First Grow in 3rd week of flowering under a T5

[Jessie187]

Also sounds like i need a hps or im wasting my time...Im about 4 weeks into flowering and assumed i had another month or so but seems it longer with my t5, if i get the 600w hps should i keep the t5 on the floor to hit the lower buds (will do 6red/2blue)? And thx a ton for all the advise.... (smoke)...

1 more thing, I have a 7 foot my 5 foot room, only getting 1 hps is 600w hps only with XL Wing Reflector my best choice, im lookin on ebay..

 

[GigaGrew]

yeah definatly get a hps for flowering if you can...beyond that other lights are based on heat managment. a general rule of thumb is to just give them whatever you can manage heat/finance wise.

yes just 1 light for now for a few plants. you could get a 2nd one in there by the sound of it, but isnt worth it till your growing a lot more bud imho.

im currently using 1 600hps and atm that will be feeding around 30 plants in a sort of sea of green 2l dwc setup

 

[GigaGrew]

i did the flouro thing and i love it...but hps is da bomb! you pretty much get what you put in with these things.. flouros work...but hps works better...period.

 

[GigaGrew]

i only use 1 flouro now. a t8 dual spec that i use for germination. i can start 60 plants a time with a 30 watt bulb this way...very efficient =)

 

[Jessie187]

Week 6 into flowering -- Switched out 3 Bloom for 3 Veg bulbs about a week ago (5red-3Blue)

Question... Im using recipe for success nutes but watering the girls every 5 days now so nutes every 15 days... I notice a big increase in them after nutes..is there any way to get em nutes more often and not hurt em?

 

[WizHigh]

Looking alot better and fat nugs forming. I can smell the aroma

I water every 5 days also. I use GH FloraNova Bloom 4ml and Liquid Kool Bloom 2ml. It all depends on your nutes, if there organic or chemical or both. I would water with no nutes and then the next feeding water with nutes. Thats what I do. Some times I water twice in a row using nutes and then just regular water. It depends if you think your plants can take it or not.

 

[Jessie187]

Gonna go Nutes,Nutes.Water unless i see any issues Thx Wiz

 

[WizHigh]

No problem

 

[Jessie187]

52 Days into flowering....Looked thru a 60x microscope and the glands are all still milky white and clear

 

[WizHigh]

I see there producing very nicely. How's the nugs on the bottom of the plants looking?

 

[Jessie187]

Not very good Wiz the light is too far away, a buddy told me to harvest the top 1/2's of the plants and let the bottoms go a few weeks longer, what you think?

~~ I am ordering my Hps tomorrow and was wondering Which hood would be the best for me.. gonna grow 4-6 plants next run will be using T5 to veg and 600watt Hps for flowering....

~6" Cool Tube with XL Wing
~19” Aluminum Wing Reflector (High Reflective)
~8" Cool Tube with XXL Wing
~6” Air Cool Hood with Glass Panel

preciate it

 

[WizHigh]

Yea I would harvest the top and let the bottom go a little longer. On the hoods i say cool tube xxl wings.

 

[Jessie187]

iPower 600w 600 watt HPS MH Grow Light Digital Dimm Syste...
hpsgrowlightstore | 4153 | 99.5%
Ballast: iPower 600w Digital Dimmable
Reflector: 8" Cool Tube with XXL Wing
Bulb(s): 1 HPS + 1 MH
Light Hanger: Pair of Rope Ratchet
Timer: 24-Hour Machanical Timer
Sale date: 01/10/13
Tracking number: --
Estimated Delivery: 01/16/13

 

[GigaGrew]

is that one of our sponsors? maybe check them out for a 420 magazine discount =D
most of our sponsors are fantastic =D

 

[WizHigh]

iPower 600w 600 watt HPS MH Grow Light Digital Dimm Syste...
hpsgrowlightstore | 4153 | 99.5%
Ballast: iPower 600w Digital Dimmable
Reflector: 8" Cool Tube with XXL Wing
Bulb(s): 1 HPS + 1 MH
Light Hanger: Pair of Rope Ratchet
Timer: 24-Hour Machanical Timer
Sale date: 01/10/13
Tracking number: --
Estimated Delivery: 01/16/13

I think we may have been looking at the same one on the same site

 

[Jessie187]

Got my 600, cool tube came shattered but they resent one out, for now i just broke and cleaned all the glass out and am using it without a cooltube, Im at 10 1/2 weeks and just flushed again (2nd time) with another 2 1/2 gallons pure rain water for each plant.... so will be running my 600hps for the remaining 10 days or so, Then the fun part....

1st day of 600 HPS

 

[WizHigh]

Looking good in the flower room!

 

[Cultivator]

u really dont need to flush so much. i find if ur schedule is along the lines of feed,feed,water, repreat u dont need to flush at all, just make the water ur last 'feed'. They look good. Get ready to start a new round

 

[nikolas4]

very good work for "noob "

 

[Jessie187]

Well the time has come. .. I gotta say it was pretty fun harvesting. . I had easy more than anticipated. . Now to dry and cure.