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11-01-2008, 08:18 AM #3FreeDaHerb
1000 watt eye hortilux hps vs. 400 watt regular mh bulb for vegetative stage
That 1000 watt hortilux has at least double the PAR watts of that MH light, i.e. alot more useable light...if you have enough space & plants and want them to grow BIG & FAST..go with the 1k dude..but you are going to have to prune & train those plants for certain as sativa based strains are going to stretch like crazy during flowering so you need to be bending, pruning, & breaking (they love when you just snap the tops over, they grow back really strong from the lower and side branches due to hormonal changes as a result of the breaking of the tops..just let them hang over, they will fix themselves in a few days)...Temps of 88F are fine if you use CO2 enrichment, these would actually be near ideal conditions for a sativa..otherwise it will be a bit warm as plant growth starts to slow and you start having heat stress problems around that range...Maybe look into an exhaust system or A/C lowering, etc and try to get those temps down..either way more light = more growth = more yield. But as you know = more heat, more electricity. You will likely yield twice as much as the 400 MH with that hortilux bulb.
Look at it like this:
400 watts of light : 4 x 4 ft space (16 sq. ft) = 25 watts per sq. ft.
1000 watts of light : 4 x 4 space (16 sq. ft) = 62.5 watts per sq. ft.
For ideal growth rates and flowering results with rock hard buds and heavy trichome production you want to be in that 40-60+ watts per ft2 light range with HID lights...for vegging 20-30 per ft2 would work just fine though if you decided based on temp problems that's what you needed to run.
How big are the plants now? How many? Any pics?










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