Does this look ok? Many opinions please.

Lindseyb

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well no one ever looks at my grow journal so here, 400wat MH and 150 watt HPS are about 5 feet from canopy. what do you think? right wrong? what would you do ? BTW I have some lights for dirty dirty dirty cheap, pm me.





 

ultraviolet pirate

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it looks okay..the 150hps wont have the light penetration that the 400 watter has, (the whole inverse square thing, how light diminishes more and more as its further from an object) so you wont get as much from it but i guess every lil bit helps. 5 ft away seems kinda far tho, maybe slowly move them closer over a few days to about 2 feet maybe...get a copy of cervantes medical grow bible, it will really help anyone out. good luck with it. and im checking out your grow journal lol.
 

Zgrower

Member
Nice looking plants!
The light needs to be as close as possible without burning the tops of the plants (18-24 inches is where I'm at with air cooled 1000w lights). I would suggest moving the plants up closer to your lights as your lights are built in and look immobile. Maybe use some milk crates to put your plants on until they grow taller.
If you dont do this the plants will "stretch" as they try to get more light, causing a reduction in your yeild potential.
Good Luck!
 

Lindseyb

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Thanks alot for your guys time! I'll go jack some milk crates :) about a week from flowering you think?
 

Cali.Grown>408

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fukin lindsey b..."ill go jack some milk crates" lol thats had be rolling..u can use anything to get it closer to the light it doesnt have to be milk crates lol just make sure the plants are always 10-15 inches away from that light
 

zem

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i never place my 400 HPS more than a foot away except for the first 2 days of transplant. 150 needs to be much closer like 6" aircooled hoods help a lot. and a single 600w will be way more lumens with only 50 more watts....
 

The Knuck

Active Member
because you have a 400 and a 150 = 550 watts

a 600 will use 50 more watts and produce alot more lumens.
 
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