400w Metal Halide for first month of flowering?

Top 44 is a quick finesher from what I am told, and Stinky is right.
Stinky Dropped you a line again, hope to hear from you.
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Top 44 is a quick finesher from what I am told, and Stinky is right.
Stinky, I Dropped you a line again, hope to hear from you.
Adieu

Bear, I sent you a letter back. It has been a very hard month- I'm sorry I took so long.

Blue bear, are you talking about an lbs under 600watt hps? or 1200?

Hi peeps,

So, having read this thread I thought I would just get some clarification. Here is a picture of my great white sharks just entering their 5 week of veg. I'm planning to go to 12/12 within the next day or so and just wanted to make sure that the plan is correct. I'm going to keep the 400W MH going until I see them start to flower and then change over to a 400W HPS. The question is, would this be the best thing to do?

Bazza

Under a 600 it takes skill, but with a fair hand it can be done. Need a nice strain that you can become familiar with and a good feeding schedule and a decent veg time unless you are going to go sog with 15 to 20 plants in that area. think about this, 8 zips are very doable with a 400W and they only have half the lumens as the 600 with allot less penetration. I haven't known many, but there are few who have even pulled a LB off a 400. I am not gifted like that unfortunately though.
There is a 600w club over at IC mag, you may want to check it out. I don't want to make you to over ambitious, so do a little more reading about what is a reasonable expectation for the 600 and just try to enjoy your grow, because when you get caught up in the numbers game you make this thing master and not a friend IMO.
Adieu

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Originally Posted by bazzae123

Hi peeps,

So, having read this thread I thought I would just get some clarification. Here is a picture of my great white sharks just entering their 5 week of veg. I'm planning to go to 12/12 within the next day or so and just wanted to make sure that the plan is correct. I'm going to keep the 400W MH going until I see them start to flower and then change over to a 400W HPS. The question is, would this be the best thing to do?

Bazza

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A lot of growers like to stay with the MH for 1-4 weeks of flowering 12/12 cycle to reduce stretch in the plants. I like at least 5 weeks.

The white strains like White Shark do like to stretch. Those do look nice, at 5 weeks veg...:thumbsup:

Why not use both MHand HPS it wont hurt anything and you get both blue and the red light spectrum. My grow buddy uses a 1000 MH and a 1000 HPS and hes been using them for years.:rasta::rastasmoke::pimp:

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Originally Posted by BlueBear

Under a 600 it takes skill, but with a fair hand it can be done. Need a nice strain that you can become familiar with and a good feeding schedule and a decent veg time unless you are going to go sog with 15 to 20 plants in that area. think about this, 8 zips are very doable with a 400W and they only have half the lumens as the 600 with allot less penetration. I haven't known many, but there are few who have even pulled a LB off a 400. I am not gifted like that unfortunately though.
There is a 600w club over at IC mag, you may want to check it out. I don't want to make you to over ambitious, so do a little more reading about what is a reasonable expectation for the 600 and just try to enjoy your grow, because when you get caught up in the numbers game you make this thing master and not a friend IMO.
Adieu

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Thanks dude :)

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Originally Posted by bazzae123

Hi peeps,

So, having read this thread I thought I would just get some clarification. Here is a picture of my great white sharks just entering their 5 week of veg. I'm planning to go to 12/12 within the next day or so and just wanted to make sure that the plan is correct. I'm going to keep the 400W MH going until I see them start to flower and then change over to a 400W HPS. The question is, would this be the best thing to do?

Bazza

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Yes.