nubbis1020
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I am just wondering if anyone has ever tried this or knows something about it. So the question is: Can you use an MH grow light for flowering? Say for example a 400w MH. Just looking for input 
MH for Flowering?
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you can use Miracl Gro and CFL's to grow cannabis..wont amount to much be you can do anything if you put your mind to it.
PJ Diaz
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You can, but the you won't get the same yields you would with HPS. The buds will also be fluffier, but may have a bit more resin due to the UVB the MH has and HPS doesn't have. Really the best option is MH + HPS. It is kind of silly to buy a MH setup though, since you can run MH or HPS off a HPS ballast, but not the other way around. Typically HPS ballasts are like $10 more than MH.
Brick Top
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Just asking if a MH can be used is a broad question. One of course can be, but your results will vary depending on the Kelvin rating of the MH bulb you use.I am just wondering if anyone has ever tried this or knows something about it. So the question is: Can you use an MH grow light for flowering? Say for example a 400w MH. Just looking for input
An HPS will normally be around 2000K or 2100K, a vegging MH would be 6500K ... but there are 2000K MH and 3200K MH etc. and the closer you can get to that HPS 2000K or 2100K the better your results will be using a MH for flowering. If you attempt to use something like a 6500K or anything half close, well, that will be a horse of a different color when it comes to what your results end up being.
PJ Diaz
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You can get a 3000k MH lamp here: http://www.plantlightinghydroponics.com/solarmax-gold-400w-3000k-metal-halide-grow-bulb-p-2363.html
It's over $60 for just the lamp though, also the lumen output on a 400w MH vs a 400w HPS is about 20,000 lumens less for the MH.
missnu
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I do notice they are stickier...it all started because my HPS gets too hot and I didn't have adequate ventilation to keep the light cool...but my MH was just cool enough to get by...so I decided to use just the MH...then I got cold feet and thought I should give them a little HPS...like for that day....cut the light off, let it cool, screwed in the HPS and it came on got brighter and brighter and brighter and like blinding and then it got darker and darker and darker til just the little middle part was like glowing red after I unplugged the thing...so I figure there is my sign that I don't need an HPS and I should keep on with the MH...everything looks just like it should for where it is...
Dwezelitsame
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can be used but hps better or a cmh better as well
RawBudzski
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Ahh its a MAN BEAR PIG..
Or a BEAR PIG MAN !
Or a BEAR PIG MAN !
PJ Diaz
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Pics or it didn't happen.
PJ Diaz
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So I see there that you haven't finished a full cycle yet to compare. I'd be interested in seeing harvest pics of mh compared to the same strain under hps at harvest. Also a final weight of each. Your buds look good at 5 weeks, but still a ways to go. Personally I really wanna do a mixed spectrum with hid lighting, but don't have any more space to add mh. I put some cool CFL's below the canopy to add a little blue.
Brick Top
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"Gross orange light" or not, a HPS puts out more of the light spectrum that plants use in flower than a CMH, which is a full spectrum bulb that is always putting out at least some amount of light spectrum that plants either do not use or do not always need.
It [the CMH] is wasting energy on producing a spectrum of color that isn't used by the plants...
I think...