lighting there.

150w HPS Ballast Kit - $44.99 (I was originally going to get the e-conolight, but from reading this thread that it seems that it wastes power and isn't as efficient, will this one be a good bet?)
150w HPS Bulb - $8.53
HID Mogul Socket - $5.11 (Will I need this, or is the "mounting bracket" included with the ballast kit the same thing?)
26w 6500k CFL - $4.29 x6 = $25.74
Shipping - $10.00~

Total - $94.37

Add $30 for ducting and cooling, and I have my complete light setup for $125, not too bad.

The CFLs are for vegging, and I'm still very unsure how I'm going to setup the light. I really want to have it ventilated seperately from the grow chamber, so I need a cool tube or an air-cooled hood. I'd like to not put holes in the sides of the cabinet, and only use the top and back for exhaust/intake/etc. I'm going to have two 4" holes going out the top, one on either side for the carbon scrubbers I'll be using, and I'm going to need to make four 4" PVC light-trap passive intakes on the back at the bottom. I'm sorry if this is getting confusing but my main concern is ventilation, after that's taken care of it's a large thing that I don't have to worry about. I built the cabinet out of 3/8" plywood and some 2x4s, painted flat white.

I'm going to be using several PC fans for this grow, 120mm and 84cfm. I'll be using two seperate ones for exhausting through carbon, one for cooling the light, and one or two for blowing on the plants. My concern is this: If I have 4" ducting going straight down from the top of the cab, taking a 90 degree turn into the cool tub, and then another 90 degree turn to the top of the cab, how much will that affect the efficacy of the fan? If it'd be better, I could use one of the sides so there was only one 90 degree turn in it.

Sorry for typing so much, I thought I finally had a plan down solid and I've rethought everything about twenty times, I just want to get this thing together and start growing

 

[Guest]

I just want to get this thing together and start growing

do it! i hope you have a way of getting pics on here, otherwise you're just teasing us!

anyone heard from pipedream? i hope all is well.

day 30...............

 

[bounty29]

I'll definitely be taking pictures, I've got a Canon Powershot A620 7.1megapixel. I'm most looking forward to the macros at the end of the grow. I'm going on a vacation for a week, and then things should really start getting underway as soon as September starts.

 

[iamhigh]

well first successful (somewhat) harvest on my own. No she wasnst a heap of pot like i imagined but ill get there. I think my main mistakes were overfertilizing and and unbalanced pH. I'd take pics put my camera isnt even worth it. So on to my next quest. I think im going to literaly cut that cabinet in half and get a smaller more stealthy box(es?) going.

I need some help picking out some strains... My mind is pretty set on these 3 but if you guys know/heard anything about em speak up! I got about $125 or so dollars im willign to risk with a money order. (btw do they have some sort of insurance on money orders if they are lost/never cashed?)

from seeds boutique of course

Chimera - Schnazzleberry #2
Reeferman - Cherry Bomb II
Nirvana - Bubblicious
$135
comments / concerns??

Going to grown is Moonshine Mix which is about %100 organic.
Definatly plan to do some crossing. Also im not going to start again until we move to a new house.. Do you think its a concern to have em shipped to this address? And what about cc's for orders?

Hope everything goes well Pipe_Dream! will load a couple for ya!
User_Name i envy you and your tube nuggest. Everything is lookin gravvvvy.
Admiral - What strain you growing and lets see soem cab pics! woo things are gettin crazy around these 150w parts.

 

[linksys]

New to 150w hps club here are some pics of my baby

 

[quantumfusion]

i just ordered mine yesterday... but whats the closest i can place it above my canopy? im using it for both veg and flower, with a few cfl's. i have 2 seedlings and they are only a week and a half old.

i bought a "ready to grow" 150w off ebay for 95 bucks. it comes with a very nice looking reflector as well. im very eager to get this going and get my medicine in my lungs!! haha

by the way, if it wasnt for this thread i would have gotten a 200w CFL... eww.

 

[green_grow]

o.k. ...my plant is clearly developing seeds, which would explain why it stopped stretching and putting on weight . i would have liked for my first to have been a virgin, but, c'est la vie . at least now i will have some seeds to practice with and the plant will still be smokeable in the end, right ? a few questions ... 1) i was told that my plant is now a hermie, but i think that is wrong. it never developed pollen sacs so it must have been pollinated by a male that i had in another room . this would make it a pollinated female, not a hermie ...right ? 2) do i continue with 12/12 and same watering/feeding routine and do i harvest at the usual time, i.e. when the trichomes are the right shade ?

 

[Guest]

sup green

if you don't see any bananas then yes, it's probably a male that did it.

yes you should grow/harvest as normal, you can harvest later if the seeds look like they need more time.

are ALL the buds forming seeds?
seedy branches can be left longer if required.

what day of flowering are you on?
i think you need approx 30 days to form nice mature seeds, but i'm not an expert.

 

[green_grow]

hey, user ...thanks for the reply.

nope, never saw any bananas at all.

now that you mention it, i dont think all the branches were forming seeds. will check in a.m.

been in flower for 5 weeks now . bit of a shame because, this plant was flowering up nicely and had it not seeded it looked like it was going to produce a nice little pile of ganja . still, at least if i can get it to the finish line i will have some nice smokeables to show for it.

 

[sugabear_II]

motaco - hey man good to see you too. i just finished making a cross of the burmese pure and an indica oregon 90. gonna grow them next.

bounty - sounds like a plan. ventilation is always a try it and see if it works proposition in the end.

iamhigh - those seeds sound good to me, i like reeferman's stuff but i'm not too sure i'd go for the cb2. i'd probably also pick up some can't miss nirvana strains like blue mystic papaya and aurora indica. money orders have two parts, one you send, the other you keep. if it never gets cashed you can take the part you kept and cash it in, i think. however the money order usually makes it and gets cashed, it's the seeds that sometimes never arrive.

linksys - wellcome and nice pics !

quantum - a couple of inches - use the back of the hand test - if you can handle the heat on the back of your hand then the plants should be able to handle it too.

user - things are looking awesome - you're becoming a 150 expert!

greengrow - sorry to hear about the beans. if you have a male somewhere else in the house it's likely the cause. pollen can get everywhere easily and be spread on your hands without you realizing it. a spray down of cold water will stop any more pollen from ferilizing your baby. just make sure you're able to dry her completely so mold doesn't set in. if you cannot assure a full dry don't spray. 30 days is correct for seeds to mature. harvest per normal - the weed will smoke just fine

-suga

 

[linksys]

sugabear - thanks for the only reply lol

I tried to build an air cooled hood with ducting hoses and a glass candle holder (idk what its really called but i found it in the candle section). I use a regual fan to push the air through the hose. Yea the air moves but not fast enough to get some serious cooling goin on. Does anyone know of a fan that will work better? I will try to post some pics of it later. Thanks

 

[Guest]

sup linksys!

you might try this.......STANLEY BLOWER FAN

 

[linksys]

User - hahaha thanks that is one serious blower, i only can find it for 50 tho, if i had a 400w+ id get that one but i only have a 150w, thanks tho :smile:

 

[Guest]

ahh i see, well if the stanley is too much, you might like the suncourt inline's.....they got 'em at home depot for $25-35

 

[linksys]

User - that looks like what im looking for thank man

I got my beans in today! grapefruit and as a freebie south african durban poison x sk#1 and im soo happy

 

[admiralcornport]

word up Y'all!!!! here's some more suga.... I'm expecting about 3-4 ounces off these 2 plants! only 2 weeks 2 go!@!!!!@W