You can both grow and flower using HPS. You should not use MH for flowering. Wrong light spectrum. So use HPS for the wholw grow and yr. plants will be happy. If you want to spend more money then get a mixed HPS/MH rig from Sunlight supplies. Its that simple.
houdini Reviewed by houdini on . Metal Halide or Hps or both Ok I thought I was on the rite path and decided to go with a 400w HPS. Then I did some more reading and heard its better to start your young ones with a Metal Halide light during veg and then switch to the HPS for the flowering. Then I read this post and it only threw me off more pH Water - See More Buds. From what I got from it, HPS is the way to go all the way? So my question is, would it better to go with Metal Halide light for veg and then a HPS for flowering, or should I just use Rating: 5