which should i go with and what wattage for 2 plants../??
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which should i go with and what wattage for 2 plants../??
250w hps does wonders :)
MH for veg. HPS for flower. I get 6 under a 400 so 2-3 under a 250 should be great.
250MH for veg
400HPS for flower
I recently helped someone else on the site thru a grow w/ a 250 hps start to finish and they got 6 oz. outa 3 plants . :thumbsup:
Peace
Crispi :jointsmile:
If you can keep it cool, MH is good for vegging. MH can get real hot. If you chose only one option for all phases of growth, an HPS is sufficient and is relatively cool, which means you can have a higher wattage even in a small space for maximum lumens.
If you only going to buy one ballast, I would reccomend an HPS, if you want to run MH on the HPS ballast you can get a conversion bulb, but if you want to run HPS on a MH ballast, you lose lumens on the conversion bulb.
peace
ok soo ima get a hps and try to just use it start to finish but i will get a grow closet soon but im pretty much poor except for the small pleasures i have and i cant afford mary soo i just want to grow my own...
I'd advise buying all the light you can afford- you can do two really nice plants under the 400, if you just let them veg for an extra two weeks.
I think most of us have found that we outgrow gear pretty quick, and a lot of us have a small light or two kicking around that we don't use anymore.
It's like buying clothes for a kid- you buy on the edge of being too big, cause it'll be too small soon enough...
The hps will be fine for veg- your structure won't be as tight as it could be, but it'll be fine. If you want both, digi's are cool, and getting much cheaper... the switchable magnetic will be about $25US more than the hps in whatever wattage, and then the cost of the extra bulb, which should be about $100- no sense spending extra on the ballast so that you can run a crap bulb.
So yeah- I'd go 400hps, 400digi if I were feeling sassy...
Start to finish under HPS works great, it does tend to veg a little slower though. And growing for personal use is totally the way to go, some people may ask to buy some, tell them no. I learned that if you smoke alot of weed, and sell what you grow, you end up buying at least that much back off the street, and it dosent have the love you put into yours. That is unless you have a real big op going on, which I know nothing about. I always go for a 4'x4' area w/ 1000w HPS and end up running out before the next round is ready, maybee I smoke too much?Quote:
Originally Posted by .:Karma:. o.O
Dave sounds to me like you simply need more space....;)
yea my area is small but as soon as im done with this grow mayyybe even before ill get two lights mh and hps maybe mh or not if its cheap enough and ill buy some wood and make a badass grow cabinet big like 8' tall by 4' wide and use it a couple times...it depends...on the cost i can build anything i buy and will be able to make all the crazy adjustments...lol im very into buildin stuff...
HPS;)
i found a 250 watt hps for 400 but i AAAAAM NOT paying 400 when i can find some big retailer who will gimme the same for half the price...
400 bucks for a 250 watt damn!!! I spent that on a complete 1000 watt set up, brand new. Shop around.
You aint shittin dave ,Quote:
Originally Posted by davejohnwright
folks on here recently been gettin 250 hps w/ a batwing and bulb for 90.00 from insidesun . I like S/S stuff myself though . :D
Crispi :jointsmile:
yup this dude is a retard...i was on the phone with him for like 20 min discussing prices and hes like the only deal i have for cheaper lights is a whole hydro setup with all the accsesories and its 500 and comes with a 400 watt hps and i was like then why is the 250 watt sooo much for the light and ballast and light shield it self and he said cant tell me...soo i just told him thnks and bye...
Check out craigslist.com, I've been seeing alot of grow equipment in my area for cheap. There could be a grower in your area closing shop.
yea ill look there if i can...ill try to find the cheapest in my area and if i cant find anything under 150 then ill buy them from the net...
250w cost more then 400w, and 600w cost more then 1000w. b/c then are odd. you can also get switchable ballest so you can run both mh and hps. i would go 400w b/c you will outgrow 250w. allmost everybody outgrows there lights like said above. i started with one 400w then got two then got one 1000w a now im up to four 1000w switchable ballest.
4 1000w's, damn! That must be one hell of a grow you got going!
yea 1 hell of a grow...lol but yea im thinkin about a 400 watt and just keepin it for a wile but 1 BIIIIG problem is that i think my current setup blew my ac unit and now i am going to get rid of it if thats the problem...and yea that means the plants too....i hope its not...but you never know....i dont think my 405 watts of power blew it but i dunno...it trips the breaker every now and again...but never really cause problems...and i have somewhere around 24000 lumens for 15 bulbs shit i can get a 400 watt hps that puts out i dont member exactly but i think like 548,000 or sumthing...no matter its better tho...
im only useing 2 of those right now i got others on shelf waiting for my new room to get done then ill run 4. 1 for veg and 3 for flowering
dammm alot huh...and yea im looking into lights right now...
If one can handle the heat, get a 400 watt hps
ok ill do that...and dammm all the stores that sell lights here are closed...{listening to lonely day} now i know how this guy feels...
good plan to go up in lighting. ;)
well i figure i can get a few grows out of the lights i will buy and then sell a bit to pay for better ones...u know...then buy hydro setups and the whole shibang...but i like how soil make the plants grow no fence to the hydro users but it takes less maintenance and is cheaper...lol and i just think its easier...but go cheap grow cheap...