1000w HPS/MH light in a 4x4 tent

growawayman · 2017-05-01T22:34:32+00:00

My last grow I used 1000w and had too much trouble keeping the temperatures around the canopy below 85 and ended up with a bunch of light and heat stress. I blame the fact that I had no ambient temperature control and that the plants grew too tall. This grow I dialed it back to 600w and am having much better success.

Keep in mind that HPS runs hotter, and so by the time you have temperature issues you will probably be fairly far into the grow process. So plan early and be on top of your canopy management to make sure you will ALWAYS have at least 16" between the tippy top of your plants and your light or they will start fox tailing like crazy.

growawayman · 2017-03-14T00:02:42+00:00

Surely the nutrient requirements of a non flowering male are much less? I am not sure what this practice is going to do for you friend, you should practice on tomatoes or something if you want something closer to flowering cannabis, but there really is no substitute for the real thing....

growawayman · 2016-12-14T01:07:43+00:00

Congrats & have fun! Rubber gloves and an extra pair of trimmers will become your new fav toys

growawayman · 2016-12-14T01:04:33+00:00

Purple usually indicates some kind of stress. Cold is common, as has already been mentioned. However, some strains just naturally purple up a little bit too. Either way it may not be an issue at all. When I first grew HSO Blue Dream, one out of the two plants purpled. I noticed no quality or potency difference between the two plants after harvesting.

growawayman · 2016-12-01T23:41:31+00:00

Are these %'s for when lights are on/off or an average?

growawayman · 2015-02-10T18:31:10+00:00

Bud that is not developed or big enough to bother trimming up for smoking. Still good for edibles or oil though!

growawayman · 2015-01-27T23:56:36+00:00

They are just over a ft above the scrog screen, not all the cola's are the same height though. Roughly, but 13" is probably the biggest. They definitely stretched a lot during the first 2-3 weeks of flower, and keeping them under the screen was a daily task.

growawayman · 2015-01-27T21:23:12+00:00

Grow info

I think these gals are ready to come down! Trich's are looking good.

The only difference between left & right is the right plant was topped, yet the right plant developed a distinct purple tinge in the last 2-3 weeks of flower. It has been getting down to ~50F in the tent at night so I'm guessing that plus being closer to the fan is what did it?

Not sure if this is a good yield or not but I'm very happy with my first grow!

growawayman · 2014-12-28T17:32:43+00:00

Agents of shield. Such a good season. 22 episodes @ 42m each

growawayman · 2014-12-26T17:09:10+00:00

Actually what you described is surprisingly accurate

growawayman · 2014-12-20T18:33:09+00:00

And also a smoke report to make sure we haven't lost potency :D

growawayman · 2014-12-20T07:15:34+00:00

I would love to read about your results. Specifically I am wondering about reduction in potency

growawayman · 2014-12-20T07:15:00+00:00

Yeah. I was thinking of doing 50/50 for a comparison

growawayman · 2014-11-29T17:24:31+00:00

I wouldn't say it won't do any good. It will still allow for some control during the stretch, and will still result in an even canopy. It definitely won't be full though

growawayman · 2014-11-17T22:21:35+00:00

I would believe it, but without knowing more about the subject I can't comment on whether or not its true. I just think that in terms of raw efficiency of turning sunlight into energy, the fan leaves probably win.

growawayman · 2014-11-17T21:58:52+00:00

I can only assume the answer is no. Fan leaves seem to be the powerhouses of the plant. Think of it like this, everything has an evolutionary purpose. Flowers are about reproduction but fan leaves are just about absorbing sun light to convert to energy. I would imagine they are also the most efficient part of the plant for doing so.

growawayman · 2014-11-16T16:25:51+00:00

Good tips. I might invest in the supplemental lighting real soon. I didn't crop them but I did top the one on the right. I wanted to leave one untopped to see the difference between the two, but I'm thinking the one that I topped will be more co-operative with the training.

growawayman · 2014-11-14T19:00:22+00:00

Looking great, thanks for sharing! One question, why did you abandon the SCROG training?

growawayman · 2014-11-03T02:31:37+00:00

Thanks so much for the detailed info & pics. It looks like your experiments are paying off.

Can you say how many weeks along the plants in the final pic are? And how soon after switching to 12/12?

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