whitch type of lights to use

i will be growing sinsemilia and want to know what kind of light to use i was wanting to use hps but wanted to know what would suit them best before i buy my lights

p.s/ i will be growing hydoponic

Read the Grow Faq's, all your answers right there.

yea i know but im looking for other peoples thoughts on it

what's the square footage of the grow area? You want at the very least 3000 lumens per sqft.

100 sq ft vegg room and 100 sq ft flowering room

i have to build a floor and insulate the walls but i just got an idea make it like a green house / insted of a tin roof i could use a transparent sheet (like tin but sheet of polyurthan(sorry for bad spelling)but would planes flying over spot the heat coming off all them plants (thoughts on this would be great) thanks

so you will need a light that produces at least 30,000 lumens. But, that is just the minimum. For that size area, forget about anything less than HID lighting. Also, sounds like you will need two lights per room, or one light on a light mover. I would recommend at least 600 watt HID's. Im not sure a light mover would be effective in a 10'x10' area, though I have never used one so i could not say for sure. My instinct tells me that you will need two lights for each grow room.

skunkbud said:

i have to build a floor and insulate the walls but i just got an idea make it like a green house / insted of a tin roof i could use a transparent sheet (like tin but sheet of polyurthan(sorry for bad spelling)but would planes flying over spot the heat coming off all them plants (thoughts on this would be great) thanks

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Ummm, yeah they would not only spot the heat but they would see the lights. Besides, you won't be able to control the light cycle with a see through roof. Seal that bitch up.

skunkbud said:

i will be growing sinsemilia and want to know what kind of light to use i was wanting to use hps but wanted to know what would suit them best before i buy my lights

p.s/ i will be growing hydoponic

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Ummm you do realize that sinsemilla is just another name for "without seed" & not a strain of mj i hope.

Just get an hps system that will fill the grow area & run it straight through the entire grow,i run hps systems from clone to harvest nowdays,the mh systems i own are put away & gathering dust.

DRCANNABIS said:

Ummm, yeah they would not only spot the heat but they would see the lights. Besides, you won't be able to control the light cycle with a see through roof. Seal that bitch up.

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(no so it could grow from the sun and i wouldnt have to worry about lights

panhead said:

Ummm you do realize that sinsemilla is just another name for "without seed" & not a strain of mj i hope.

Just get an hps system that will fill the grow area & run it straight through the entire grow,i run hps systems from clone to harvest nowdays,the mh systems i own are put away & gathering dust.

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if there gathering dust and you have no use for them would you sell them and (if you do- what wattage)

skunkbud said:

if there gathering dust and you have no use for them would you sell them and (if you do- what wattage)

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The problem with selling gear is that as soon as you sell it some other shit breaks down & you wish you still had the stuff you sold.

Im a saver

Honestly it's my emergency back up gear should a ballast go out.

panhead said:

The problem with selling gear is that as soon as you sell it some other shit breaks down & you wish you still had the stuff you sold.

Im a saver

Honestly it's my emergency back up gear should a ballast go out.

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true thinking ahead/ but got to ask could been a nice deal so yea

skunkbud said:

(no so it could grow from the sun and i wouldnt have to worry about lights

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well if you want to use the sun, and not lights, then you need not worry about heat signature. I believe the heat signature comes mainly from the high intensity lights.

naw i think i will use lights but if anyones got lights for sale would be good cause lights are well over 300$and +