250watts How Long Til' Harvest ? (Pics)

Heres the bud shotz! 8 weeks into flower

Im gonna throw 25 grams out there for a dry weight guess. Check'em out!

Coming on strong i would say 5 weeks , you want they to plump up as they will in the lasy week or so , always worth waiting ,

looks like maybe 14g maybe a gram or two more.like every one is sayin it's gonna shrink like the balls of the titanic victims.

yo, i just stumbled upon your thread and your nugs look nice I'd give em 4-7 days probably... they look like they got some fattening up to do good shit man, ill stay tuned for the harvest...

-Music

dam man they look yummy man i bet u cant wait to get ur smoke on eh!

geturgrowon said:

dam man they look yummy man i bet u cant wait to get ur smoke on eh!

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Tell me about it haha. Couple more weeks & I should be good for the chop. The month of drying/curing is gonna be tough. lmaaoo

dam eh ur going to wait a month u dry /curing ur dank that is going to be tough i wouldnt wait that long!!! but u can be the judge of how cured it is

geturgrowon said:

dam eh ur going to wait a month u dry /curing ur dank that is going to be tough i wouldnt wait that long!!! but u can be the judge of how cured it is

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I've heard a month max, but I probably wont need the full month. Im not trying to rush it though, I've waited this long, might as well do everything right the first time. lol

Im going to dry them in a dark box til the stems bend(a few cracking noises) but dont break, then put them in jars and burp them on a 12-3 hour cycle til the stems are easily snapped. Does that sound about right?

id say 2 weeks 3 at most.... whats your temp in there looks like possible heat stress

bag.seed.farmer said:

id say 2 weeks 3 at most.... whats your temp in there looks like possible heat stress

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I dont have a thermometer in the closet right now, but it was pretty warm so I put an extra fan in the closet, pointed at the ballast and the temperature cooled down

Is there a way to put the ballast right outside of your box? Might be a stupid question, just thought id ask..

anotherdaymusic said:

Is there a way to put the ballast right outside of your box? Might be a stupid question, just thought id ask..

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The idea is to have the light as close to the top of the canopy as possible, while maintaining a steady temperature in the box. If i were you, id just get a bigger box tbh. With an HPS in a confined space, youre going to need a box big enough for your plants, lights and cooling system(fans etc.)

Note: I have a 250w HPS & 5 CFLs in a closet right now, and heat is constantly an issue, even with 3 fans in the growspace.

GrapePhilly&Chronic said:

The idea is to have the light as close to the top of the canopy as possible, while maintaining a steady temperature in the box. If i were you, id just get a bigger box tbh. With an HPS in a confined space, youre going to need a box big enough for your plants, lights and cooling system(fans etc.)

Note: I have a 250w HPS & 5 CFLs in a closet right now, and heat is constantly an issue, even with 3 fans in the growspace.

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yeah i totally understand that. Heat is a horrible issue with me trying to keep it under 84 with just t5's in a small box, but what I was asking you if your ballast is not attatched to your light fixture, so the heat from that could stay outside of the box? Im not really sure what your dimensions are or if you could even do that, but yeah man just wondering.

that a good idea music

anotherdaymusic said:

yeah i totally understand that. Heat is a horrible issue with me trying to keep it under 84 with just t5's in a small box, but what I was asking you if your ballast is not attatched to your light fixture, so the heat from that could stay outside of the box? Im not really sure what your dimensions are or if you could even do that, but yeah man just wondering.

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Haha sorry i read that wrong, I thought you were talking about.... nvm. Yeah, if the cord from the fixture to the ballast is long enough, i dont see why not. I dont think I'd be able to do that, but im sure someone with a smaller space would be able to with no issue.
Good idea

GrapePhilly&Chronic said:

Haha sorry i read that wrong, I thought you were talking about.... nvm. Yeah, if the cord from the fixture to the ballast is long enough, i dont see why not. I dont think I'd be able to do that, but im sure someone with a smaller space would be able to with no issue.
Good idea

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thats exactly what i did...i had to cut the cord at the base of lamp but the ballast on the outside of the tent, hang the light and rewire it while it was hanging in place....not sure how much helped because i did that when setting up the tent but i know it helped a lot...i have a 400watter and that ballast gets hot as fuck....the cord isnt too long the ballast is on a shelf i put up that about the same height as the lamp

buds are lookin great by the way

anotherdaymusic said:

yo, i just stumbled upon your thread and your nugs look nice I'd give em 4-7 days probably... they look like they got some fattening up to do good shit man, ill stay tuned for the harvest...

-Music

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I think im gonna let them go a liiittle longer then that. Hopefully ill be getting my jewelers loupe on Monday so I can start examining the trichomes. lol I plan on making the cut when theyre 80% milky and 20% . The waits killer haha. Ill throw up another picture update today, things are looking pretty nice

ha, your right. I looked at your last colas, and thought to myself... what? lol... funny

Pics (& hopefully the jewelers loupe) coming tonight. Get the popcorn !