Is this ready for 12/12 yet ?

[gunge9]

[quote=freewheelinfrank]

i am using 2x125w envirolites (6400k) for veg @ 18/6 and will flower with 2x125w (2700k). I know HPS is the way to go but seeing as this is my first grow i`m just feeling my way

no worries, dude - some of us have grown SUCCESSFULLY for many years using ONLY flourescent tubes (I prefer them over the CFLs, as they spread the light more evenly, and cooler, but no biggie) - good luck, and good growing :thumbsup:

Many thanks for the encouragement, as i understand it that flour/cfl grows are fine if space is tight and heat is an issue.

I`m itching to swich the lights to 12/12 but as i see it a big veg will give a better yeild.

Peace.

gunge9 Reviewed by gunge9 on 05-22-2007. Is this ready for 12/12 yet ? Been vegging for a good month from seed, (NL) and want to sex it so should i switch thie photoperiod to 12/12 or do you think it needs longer ? Will it grow anymore whilst flowering ? Thanks all. Rating: 5

[stinkyattic]

I used to veg uner T12 shop lights very happily and may return to using them if I decide to go full-spectrum for flower and put my metal halides in the flower room. One really nice thing about tube flouros is that even if the plants grow right up into them, any burns are pretty mild and cosmetic... I had better luck and better shaped plants come out of veg under tubes than I ever have with CFLs. Just a couple cents...

[gunge9]

I used to veg uner T12 shop lights very happily and may return to using them if I decide to go full-spectrum for flower and put my metal halides in the flower room. One really nice thing about tube flouros is that even if the plants grow right up into them, any burns are pretty mild and cosmetic... I had better luck and better shaped plants come out of veg under tubes than I ever have with CFLs. Just a couple cents...

Would you say that you use MH for a big coverage or is it better hands down for veg due to the high intensity ?

[gunge9]

I`ve just switched the lights to 2x125w 2700k @ 12/12. How long before it`ll really start to show sex ? Days or weeks ?

Thanks all.

[gunge9]

Could`nt wait any longer, just hope i get a fem !

[stinkyattic]

Would you say that you use MH for a big coverage or is it better hands down for veg due to the high intensity ?

The reason I have MH in my veg room at ALL is because I keep mothers and need the light penetration.

Otherwise it would be strictly shop lights.

Check out Demeter's grow log; she vegges under shop lights and her plants still grow beautifully and bushy, adn her ultimate yield is great.