250w HPS Club And Help Guide

In short, I really like the strain, and will be running it as my 'test' crop in the new grow space I am building. I used to be a skeptic about 'flavors' of weed before I grew it out-- no more. One of the phenos is heavy on the blueberry side in smell, flavor and high (mostly head, and very functional). It is a hybrid, but favors the sativa bc over the indica cheese.

Advantages:
- Branches well-- great for scrog and other training for low wattage grows
- Takes moderate abuse with nutes
- That beautiful scent.

Disadvantage(s):
- Yeild is just moderate-- I would normally just blame it on my grow, but have head this from others too.

Feel free to push the nutes, particularly Nitrogen during the first couple weeks of flower. Moderate stretch.

Good luck. Let me know when you start a journal on it.

thanks for the info, im using humboldt nutes that are practically idiot proof so thats not much of an issue but im deffinetly interested in a scrog next time around. I deffinetly think im gonna go with the blue cheese im a huge fan of the functional head high. i also noticed your from new england do you know of any hydro stores around there im from the area as well or do you buy your stuff online?

Although it is a bit of a hike for me, Worms Way has a good-sized store in Worchester, MA. I find that they are a bit over priced, but have a wide range items in inventory; they also serve a all types of gardeners-- makes me feel less like someone is going to write down my license plate when I go there. I generally order on line, though, and have had good luck with HID Hut, BG Hydro and others.

Im always lookin for a bargain thanks for the info

Is there any 250 burners that do DWC. Just wanted to discuss it before I started workn on mine. Any input will be much appreciated

im workin on deep water culture right now with a 250 its gooin pretty good so far im a newb but ill try to help as best i can

Alright thanks chubbs. So are you vegging or in flower? What kind of nutrients are u using? Is it hard to grow em in DWC?

i just switched em over three days ago to 12/12 and there loving the hps theyve grown about 1 inch a day since i switched em. im using humboldt three part with there roots additive and its workin out great. DWC is easier than soil in my opinion i just switch out the nutes every week according to the grow chart from the company and my plants are doin great you can check out my pics in my log they were only about 21 days from seed when the second set was takin

Hey if anyone still reads this thread, I am interested in the 250 hps all in one systems heat out-put.
I have a space that is 2' deep 3' high and 4' long.
I have a 150 hps I want to run along side it.
I am good at keeping my plants low and am not stressed about my hight problems.

I will be pointing 6" fans right at those bulbs and venting with a 4" 200cfm inline fan

So if anyone with 250hps experience can help me out I would be stoked!

thanks

In my case, I took my ballast out of my 250w all in one system and relocated it outside the tent using heavy gauge wires
This helps control heat issues. I would not leave the ballast inside your grow area. I also replaced my bulb with a 250w CMH
which I REALLY like alot!

this right here is the shit.

http://www.sunleaves.com/detail.asp?sku=SPTM138

switch between MH and HPS lights with a flip of a switch. better than CMH by far!

EDIT: oh...no heat problems. I have 1 small fan in a DR80. 79-86 degrees F

GottaHaveIt said:

this right here is the shit.

http://www.sunleaves.com/detail.asp?sku=SPTM138

switch between MH and HPS lights with a flip of a switch. better than CMH by far!

EDIT: oh...no heat problems. I have 1 small fan in a DR80. 79-86 degrees F

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Better than CMH by far in what way?
Please educate me!
It's my understanding that CMH runs cooler than either of those and has a wider color spectrum than
either of those, so you can use it for both veg and flower. So please back-up what you're saying.

GottaHaveIt said:

this right here is the shit.

http://www.sunleaves.com/detail.asp?sku=SPTM138

switch between MH and HPS lights with a flip of a switch. better than CMH by far!

EDIT: oh...no heat problems. I have 1 small fan in a DR80. 79-86 degrees F

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So wrong buddy. $200? That thing is a rip off and CMH>MH or HPS.

Can someone recommend a good most efficient 250 watt light?. I'm newbie and there just so much information out there that am really having trouble deciding which path i should take. I really wanted to do 600watt but am on a tight budget running twin fans looks comlicative. I am considering buying Secret Jardin Dr60 with 250watt MH/Hps, good quality soil and nutrients.

I have a dr60 with a 250w and it gets up to 90F in there even with my 200cfm fan.
I plan to either adapt an air cooling duct to my 250 or buy an air cooled hood when I can afford it.
I already modified it to be remote ballast. In other words, whatever you do, your highest priority
should be to keep the temps under control.

GrowTHC said:

Can someone recommend a good most efficient 250 watt light?. I'm newbie and there just so much information out there that am really having trouble deciding which path i should take. I really wanted to do 600watt but am on a tight budget running twin fans looks comlicative. I am considering buying Secret Jardin Dr60 with 250watt MH/Hps, good quality soil and nutrients.

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You only need 1 fan in your tent and will need it whether you use a 600 or a bunch of CFLs. Air is as important as light and water. I would get a less expensive tent on Amazon and then with the money you save invest in a decent inline fan and filter. I started with a 250 and now use a 600. Bud quality is similar but bud quantity is not. I can grow with my 600 in 3 months twice as much as a 250 can in a year(my experience and luck heh). Bad thing about it is I still grow all year and have way more than I can use so .... Growing is addicting. lol

If you are in a small apartment and do not have much room then 250 does the trick. But if you have the room go big now because you will want to later. lol

I got my 250 here and it was a good deal back then but now they have 400s for even cheaper. http://www.insidesun.com/9875011c9f82465670cae9fae91da4c8.dept

Hello everyone, I hope yall r having a good day. I just noticed my fellow 250 users haven't posted in 3 of 4 days so I figured I'd post on here and share my current grow with u all. I got Eva females veneno and a DNA lemon skunk clone. I fucked up and made the ls clone stretch cause I lstd it and started to lst the veneno way later. Besides that I'm pretty happy with it now. Here the skunk and this is the veneno They will be 4 wks into flower saturday. Check out my grow in my sig. Any comments, suggestion, or any post is highly appreciated. Have a great day

looks nice

Thanks a lot

Heres my 250w air cooled hood... with 2x 42w cfls dangling down the side


Lights off pics are day 62... lights ON pic is day 60.. they're on day 63 now







lights on day 60


It's tangerine dream... it smells like blueberry (the strain) with some seriously SMOOTH somewhat vanilla overtones... which forms what could be considered a tangerine type of taste quite amazing, but a very finicky bitchy strain to work with... stretches 4x-5x even under 1000w grows that i've seen on here... i've kept my light as close as possible and had to cut them in half on day 16 just to save the grow, they wanted to keep on stretching it was crazy