Labtec's 150 watt Lab

[labtec]

Hey Jengi thanks for stopping by. You can top your plant, then the remaining branches will grow out, then you can top each of them so that you can maximize the amount of colas that youll have. When you want you can put a screen up to start training them. You can really put the screen anywhere within reason. My yield seems to be alot more now that I'm training them, I havent done scrog before, but ive done a few runs with lst training, and i get alot more each time. Here's a little update for everyone on day 25. I do have a shot of a bud that is right in front of a cfl, and another of the same plant under the hps, but the hps one looks like crap, so ill just show everyone the one under the cfl.

 

[felix2]

absolutely beautiful.

i have a question for you. With all those different lights in there, have you ever thought of consolidating them all into a single 250w? you could probably just run the bulb itself, centered at the top, in that cabinet. but you know what they say...'if it aint broke, don't fix it.' lol. i just think you'll benefit, and pull much more weight, which you seem to want.

anyways though. really nice. what strain was it again? bagseed i think? have you though about trying new strains?

 

[loqurin]

good work

good work

well done man, I have a 150 hps in a 60cm x 60cm (2" x 2"), My aim was for 100 gram but im not positive about that;

I´ll watch your cab...


I have it outdoors and winter has come in my lattitudes so low temps on the cabin are around 13ºC (55ºF) and highs are 23ºC (73º f), so I think this is going to keep my yeld a bit low...

Also im not using any chems ferts (very hard to find), so im just into organic "home made" stuff, compost, worm castings...

Im growing 4 strains in 4L pots. 2 Hashberry, 2 shiva shanti and 1 megaton and 1 kali mist. It will take longer thatn your 54 DAYS! good one!...

 

[#1cheesebuds]

they really R absolutely beautiful. cant hardly wate for the smoke report.

 

[BongCalledYoda]

Hey Man, Love your grow. I luckily happened upon this forum about 2 weeks after converting that exact same dresser in my room and the same day I installed my 150 watt.... Any advice on exhaust? I checked yours but it seems like it would be overkill for my grow,which isnt bad I just don't have those kinds of funds right now.... Any suggestions would be appreciated

 

[felix2]

i'm curious about the exhaust covers from lowes? i'm lost here but i'd like to know what they are and maybe give them a try. what exactly are they?

edit: nevermind, just found some cool darkroom louvers.

 

[labtec]

Thanks everyone for stopping by. Felix2 that is ideally what I want to get, I think a 250 watt hps would be perfect in this cab. Loqurin thanks for stopping by, your strain selection makes me jealous.Thanks cheesebuds, always nice to see you come by.Bongcalledyoda, I had crazy problems with heat/exhaust right away. I bought a fan filter combo off the internet that ended up being really loud and didnt work at all.As for your setup, I'm not sure what would work, as you know I ended up just dropping some loot and buying a vortex with a speed controller.Felix2 the exhaust covers I found in the exterior vent area at lowes and are super cheap. I'll try to find a link to them, I havent found one yet.

 

[BongCalledYoda]

So I went the cheap route and got a Stanley blower. It seems to have taken care of my issues. I wanted that vortex but was not in a position to just throw money at the problem. Thanks for the input though man. Ill let you know how it turns out....Hopefully frosty

 

[labtec]

Hey everyone it's been awhile. Sorry, I just got a new computer and I've been messing around with it alot. Well anyways here are my girls on day 38 into flower:

Here are my girls under the HPS:

And here are my girls under the CFL's:

 

[TraneRek]

Lookin' nice man!

Judging by that first picture, seems like the HPS side is starting to pull ahead..

-Rek

 

[BongCalledYoda]

Very Nice indeed...

 

[jengi]

Lookin' nice man!

Judging by that first picture, seems like the HPS side is starting to pull ahead..

-Rek

seems like that to me as well. Dank looking nugs though. You enjoying that screen? i like to move my plants around and i think it might get annoying. Thought about it, love the yield people get, but not sure if i like the whole screen idea.

 

[luv2garden]

Labtech,

Looking really nice there bro.

I love watching a girl get nice and fat! I like mine with a bit of meat on them!!

K+

L2G

 

[labtec]

Thanks guys for stopping by. Tranerek always nice to see you coming by,Thanx yoda.Jengi, yeah you cant move your girls around when theyre in a screen, but i water my girls in a rubbermaid container so It doesnt matter for my situation. When I flush them I use a shop vac to suck up the extra water.Yeah,Yeah luv2garden I love my girls with a little meat on them myself. Your setup is amazing as always.
Here are my girls on day 49, which is the last day I will be feeding them:

 

[#1cheesebuds]

wow wow she looks dope as ever.

 

[h^2 O]

way to grow man!

 

[ScrubNinja]

Hell yeah

 

[Noobian]

Hey labtec your setup is looking sweeeeeeeeeeeet bro! Your pics are proving once and for all that the 150 HPS makes bigger denser buds than CFL's are able to produce. From reading some of the CFL acolyte threads around here you would think CFL's are the best thing since sliced bread, but you are proving all of that wrong with your simple side by side test that cannot be denied. Keep up the excellent work you are doing an awesome job!

 

[labtec]

Thanx cheesebuds.H20 nice looking girls yourself.Scrubninja your right, hellz yeah.Hey Noobian I'm afraid that youre right. I tried to get the cfl's as close as possible and still they are nowhere near the same size as the buds under the hps. although it is two different strains, there are a few branches that crept over from the plant under the hps, and it to is a little smaller than the one under the hps. Thanks guys for coming by.

 

[labtec]

Update on day 58. I'm going to let them go till about day 63 this time.