Hybrid Lights

The one million dollar question. Do I get a 1000W dual core hybrid bulb (has hps and mh inside) for my 10x12 shed or do I just get a name brand 1000w hps bulb.

If your plants are in flower, is it necessary to keep feeding the blue spectrum? Or do you want to throw nothing but red/orange spectrum at them during flowering? Please help me with the pros and cons here.

I want to buy THE BEST bulb and money is not a problem. Thanks guys/girls.

BuckTheSystem said:

The one million dollar question. Do I get a 1000W dual core hybrid bulb (has hps and mh inside) for my 10x12 shed or do I just get a name brand 1000w hps bulb.

If your plants are in flower, is it necessary to keep feeding the blue spectrum? Or do you want to throw nothing but red/orange spectrum at them during flowering? Please help me with the pros and cons here.

I want to buy THE BEST bulb and money is not a problem. Thanks guys/girls.

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I suppose I'll figure this on out on my own lol.

I strongly believe blue/white light is still beneficial during flowering. Put it this way ... between 9am and 3 am the winter sun would still be white/blue rather than red/orange. Sure its hanging lower in the sky so reds will be inhanced at dawn and dusk ... but to mimic the sun having a full spectrum with both blue and red has to be the way to go.

i think the setupi you are talking about has a 600w hps and a 400w MH. thast pretty good in my opinion. has a very good spectrum of lighting. id get one of those cool light movers to move your lamp across your grow room so you can get a better spread of light. are you using one area only, as in no separate room for veg/flower? if you have one room id just two 600w switchables with light movers. M is good cuz of the spectrum but for flowering HPS is more important. MH(blue) is best for veg. but you would get sick yields either way.

Thanks for both of your time and replying to this post. It has been most helpful. Cheers!