Hps or Fluros, that is the question!

[Totalpain]

Hey, its total again with another question. I looked on 1000bulbs.com and i saw that some hps lights wherent that costly( 400 watters) and i figured i might as well buy 1 400 watt HPS for 2 plants instead of a couple of red CFL spectrums? it would save me the space, the money, and the sockets if i just put one HPS in there... what is better for vege growth? Hps or fluoros? and is 400 watt HPS light enough for 2 flowering plants? ( like 11"-12") Thx, cheers

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Totalpain Reviewed by Totalpain on 02-10-2005. Hps or Fluros, that is the question! Hey, its total again with another question. I looked on 1000bulbs.com and i saw that some hps lights wherent that costly( 400 watters) and i figured i might as well buy 1 400 watt HPS for 2 plants instead of a couple of red CFL spectrums? it would save me the space, the money, and the sockets if i just put one HPS in there... what is better for vege growth? Hps or fluoros? and is 400 watt HPS light enough for 2 flowering plants? ( like 11"-12") Thx, cheers Total Rating: 5

[Totalpain]

I have absolutely no idea, i just checked out Metal halide too, and hps, and fluros, im so confused, i dont know what to get for vegetation or what to get for flowering, all i know that i have to keep the tab under 120$... plz help me out

[shaddr3]

Personally, i'd buy a flood light, then rewire it so you can use it with your application. Its really easy. Take a look at http://www.e-conolight.com/ . Look under their HID Floods and look at the 400W one, pretty cheap. Im buying some lights from there and rewiring them. I currently have a few mercury vapor lights that i've rewired and thats what I use right now.

[Totalpain]

God i'm so confused, i dont know what to buy... HPS dont work good on growth dont it? and fluros do, but HPS better on flowering, but it costs like 150... plz someone help! I dont wanna mess around with any HID or MH stuff, and i dont want to rewire stuff, i just need to know how much would cost 2 cool blue fluros with 2 sockets approx. .. plz help cheers

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[kamikazedude]

look, Floros no good for growing Floros used on mother plants coz they make it grow slowly. metal helides used for Veg and flowering best for veg HPS used for veg and flowering BEST for flowering. pick Helide or HSP and they cost from £50 - £200 depends on what u want. happy growing...

[Totalpain]

I looked at most hps systems, but all of them have beetween 2000k-4000k only, ( thats not that good for growing) yeah and they will promote flowering in the long run, so maybe i should go with those... But i dont know if they will handicap the growing process? so thats like 100-400 bucks here, ill try to see whats out in the growing marts and the specialised stuff, thanks for the tips, i was losing my head, ima go take a smoke soon Cheers ^ ^

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[kuri]

check out this site http://www.ezhydrokit.com/default.php?cPath=21 from EZhydrokit. they have some bulbs that are dual spectrum with blue and red for both veg and flower stages. in flourescent and hps. the hps one that is 400W is 55,000+ LUMENS

[Totalpain]

2 bad i cant buy anything :S

[heartsurgerysurviver]

If you can afford it the 400 watt hps is the way to go, floro's work for seedlings/clones/mothers/ and growth, but not so well for flowering. A 400 watt hps will give you enough light for 9-10 plants. Later you could always buy the 400 watt mh [ i use this exact same set up 1-400 hps and 1-400 mh] you could then double the size of the grow and number of plants. switch the lights every few days so all the plants get both types of light,
giving you a nice sized 3x6 growing area.
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[Bspectral]

look, Floros no good for growing Floros used on mother plants coz they make it grow slowly. metal helides used for Veg and flowering best for veg HPS used for veg and flowering BEST for flowering. pick Helide or HSP and they cost from £50 - £200 depends on what u want. happy growing...

Fact is;;;;;this is the coolest running, most bud productive,200$ only and in the corner of any room, use a normal fan,hang the 48'' flouros about 6' up the wall like this and when she is about 2' tall go 12/12;;;then transplant her to a big pot and tie her down on a corner shelf 90degrees(LST)(SCROG) then WALLA you'l get about 30 =size buds growing fast like these pics;;;;;DO IT RIGHT LIKE THIS