hey hardon lighting question.......

[cptweedmanguy]

(2) 6500° kelvin and (2)3000° kelvin lamp that is what my teklight has what do you suggest i should add for more lighting?



thanks

cptweedmanguy Reviewed by cptweedmanguy on 09-23-2005. hey hardon lighting question....... (2) 6500° kelvin and (2)3000° kelvin lamp that is what my teklight has what do you suggest i should add for more lighting? thanks Rating: 5

[cptweedmanguy]

also i have a 400w mh what should i use for veg stage my tek + more lights or should i just go with the mh?

http://www.1000bulbs.com/product.php?product=6277

[HARDDON]

(2) 6500° kelvin and (2)3000° kelvin lamp that is what my teklight has what do you suggest i should add for more lighting?



thanks

Interesting and somewhat leads to a debate about the new fad of using ONE BULB from veg to flower.....

Which I am not yet sold on.

But I guess thats a debate for another thread.....

I am not a believer of mixing Kelvin temps...but also, that unit you link has the parabolic type light reflectors built in.

I just despise reflectors for the most part with CFL use....I have personal expreience first hand of plants just STOPPING growth with the use these high light reflectors.

That mixed with the mixed kelvins would make me not use the thing at all....

To answer your question however....

also i have a 400w mh what should i use for veg stage my tek + more lights or should i just go with the mh?

depnds on what you are growing and your sizes and what you are attempting goal wise to harvest.

I would also suggest the strain of your plant would matter. I would MH indica for veg, but CFL for sativa.

A lotta things to consider....

fuck...flip a coin

[cptweedmanguy]

DO YOU THINK IF I TOOK THE HIGHER KELVIN LAMP OUT AND SWAPPED IT FOR A WARM OR COOL BULB OR ILL LOOK FOR A FULL SPECTRUM LIGHT DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE BETTER?

[HARDDON]

I'm stoned...bear with me...

Swapping a higher kelvin lamp for a lower one is good for flowering....not for vegging.

You want high kelvins......(cool lights) for veg
You want low kelvins......(warm lights) for flower.

The more the merrier.

[Str8jeepin4pack]

Harddon you should check out the specs on the new hortilux blue!!!!!!! WOW it is the most awesome MH bulb i have ever seen internode spacing at less then an inch. Does lack on the lumens but the spectrum is outragous

green leaves

[HARDDON]

Yes I haer everyone raving about the new bulbs...

But MORE LIGHT doesn't equal REQUIRED LIGHT.

I am not clear on this and how this is supposed to work.......

But a plant in flower needs primary red waves.....2700K or so....... It needs that type of light and it needs it as the MAJORITY of the type of light it gets.

The new dual spectrums....how in the world is ONE BULB going to give me PRIMARY BLUE or 6500K I want during veg...but then magically give me PRIMARY RED that the plants need in flower.

With both spectrums being present, if the red waves are not the stonger of the two, the plant simply doesnt get what it really needs.

I have no doubt these are great for vegging.....no doubt at all. But I am not sure the higher Kelvins do much of anything on the flowers themselves and wonder why not just use more of the appropriate light?

Perhaps I am missing something fundamental here.....

Sounds great but..........

I dont think these bulbs can beat my CFL's durring early seedling and veg stages.

I would still like to see some full flowers and a grow thread by someone who is using that new bulb. If it works, I AM ALL OVER IT.

But I need to know the whys of the paradox I see.

Thanks for the time

[jimmybobjoe]

[QUOTE=HARDDON]
The new dual spectrums....how in the world is ONE BULB going to give me PRIMARY BLUE or 6500K I want during veg...but then magically give me PRIMARY RED that the plants need in flower.

With both spectrums being present, if the red waves are not the stonger of the two, the plant simply doesnt get what it really needs.
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How does the sun do it? Its rays dont change do they? maybe the bulbs are closer to what the sun puts off. there are a couple of people on here that grow from start to finish with only CFL's. I think Mand is one of them. please let me know what you think as i am willing to learn the ways of the samuri. lol

[HARDDON]

NO the sun doesnt do it.

But...the earth rotates and wobbles on its axis which changes:

The location of the sun in the sky....

Thus changes the angle of the light hitting the atmosphere...

Thus presenting mostly red wave lengths.

Simple enuff that the sun produces a lower kelvin in winter and a higher kelvin in summer.

Just wondering how the plant interacts specifically without these primary colors.

[Rezinator]

Wouldn't it have to interact with a probation officer if it just got outta prism?