shocking during flowering cycle????

[htl]

I am currently starting my 3rd week of flowering, pistils are just starting to pop up. I have been growing thus far with 8 4' flo tubes, 3k lumens each. I just purchased a 600w hps light and am wondering if it is safe to change from flo's to the hps? I know that it is fine to change when you start 12/12, but will the plants be shocked/damaged/turned into hermies if I subject them to 95000 lumens when they are used to 26000? Would starting the light very high and gradually lowering it each day help the transition? Or should I just wait to use it on my next grow? I'd really like to use it since the buds get way bigger with a 600w hps vs. flo's.

htl Reviewed by htl on 03-01-2006. shocking during flowering cycle???? I am currently starting my 3rd week of flowering, pistils are just starting to pop up. I have been growing thus far with 8 4' flo tubes, 3k lumens each. I just purchased a 600w hps light and am wondering if it is safe to change from flo's to the hps? I know that it is fine to change when you start 12/12, but will the plants be shocked/damaged/turned into hermies if I subject them to 95000 lumens when they are used to 26000? Would starting the light very high and gradually lowering it each Rating: 5

[MrLzyBones]

I am currently starting my 3rd week of flowering, pistils are just starting to pop up. I have been growing thus far with 8 4' flo tubes, 3k lumens each. I just purchased a 600w hps light and am wondering if it is safe to change from flo's to the hps? I know that it is fine to change when you start 12/12, but will the plants be shocked/damaged/turned into hermies if I subject them to 95000 lumens when they are used to 26000? Would starting the light very high and gradually lowering it each day help the transition? Or should I just wait to use it on my next grow? I'd really like to use it since the buds get way bigger with a 600w hps vs. flo's.

You'll be ok just start your new light out about 2 feet away and after a day or two move it closer and a couple days after that give them a dose of your bloom nutes for the growth spurt your going to get.

MLB

[htl]

great, I'm glad to hear it! So I'll start at about 2 feet; Do you know about where it should end up? I've heard anything from 12" to 18", does that sound right?