(2) 6500° kelvin and (2)3000° kelvin lamp that is what my teklight has what do you suggest i should add for more lighting?
thanks
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(2) 6500° kelvin and (2)3000° kelvin lamp that is what my teklight has what do you suggest i should add for more lighting?
thanks
also i have a 400w mh what should i use for veg stage my tek + more lights or should i just go with the mh?
http://www.1000bulbs.com/product.php?product=6277
Interesting and somewhat leads to a debate about the new fad of using ONE BULB from veg to flower.....Quote:
Originally Posted by cptweedmanguy
Which I am not yet sold on.
But I guess thats a debate for another thread.....
I am not a believer of mixing Kelvin temps...but also, that unit you link has the parabolic type light reflectors built in.
I just despise reflectors for the most part with CFL use....I have personal expreience first hand of plants just STOPPING growth with the use these high light reflectors.
That mixed with the mixed kelvins would make me not use the thing at all....
To answer your question however....
depnds on what you are growing and your sizes and what you are attempting goal wise to harvest.Quote:
also i have a 400w mh what should i use for veg stage my tek + more lights or should i just go with the mh?
I would also suggest the strain of your plant would matter. I would MH indica for veg, but CFL for sativa.
A lotta things to consider....
fuck...flip a coin :)
DO YOU THINK IF I TOOK THE HIGHER KELVIN LAMP OUT AND SWAPPED IT FOR A WARM OR COOL BULB OR ILL LOOK FOR A FULL SPECTRUM LIGHT DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE BETTER?
I'm stoned...bear with me...
Swapping a higher kelvin lamp for a lower one is good for flowering....not for vegging.
You want high kelvins......(cool lights) for veg
You want low kelvins......(warm lights) for flower.
The more the merrier.
Harddon you should check out the specs on the new hortilux blue!!!!!!! WOW it is the most awesome MH bulb i have ever seen internode spacing at less then an inch. Does lack on the lumens but the spectrum is outragous
green leaves
Yes I haer everyone raving about the new bulbs...
But MORE LIGHT doesn't equal REQUIRED LIGHT.
I am not clear on this and how this is supposed to work.......
But a plant in flower needs primary red waves.....2700K or so....... It needs that type of light and it needs it as the MAJORITY of the type of light it gets.
The new dual spectrums....how in the world is ONE BULB going to give me PRIMARY BLUE or 6500K I want during veg...but then magically give me PRIMARY RED that the plants need in flower.
With both spectrums being present, if the red waves are not the stonger of the two, the plant simply doesnt get what it really needs.
I have no doubt these are great for vegging.....no doubt at all. But I am not sure the higher Kelvins do much of anything on the flowers themselves and wonder why not just use more of the appropriate light?
Perhaps I am missing something fundamental here.....
Sounds great but..........
I dont think these bulbs can beat my CFL's durring early seedling and veg stages.
I would still like to see some full flowers and a grow thread by someone who is using that new bulb. If it works, I AM ALL OVER IT.
But I need to know the whys of the paradox I see.
Thanks for the time :)
[QUOTE=HARDDON]
The new dual spectrums....how in the world is ONE BULB going to give me PRIMARY BLUE or 6500K I want during veg...but then magically give me PRIMARY RED that the plants need in flower.
With both spectrums being present, if the red waves are not the stonger of the two, the plant simply doesnt get what it really needs.
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How does the sun do it? Its rays dont change do they? maybe the bulbs are closer to what the sun puts off. there are a couple of people on here that grow from start to finish with only CFL's. I think Mand is one of them. please let me know what you think as i am willing to learn the ways of the samuri. lol :D :D
NO the sun doesnt do it.
But...the earth rotates and wobbles on its axis which changes:
The location of the sun in the sky....
Thus changes the angle of the light hitting the atmosphere...
Thus presenting mostly red wave lengths.
Simple enuff that the sun produces a lower kelvin in winter and a higher kelvin in summer.
Just wondering how the plant interacts specifically without these primary colors.
Wouldn't it have to interact with a probation officer if it just got outta prism?
The bulb is better in veg then bloom but i have seen it do a good job in bloom. Nothen like a hps though. About the previous thred . . no the sun doesn't change but the intensity does MH copies the cooler less intense spring sun, while the hps copies the more intense fall sun.
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Originally Posted by Str8jeepin4pack
You are half correct :)
I appreciate hearing your input about the HPS bulb in flower...
Let me rearrange into correct order what you said about the light from the sun.
MH copies the cooler MORE INTENSE spring sun :)
HPS copies the hotter LESS INTENSE fall sun. :)
I say this because remember....
Red waves are moving AWAY from any point in object.
Blue waves are moving TOWARDS any point in object.
Thus the spring and MH provide cooler yet more direct sun waves :)
We use terms cooler and hotter not to talk about specific heat but the Kelvin temps and intensity.
MH as spring has a much higher Kelvin than a fall HPS....but that translates to intensity. We say cool because it brings out the 'cooler' colors like blue and green, while HPS has a lower Kelvin, thus less intensity, while bringing out the 'warmer' colors such as red and orange.
Thanks for the follow up :)
I'm warning you don't read this if your high........ like me....
Me just trying to be helpful.... :)
Some of this you can skim over.
http://biology.wright.edu/courses/304/Lect5PhotoI.html
I just thought there was some interesting info there.