more light in flower, 2nd hps or light mover

Lion-O

Lion-O

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Right now I have too many plants, especially in flower. I think they need more light. My only flowering light is 600w hps. I do have another 600 in the veg tent (3x3x6) but it's dimmed to about 250 watts, as I need to slow the veg area down a bit since flowering is taking too damn long. There are 5 plants in veg, six in flower. They're both air cooled lights from a separate room for intake.

What I was thinking was either get a light mover for the flowering plants or move the 2nd hps to flower and boost it to full power/as needed. If moving the veg light to flower, obviously I would need a replacement light. If so was thinking of a lower wattage led, around 200 true watts or so.

I have 1 fan cooling lights and one for air extraction, both 440cfm, 6". Portable air conditioner keeping temps about 70-72, but humidity is around 70 also.... I have good air flow so my main concern is more light. However, I don't want to increase my electric bill much more. That's why I was contemplating an led or light mover to solve the light issue. What are your thoughts?
 
.Pinworm.

.Pinworm.

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Lion-O said:
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Reread. Veg=tent. Mover for flower.
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How big is your flower tent? A mover would be a good investment if you have something like a 15x15 area or something, something small, you should just focus on training, and getting the best you can out of your canopy space.
 
Lion-O

Lion-O

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.Pinworm. said:
How big is your flower tent? A mover would be a good investment if you have something like a 15x15 area or something, something small, you should just focus on training, and getting the best you can out of your canopy space.
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I have the area open, no tent for flower. Everything is in a dedicated room. I have those in flower around a 4x4 floor area, but their spilling out to more like 5' or so, so more like 5x5 now. My 600w hps doesn't get everything well.
 
Tyleb173rd

Tyleb173rd

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Correct me if I'm wrong:

You have an open space for flower and its footprint is 4x4. You're ladies outgrew that foot print by approximately 9 square feet.
 
Tyleb173rd

Tyleb173rd

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Maybe buy a cheap LED to compensate for the bigger footprint. Then after you harvest use that LED in your veg tent and move the other HPS to flower?
 
Lion-O

Lion-O

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Tyleb173rd said:
Maybe buy a cheap LED to compensate for the bigger footprint. Then after you harvest use that LED in your veg tent and move the other HPS to flower?
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Thanks for the idea. I'll either do that or take the time to move them around and get it done once and for all.
 
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