NatureaFinest
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Hello all. Could anyone tell me their average yield per plant under the 250. I'm a newb and not much experience but I'm tryin with this thing lol
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rainz
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It depends mate. How are you planning to grow? soil/hydro etc.. where are you planning to do it? and what strain/s are you planning to do??
NatureaFinest
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Definitely soil. I have a small 3x4x8 closet I'm using. I've mostly just grown some bag seed but I just recently started actually buying seeds. I'm on my first try with DNA lemon skunk 6 wks into flower. I had a few issues with it . All of my plants grow and look wonderdkl (to me at least lol) but my yields are horrible. I use mostly miracle gro soil and I kno the majority on here hate it but I don't think that's the problem. Thanks for ur help in advance
Stonetech
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250w Vert. Atomic Jam, 24th Day flower. Blueberry, 16th day of flower. Through in two more blueberrys a couple days ago to fill the spots, not expecting much from those. Gonna run all four spots with Atomic Jam next round using clones i took from the one in the picture.
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rainz
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First of all mate get rid of the mg soil you will see a difference straight away with sumin like bio bizz all mix/plagron or canna. Make sure that you have good airflow and a decent exhaust so that you can rule out temp fluctuations, make sure to check humidity levels aswell. Get some decent nutes aswell so you know that they aint the prob either. You should be pulling at least 2oz a plant with as little as 2 weeks veg, thats all i can really think of atm, anything else, just ask mate im happy to try and help anyone.
NatureaFinest
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Lmao I have a strict hands off policy. My airflow is good. My temps stay from 78 lights on to 70 lights off. My humidity I'm not sure of cause I haven't bought anything to keep track of it. I don't use any nutes in veg and in flower I use ff tiger bloom. My yields are way below 2 os tho lol but I've only grown 3 and 1 was auto.
rainz
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It will come to you eventually mate lol, if i was u i would try LST or ScOG. Proven yield enhancement and no stress to your plants. How close do you keep your light??
NatureaFinest
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Man I hope so lol. I keep my light about 14 in all the time. I tried closer but it seems like it starts stressin em and burnin em a bit. I need to invest in an inline reflector for it. Or rig something up with the one I got. I keep a 12 in fan suckin in air from outside the closet and it keeps fresh air moving good and a 6 in fan for exhaust
rainz
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I would switch the fans mate, have the 12" sucking air out and the 6 bringing it in. Get yourself a small clip on fan to circulate the air more, in theory you should now be able to get ur light closer, oh and definately get a reflector there essential. You must be losing out on a lot of lumens, this will ultimately decrease your yield.
NatureaFinest
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Oh I got a reflector. Its just the one that came with my ballast. I will swap the fans and try that put with
another too. I guess my soil may be the main culprit. I should look on the bright side tho my yields have increased each time lol. How does the whold SCROG deal work?
another too. I guess my soil may be the main culprit. I should look on the bright side tho my yields have increased each time lol. How does the whold SCROG deal work?
hempstead
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You need to keep the canopy within 6 inches of the light for nice buds with the 250. I had an open reflector too and what I did was put a fan on the floor blowing up at the light 24/7 to keep the tops nice and cool and well ventilated. And it gives you some nice strong stems to hold up the rock hard nugs.
rainz
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Its essentially a screen of chicken wire or some form of netting suspended horizontaly between the pots/plants and the light. The aim is to grow up to then train and tie branches to fill the screen, once you have filled the screen you can start flowering in the knowledge that you will have an even canopy. In doing this the whole screen top receives the same spread of light and you end up with a load of rock hard colas.
NatureaFinest
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Oh man that's awesome. I need to do somethin like that. I tried lst on this skunk and I think it helped some. Although I think it was unnecessary cause the bottom third of my plant died off but I still got some decent buds on the top of it. Thanks again rainz for helpin me out. I'm gonna try and get better soil in the springtime. I may have to get the local nursery to special order some or somethin.
NatureaFinest
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I'm no electrician but I don't think I'd try that
smokebros
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what up guys, the other day I took these thinking I was at 61 days, I was actually at 56.
I use a 250watt hps, fox farm nutes and soil, along with a local brand of premium soil. My fan is a 80 cfm 4''in, and temps are at 76-78.
This is a Snow White plant that I topped for "4 colas"
The other day I also bought a tent so now my air circulation and ventilation is sick!
anyways, thought I'd show you guys my setup, hopefully you dig it as much as I do.
Oh, and I currently a blue mystic and mk ultra (both feminized) germination. i will be journaling that grow!
I use a 250watt hps, fox farm nutes and soil, along with a local brand of premium soil. My fan is a 80 cfm 4''in, and temps are at 76-78.
This is a Snow White plant that I topped for "4 colas"
The other day I also bought a tent so now my air circulation and ventilation is sick!
anyways, thought I'd show you guys my setup, hopefully you dig it as much as I do.
Oh, and I currently a blue mystic and mk ultra (both feminized) germination. i will be journaling that grow!
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bongmarley2009
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@Smokebros: Very nice plant. Did you utilize any other techniques besides topping? What height did you flower at and what was the final yield?
smokebros
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Thanks bro. Yes, I did do some minor LST but very very little. I vegged for 8 weeks, and the plant has only grown about 6-8 inches since then. I was really surprised because I expected it to triple in size, but i'm sure topping has something to do with that.
If I had to guess, the plant is at 24'' now.
Rick Ratlin
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I tried searching this thread, but couldn't find anything about light diffusers. I had one on my 250 W cooltube that is attached to an adjust-a-wing medium size, but recently took it off to see if it was even necessary. Has anyone used one?