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250watt hps expected yeild? +REP for help

EdGreyfox

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You can do one plant on a 400w, but heat might be an issue depending on the size of the space your using and the ventilation. Seems a bit over kill for the cost though, because I doubt it will increase yields enough to make up for the increased cost of electricity. I'm personally running 6 under a 400w, and would be fine to go up to 8-9 if I planned to used a sog or scrog method where you keep the plants short. As it is I'm planning to grow them to around 6 ft, and will end up needing to get a supplementary light or two by the time I'm a few weeks into flowering.
 

T905

Active Member
alright do you use your hps for Veg and Flowering? first time using a hps. and how far should i keep the hps from the top of my plant some people said 16-18 inchs some people said 5 to 6"
 

T905

Active Member
ok heres my last question bout 250w hps RIU i was wondering wats the differnce when you use a metal halide (MH) light bulb for VEG to a HPS light bulb?
 

onewize1

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[Never used an mh but i believe it minimizes stretch in exchange for slightly lesser bud production. I also read that the resin production is crazy under one of those. As far as yield i would say everyone got it right. 1st grow is around a half oz. I juswt finshed a fucked up hawaiian snow with 3 ozs on it but i think it was strain dependent. All my other plants i get a little over a zone but they were all at different stages. Organically i think it should be typical to harvest 4 oz all at once with a little vegetative growth. I also have a 68 w flouro (football) from home depot and a sunblaze strip 48" in there. the hawaiiian snow was all organic nutes from a garden store...ashes and shit and i think a lil botanicare. The longer you grow the better you get. Im almost at my one year anniversary:bigjoint:
 

onewize1

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Put your hand st the top of plants... if it is too uncomfortable to your hand it is for your plants.
and yea i used an hps for veg while growing my white dwarfs but i am happy that they were almost done because they kinda stretch (i think i had purple kush and grape ape in a homemade hydro dwc)
 
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