hotrodharley
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Those wanting a lot of pot per square foot choose HID. If forced to choose just one then go HPS. Run with the big dogs or pee like a puppy.
HPS vs Metal Halide
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Trousers
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If you are not going to get a MH you could veg with HPS and supplement it with CFL.
I have vegged with cfl, hps and a T5.
The MH works best. Plants vegged under cfl and t5 tend to stretch.
There is nothing wrong with vegging with hps.
MH runs a lot hotter than hps. My 400 watt mh is hotter than my 600 watt hps.
My t5 has 12 bulbs and is 648 watts. It runs cooler than my 400 watt mh.
I am surprised no one has mentioned that with that much space, you should make a veg room inside your grow room.
Just make a box in the corner. I saw a room where there was a hole cut in the wall so you could access the veg room while the bud room lights are off. You could also get to it from inside the grow room.
I have a 3x3x6.5 tent and small veg room (now a seed crop room) under the stairs.
10x10 would be a little slice of heaven for me.
I have vegged with cfl, hps and a T5.
The MH works best. Plants vegged under cfl and t5 tend to stretch.
There is nothing wrong with vegging with hps.
MH runs a lot hotter than hps. My 400 watt mh is hotter than my 600 watt hps.
My t5 has 12 bulbs and is 648 watts. It runs cooler than my 400 watt mh.
I am surprised no one has mentioned that with that much space, you should make a veg room inside your grow room.
Just make a box in the corner. I saw a room where there was a hole cut in the wall so you could access the veg room while the bud room lights are off. You could also get to it from inside the grow room.
I have a 3x3x6.5 tent and small veg room (now a seed crop room) under the stairs.
10x10 would be a little slice of heaven for me.
sippinslurpies
Active Member
Bulbs such as the Son-T Agro HPS lights by Phillips I am pretty sure incorporate a little bit of Blue spectrum in their colour so althought they are a HPS light they are OK for vegging too, that's what I generally use on smaller grows for Vegging. On bigger grows I have used a 1000w MH for vegging and then added 2x 600w HPS lights into the room and always had great results.
LegalizeDaBud
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That is weird because my hps burns way hotter than my mh