2nd grow, 400w hps for angled sidelighting?

Hi all,


As per the the title, I'm on my 2nd grow, same strains as the first - The Widow & Big Bang 2 feminised from Rhino, but this time I'm doing 4 (only 3 the first). My first grow I pulled 22oz dry of the 3 plants, more than pleased, I was shooting for 10! I veggd for 7 weeks under 400w hps, flowered under 600w hps and between weeks 6 - 9 of flower I added a 250w cfl for sidelighting. Growing in coco, 2 x rvk in lines (1 in 1 out) so loads of air.


This time I have veggd under 600w hps same for 7 weeks, plants are between 34 & 40 inches tall, I decided to use the 600w throughout but was thinking of adding my 400w hps in the corner facing down and across like you would do with a fan, still using the reflector, this would come on 3 hours after the 600 & go off 2 hours before bedtime, on for 7 hours.


Do you think this will work for the lower buds? The reason for the shorter on time is to save some money and help with heat, it's reaching 93 degrees in there with both lights on, so trying to minimise the stress on them!

any comments greatly appreciated

BG

ps - couldn't have got my first grow finished without all the advice on RIU

I'd hang the bulb vertically in the center of the plants. Then ever day you rotate your containers 180 degrees. You can also play around with the height with your bulb spreading the supplemental light out more on the plant. General rule "The more light the better"

Thanks top fuel!

I would love to hang it between but I'm growing in a 1.2 x 1.2 and these bad boys are bushy as.... So no room in between, will the adding more light at anything other than 12/12 matter? My girls are now 7 days into flower and are too bushy already for the tent, do you think I should trim and try to hang between, trying not to stress too much?

cheers BG