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chronic352
02-04-2007, 10:09 PM
can you put a hps bulb in a mh ballast
Scarlet Sky
02-04-2007, 10:36 PM
you have to add an ignitor.
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chronic352
02-04-2007, 11:09 PM
can i take a 1000 wat mh ballast put in ignitor on it and have a h
chronic352
02-04-2007, 11:11 PM
hps
Tokudai
02-04-2007, 11:13 PM
yes as long as it has an X3 line
chronic352
02-04-2007, 11:18 PM
can i flower with a mh?
MrDank
02-04-2007, 11:23 PM
can i flower with a mh?
i am flowering with a mh and it is the totally wrong spectrum and everything but it seems to be flowering ok here is a link to my thread with some pictures.
Link to my grow (http://boards.cannabis.com/cannabis-pictures/101566-1-month-left-pics.html)
Grape Ape
02-04-2007, 11:31 PM
i am flowering with a mh and it is the totally wrong spectrum and everything but it seems to be flowering ok here is a link to my thread with some pictures.
Link to my grow (http://boards.cannabis.com/cannabis-pictures/101566-1-month-left-pics.html)
Yea, even though you did, still turned out pretty danky. :stoned:
chronic352
02-05-2007, 01:00 AM
how many watts and how much did you come out with or how much do you think you will get?
chronic352
02-05-2007, 02:35 AM
oh and my plant is 37 days in flower if i throw a mh in there now would it shock the plant
canuck grower
02-05-2007, 02:41 AM
i am flowering with a mh and it is the totally wrong spectrum and everything but it seems to be flowering ok here is a link to my thread with some pictures.
Link to my grow (http://boards.cannabis.com/cannabis-pictures/101566-1-month-left-pics.html)
I think "totally wrong spectrum" is incorrect. Don't MH lights just emit less of the red/yellow light than HPS? They emit more blue light, and HPS emit more yellow, but they both emit a range of colours not just one spectrum. I am quite sure that is correct, but not 100% sure.
I do know for certain that you can flower with an MH and get great results, regardless of whether I got the details right.
:jointsmile:
Scarlet Sky
02-05-2007, 02:54 AM
you are correct cannuck
chronic352
02-05-2007, 02:54 AM
no you can get great results from a mh i have been reading threads on the mh and people say that the quality of the bud is way better with a mh then an hps
http://boards.cannabis.com/advanced-techniques/86807-swapping-out-hps-400w-mh-while-flowering.html
check this thread
Scarlet Sky
02-05-2007, 02:55 AM
flowering with a mh will decrease yeild, but won't affect quality or taste. buds will be more compact and solid.
hps is for the arm sized buds :D
chronic352
02-05-2007, 02:56 AM
i need to know if putting a 1000 watt mh in the closet on day 37 of flowering wil hurt it
canuck grower
02-05-2007, 03:08 AM
what is in there currently? you should be fine with the light as long as heat is taken care of.
chronic352
02-05-2007, 03:12 AM
i just got 3 20 watt cfls and two 40 watt daylight t12s, do you think a single fan will be fine
canuck grower
02-05-2007, 03:27 AM
1000W is going to be really hot. I've never used one myself, but it really depends on the kind of fan and where it's positioned. I'll step back and let the pros help you on that one though so you get it right! Best of luck. :jointsmile:
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