Ok...a good friend of mine and I started growing at the same time. We both do a good amount of research and he found some info on these two lamp types that I want to run past everyone:

MH lamps: are used primarily for veg growth right? Well what we read was that MH lamps actually dictate how bulky the plant gets, but most importantly...also dictates the amount of trics buds will develop, the overall potency of the bud from what I understand.

Now HPS lamps: These lamps seemed to be mainly used for size, not tric count or quality. So an HPS lamp's purpose is to get the plant and bud to grow to a larger size, without increasing tric count(potency).

So it would be up to the grower to determine if they want little popcorn nugs that are potent as hell, or big long buds that aren't as potent. I guess the advantage here is for the commercial grower. It seems that growing for personal, you would be better off not even changing to lamp to an HPS for flowering, giving you smaller more potent buds=having to smoke less.

So has anyone heard of or read this? I did a search in this section and found nothing comparing HPS to MH....only HID to CFL. What is everyone's thoughts on this? Also, I've had my HPS in for about a week now. If this theory is correct, I would rather leave the MH in and harvest smaller, more potent buds. So would changing the light a week into the HPS cycle be beneficial, or detrimental?
I'd be interested to see what everyone thinks.

Thanks!

*junk
sergentjunk Reviewed by sergentjunk on . MH vs. HPS Ok...a good friend of mine and I started growing at the same time. We both do a good amount of research and he found some info on these two lamp types that I want to run past everyone: MH lamps: are used primarily for veg growth right? Well what we read was that MH lamps actually dictate how bulky the plant gets, but most importantly...also dictates the amount of trics buds will develop, the overall potency of the bud from what I understand. Now HPS lamps: These lamps seemed to be Rating: 5