Grow with hps, all stages...
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I haven't, thousands have with excellent results.
Iv'e heard people growing with hps all the way through, but not sure if its as good as HM, or T5/CFL or even what the outcome is. Its because the light emitting off of MH, T5 and CFL lights is simular to the light during summer. And as the days get shorter (12/12) you switch to HPS lights, or soft white CFL. All your trying to do is mimic the outdoors. Anyway, i think you should try 12/12 from seed with the HPS. You would get pretty low yield, but quicker results. Hope i could help.
shufflebotlmfao
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yes i agree never done it but seen enough grows like it to say it works
THE PUMPKINHEAD
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I did/am doing it now. I never grew before so nothing to compare to but so far so good for me.
Declectic
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Yup! I just did (will almost finished) and it's just fine, peep my grow journal…
Rrog
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I have a 600w HPS blue hort, so I have a bit more blue supposedly. Plants are in last week of flower now. Same bulb the whole way. Works great. It so much easier (for me) and I have the fluoros on the shelf now.
My goal is to get a 1000w digital ballast that can handle either HPS or MH. At that point I will be Ushio bulbs. Standard HPS and MH. I don't have separate rooms so veg and flower are in the same room so just changing a bulb to go from veg to flower would be super convenient
My goal is to get a 1000w digital ballast that can handle either HPS or MH. At that point I will be Ushio bulbs. Standard HPS and MH. I don't have separate rooms so veg and flower are in the same room so just changing a bulb to go from veg to flower would be super convenient
Father Earth
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You would need bundles of cfls to even match a Hps even in the vegging stage. Everyone uses HIDs for a reason, NOTHING COMES CLOSE!
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sso
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hmm.
mh grows fine plants in veg, but, in flowering, it grows more leaves than buds.. (they grow more similar to outdoors, but less budsize cause not enough yellow and red, actually indoors grows have comparatively larger buds than outdoors (just alot smaller plants))
but, ive found that adding 3-23 watt 6500k bulbs.
seems to add more flavor and trichomes, but i dont think id go much more than 5 -23w cfls adding to my 600w hps.
mh grows fine plants in veg, but, in flowering, it grows more leaves than buds.. (they grow more similar to outdoors, but less budsize cause not enough yellow and red, actually indoors grows have comparatively larger buds than outdoors (just alot smaller plants))
but, ive found that adding 3-23 watt 6500k bulbs.
seems to add more flavor and trichomes, but i dont think id go much more than 5 -23w cfls adding to my 600w hps.
RollUpMikey
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Hands down, HPS will give you great results if used during all
stages of growth. The key is height ratio during different stages.
stages of growth. The key is height ratio during different stages.