First Photoperiod Grow ( Blue Dream ) Tips/Advice/Yeild Guess?

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Hope everyone had a Great Christmas!
I currently have these blue dreams from ILGM that happens to be my first photoperiod run. They have been going for a long time now I would say just about 5 months. So far on the negative side of things I noticed:

  • Very High electric bill ( up by @ least 200$ per month ) which really having me on the fence of continuing this hobby.
  • Flower time seems a bit on the slower side, I would say im in day 45
  • I did notice on 1 of the girls pistils turned more than 50% orange day 25 in flower

On the Positive note :

  • ALL 20 seeds i purchased looked great and so far all germinated direct in soil with only watering by a misty spray bottle
  • All plants ever raised by ILGM recovered from any kind of trauma beautifully, I have made many mistakes such as dropping things, dog attacks, nutrient problems, pest ect. All were 100% curable in no time and turned out to be beautiful.
  • Plants Smell and look Beautiful!

Some Questions I had for the Community:

  • How much longer do the plants you see look like they can take ?
  • Estimates on yield ?
  • Anything I can do to save money on my electric bill ( next grow I do need to decrease wattage so looking for recommendations on best light setup for biggest yeild ( on about 7 photoperiod plants ) in 1 area, such as the one in the pictures.
  • What I can improve on?

Thanks guys!
Here are my specs :
-1000w dual switch floragrow led / 400w MarsHydroLEd/ 150w canngro light ( lower branches )

  • hepa carbon filter ( winix plasma wave ) w/ fan
  • Menards stand up area heater

Temp/humid ( 73-78f, 30%-50% )
ph ( have had mixed experiences using testers so until I find a reliable and user friendly one , I have decided to use ( sensi Bloom ) as directed which promises to balance soil ph if used as directed. So to be honest haven’t tested exacts
Nutrients:
Throughout vegg ( General Hydroponics! as directed
In flowering ( SenisiBloom pA/pB, Flower Fuel as directed ) Every other water Water in total 4 times a week, 1.5gallons each time. Nutrient mix 3 times out of the 4 total.
Soil: Oceans Forest / 5 gallon buckets, coco worm brick bedding.

I look forward to your inputs !!!

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I grow Blue Dream and I’ve never had it go 5 months. I have three loaded right now in the 4th week of flowering. So between sees to now around 9 weeks.

Two…power bill. I’m running two HLG 260xl rspec kits and my power pill is not even $50 a month growing on a 12/12 schedule the whole time. One grew past 6’.

So you may want to eat the costs and get the HLG lights.

They look good so far.

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Thank you for your input, I knew something was off with the electric bill being that high. I will look into the lighting, that cost sounds way more reasonable.

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Can you please only post one thread per topic please. I’ve seen 3 now that are all the same grow. Keep all the posts in one journal that you want to keep the most. Thanks

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My bad bro one of the posts has a way better picture where you can actually see the bud sites and it wasnt letting me edit and upload for some reason. Couple refreshes and next thing you know i must of posted elsewhere

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All good man. Just got confusing lol. Happy growing :v::bear:

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