What is the best lighting to use for vegetative growth?

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rebanick123

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Jun 20, 2009

• #1

4-6 plants

 

Skoad

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Jun 20, 2009

• #2

I do believe That Blue spectrum lights are best for Veg, and Red spectrum for Flowering. As for how many lights or what kind exactly, I do not know. Also a newb.

 

LiEBE420

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Jun 20, 2009

• #3

the sun duh

 

Geozander

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Jun 20, 2009

• #4

Get yourself a 400 watt metal halide for vegging mate. Or you could get a dual spectrum hps and use this from start to finish!

 

stopcallingmedude

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Jun 20, 2009

• #5

LiEBE420 said:

the sun duh

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hahahaha! this is true.

but if you can't grow outside i'm sticking with what geozander said. a metal halide lamp, 400 or 600 watts will do you just fine for veg. you can't believe the difference between vegging with mh and hps. the hps sucks!

 

smallclosetgrowr

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Jun 20, 2009

• #6

if your on a budget go for CFL'S day light colour , at 6500 k as many watts / lights as u can afford + u might have some laying around at home

 

Erysichthon

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Jun 20, 2009

• #7

i really like veging with CFLs, you can have really tight nodes if you keep them close. but MH is probably better for growth.