Quote Originally Posted by MajorBuds
Try 1000W Halide with 400 sodium. You'll see the bud difference in yield, taste,buzz favoring the plants nearest the halide.
SanClem is a guru. His main point is that halides have more USABLE light for plants and that they grow more weight and much tighter buds. He has MUCH data from his own tests to prove it. Ever see his plants grown JUST with flourescents???(BLUE spectrum).
Halide is the way to go, much more pleasant to work under also. ALWAYS use extream caution with halides..they are VERY delicate. Use gloves when handling halides,do not put undue pressure on them. Sodiums you can almost throw against wall and it won't break.
Howdy MajorBuds,

Yup..I know sanclem from Marihemp, and I would like to see some of his grow pics..do ya reckon a search at Marihemp,will yield some ?

I have approxiamately 16 - 18 square feet,that I will be using to grow 4 plants in ,and if I divide 1000 watts by the square footage,that means that I'll have 62.5 watts per square foot,right ? If I add another 400 watts to that,it would jump up to 87.5 wpsf,isn't that too much light ? I'm worried that the 62.5,is too much..?

Yup..I wear soft,clean latex gloves,when handling the mh bulb..I didn't know that they were more fragile than hps..learn something new-every day !

Have a good one...
Torog Reviewed by Torog on . HPS VS. MH Hello, thought i would start a new thread with a question? Is (MH) absolutely necessary for flowering? :rolleyes: I read that HPS will do the same as (MH) And :eek: if i purchased a MH bulb at the depot and put it in the hps ballast will it work? I don't want to buy it if it doesn't work, or will i have to buy the ballast "just" for MH. Thanks for any advice from anyone. :o Rating: 5