Lighting question

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NicFX

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Ok Ganja nerds... Here's one for ya... I've got a small-time setup with a veg closet packed full of lots of cfl and 2(150wHPS) in layers... (mucho sexy) and a 10X10 flowering room with two air-cooled lights. (600wHPS & 1000wHPS)
I am doing a S.O.G.(ish) soil thing.
My query is whether I should start the plants that come out of the veg closet under the 600w and move them under the 1000w after a month or start them under the 1000w and move them under the 600w to finish up?
Personally...(and i'm definitely not an expert) I would think that they should get the most lumens (1000w) possible in the first 4-6weeks of flowering to get large and then ripen up with the lesser (600w) light for the final month.
What you got to say about that?
 
doc111

doc111

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NicFX said:
Ok Ganja nerds... Here's one for ya... I've got a small-time setup with a veg closet packed full of lots of cfl and 2(150wHPS) in layers... (mucho sexy) and a 10X10 flowering room with two air-cooled lights. (600wHPS & 1000wHPS)
I am doing a S.O.G.(ish) soil thing.
My query is whether I should start the plants that come out of the veg closet under the 600w and move them under the 1000w after a month or start them under the 1000w and move them under the 600w to finish up?
Personally...(and i'm definitely not an expert) I would think that they should get the most lumens (1000w) possible in the first 4-6weeks of flowering to get large and then ripen up with the lesser (600w) light for the final month.
What you got to say about that?
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I typically go from regular fluorescent to high output fluorescent to 1000w HPS for flowering. Everybody has a different formula for lighting that they will swear works the best. I don't think that moving them to a lower amount of light for late flowering sound like a good idea. I'm sure it will work but personally I would finish up with the 1000w hps. Experiment and see what works best and report back. Best of luck my friend and welcome to RIU.
 
smokin1

smokin1

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My thought would be to start them under 600w to start their flowers and switch to the 1000w to really fattin the buds up.

Who you callin a nerd??
 
Brick Top

Brick Top

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Either purchase a metal halide conversion bulb for either or both HID lights and use it/them strictly for vegging and then switch to the HPS for flowering or purchase a dual-arc MH/HPS bulb for either or both.

Either way you will then be giving your plants the light spectrum needed for vegging and also for flowering.
 
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NicFX

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smokin1 said:
My thought would be to start them under 600w to start their flowers and switch to the 1000w to really fattin the buds up.

Who you callin a nerd??
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Yeah that's a good thought. In the last 2-3 weeks of flowering, during peak resin-production time would it be better to have them under the 1000 or would it really matter.? I know more lumens = bigger buds but does more lumens = frostier buds?
 
smokin1

smokin1

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Not sure, but the first 2-3 weeks they are preparing to bud and under 600w they will really stretch and grow tall. Then when they start to flower and you see bud growing, thats when i would throw them under the 1000w.
 
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