250w HPS Club And Help Guide

hey guys havent posted b4 but learned alot just reading just finished my first grow little while ago.Just scotts soil mg nursery 20-20-20 for veg and schultz bloom plus 10-54-10 and some molasses during flower. Strain was nirvana papaya fimmed and a little lst vegged for 4 weeks and it still got pretty damn big at least 3.5 feet got close to 3 ozs after dried 250 mh for veg 250 hps for flower.Thought id share a few pics

Currently growing 4 plants. bubblicious, kandy kush, lemon skunk (all femmed)... and pure afghan. Vegging right now, using CFLs... Plan to start flowering at 4 weeks hopefully. Getting a 4x2x5 tent, want to put a 250watt HPS in it and hang a few CFLs to add some light to the lower sides of the plants.. Hows this sound? I don't plan on doing any training, I think I'm too slow for it lol. But if yall highly recommend it, I will.

I want at least 2 OZ each plant. So at least a 8 OZ yield (assuming the afghan turns out female). This sound good and realistic?

Veg longer under the HPS... What size pots?

nice work nuisance!

ptone said:

Veg longer under the HPS... What size pots?

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I'm thinking I can only fit 3 gal pots. Since I cant have the plant grow taller than 3 feet or it'll get burnt... And I didn't plan on getting the HPS until I was ready to flower lol. 24/0 of 250-300watt CFLs, I figure that would be enough for a decent growth rate.

Makre sure there stems get as thick as possible before you flower. Width of a lighter at least.

View attachment 1233838View attachment 1233839View attachment 1233840hello everyone i grow with a 250w convertible, mh/hps. im 2 weeks and a few days in. the strain is my dawg. would love to chit chat about when its a good idea to switch the photoperiod to induce flowering. the size of the plant or the size of the rootball?

how many plants would a 250 hps grow in a box 1mx1mx1.2

I am looking to buy a 250w hps. Most people seem to grow 1 larger plant using this. Would I be able to grow 3 or 4 2 foot plants using a 250w hps? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

im finding that 2 may be too many for 250hps, next round im going to do one plant under the 250 and lat the krap outta it lol

lst** not lat lol

come on everyone lets keep this thread alive im stll a fan of the magic that the 250 can do...

Whatsup boys? Didn't even know there was a 250 club! Count me in.

I'm just about to start my next personal grow with a new 250w Lumatek dimmable ballast.I plan on vegging with a MH on the 150/175w setting then cranking it up to 250w HPS when i switch to 12/12.

Everything about this grow will be different from my last except the hydro method (flood/drain) so i'm pretty phsyched. I'm running a vertical cooltube, Flora Nova nutes, with Atomic Jam and Blueberry. I plan on ending up with 2-4 ladies surrounding the 250.

Wish me luck!

(Now that i've posted i think i'll go back and read some of these 336 pages.)

nice to see someone posted to this thread, im rockin it with my 250 right now, pretty impressed for a lil light. peace

Exactly what I was thinking. You need more juice i.e. lumens to reach lower. I'm about to put a 40"x40"x79" tent together and I've been reading alot about it. Looking at cost/efficiency/yield variables. All considered (with an appropriate ventilation system) 400w would be more efficient for that volume. I'm also considering adding 85w CFL (lowered under the plants). The Hydro system I'm looking to put together is a DWC with air pump only.

I was planning on getting a 250W HPS/MH from HTG, but now I think I might just get the stand-alone HPS. MH lights (from what I have been reading, even stated on HTG's website) lose their intensity MUCH faster than HPS lights, and I don't want to have to replace the expensive conversion bulb over and over. I am going to build a veg cab later down the road (either stuffed full of CFL's or a t5), but for now would veging under a 250W HPS be fine instead? If so, what light schedule should I use (24/0, 18/6)? Thanks guys.

18/6 and you should be fine with the hps ive had to go that route before..

hi.
i am using 250 MH for veg and 250 HPS for flowering.
i have a very small grow cab up until now but i am planing to buy a secret jardin tent next week.
the tent will be the fowering room and the current box will be veg room.
as small as box was i had great fun with it and once grow 4 different strains together(wont recommend on it though).

here is a picture of my small setup:




this is my current grow

i am waiting for some nice seeds to arrive from pick and mix, meanwhile i started this grow from old seeds.

Nice little bit of Info, I'm growing a single AK-47 with 250w HPS, you can follow the grow by clicking my picture bellow \/

Very nice job so far looks like you are on top of it to this point how long are yopu vegging for?