Quote Originally Posted by Italiano715
Hey sorry to stir things up a bit, but what are you looking to accomplish with the MH after the stretching stops....I understand that some use that "blue" spectrum to keep the plants from stretching so much, but from what I heard (correct me if i'm wrong) the blue during flowering tends to give you more of the "fluffy" type buds rather than tight dense buds. I myself don't see any benefit from putting the MH back in after mid flowering with the HPS.

Sorry to be such a pain in the @$$ but I'm curious sometimes! :jointsmile:
I have used the MH to flower an entire crop and I don't think the buds were as dense as the HPS, but I do feel they were much more flavorful, and the resin production was higher. This vs. a previous grow of same clones under HPS only.

My thought is to add the HPS now to increase production while the plant is in that "hyperdrive" flowering mode. HPS has the most lumens, so I figure give it the most energy when it really needs it. Then switching back to MH when the growth slows again to push out as much resin as possible. I believe putting the MH back on it with the UV that is missing from HPS, will accomplish that. Thus hopefully, the best of both worlds. Plus I have both lights sitting there so I figured why not.

I'm not telling anyone else to do it by any means, nor am I saying that it will for sure change anything. The stretch may just happen when the HPS comes in, screwing me on keeping em tight or something else to nullify what I have done. Who knows, I'm just putting up the truth, and the whole truth of what I'm up to here.

I don't mind pain in the ass questions at all. It's the stupid ones I mind. "Can my cfl produce like HPS?", or "I'm running 46 watts of CFL and my bottom leaves are dying, HELP!". Those kinda bug me depending on the day.