HPS LIGHT FOR VEGGING????

[stinkyattic]

The day I see a successful HID grow in a rubbermaid tote.... WOW. That would be pretty sweet. Good luck on that....

[psteve]

HID grow in a rubbermaid tote....

[smokinbuds21]

no hid's way to hot for me!

[stinkyattic]

tee hee... I appreciate that you saw the sarcasm in that pee "are we STILL arguing? WTF!" steve...
yeah that's what I'm laying down. CFL=microgrow. HID=space to do your thing.

[smokinbuds21]

EXACKLY

[Suspectelite]

why is a mv light used for flowering wouldnt you use that for vegging if any???

what does it do to benifit the actual plant it self??

please inlighten me!

apparantly uvb ray aid in the production of more resin glands, is that not benificial?

[orangeman]

Check my log, I did the whole grow with a 250 watt HPS from seed to harvest. I hear it's not as efficient as a light with more of a blue spectrum to it but nevertheless it still works.

[Opie Yutts]

You can use ANYTHING for veg, but of course we all prefer metal halide. Pretty much any kind of light will make the plants grow. However for best results use both spectrums of light for both veg and bloom. Something like 80% blue and 20 red for veg, and the opposite for bloom.

However you MUST use a red spectrum during bloom or you will be very dissapointed. You can use one HPS bulb or many fluorescents. If you use fluoros, you will need the good expensive ones from the hydro shops, not the ones from a hardware store.

[smokinbuds21]

yes you can use the ones at the hardware store you just have to get the ones that are warm white!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

and yes i new i could youse both light's for both makes sence but now im just using fluro's for vegging and will be using hps and warm fluro's for the flowering!!!!!!!!!

orenge man where is your log theres no link would like to check it out!!!

[bl4mm0]

I'm 2-3 months into my first hydro grow. I use one 400 watt HPS for veg in a 4X4X8 box and it worked fine for 4 plants. I'm 5 weeks into bloom now and the buds are puffing up nicely.

Heat is the main problem I faced. You definitely want to vent the heat through a tube light if you are going to go with higher wattage.