Metal Hallide question

explosive82

explosive82

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So i've been growing the last year with just a t5 for veg, 2 gavita 1000w pro's for flower

was curious as to what MH lights people on this forum would recommend and if they can be 110v (the only power i have available for this particular room)

I would prefer 400w but if thats not possible i'm open to other options and if you personally don't think MH is what i should be getting i'd like to hear any idea's on that as well, this will be for veging 6-8 plants
 
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ISK

ISK

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IMHO....I would continue using the T5's for veg and buy a 600 watt HPS for flower mode (most can dial down to 50% or 75%)

I'm not sure what the gavita's are, but at only 100 w each, they don't have much horsepower for flowering.

I know allot of people who love T5's for vegging, low cost, low heat, low power consumption, but yet get the trick done

You can supplement with a few CFL's to provide some side lighting
 
budfarmer420

budfarmer420

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Ive got the Apollo 400 watt. Came with MH and HPS bulbs, ballast, hood and a cheap timer. Check it out at Amazon, there fairly inexpensive.
 
explosive82

explosive82

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ISK said:
IMHO....I would continue using the T5's for veg and buy a 600 watt HPS for flower mode (most can dial down to 50% or 75%)

I'm not sure what the gavita's are, but at only 100 w each, they don't have much horsepower for flowering.

I know allot of people who love T5's for vegging, low cost, low heat, low power consumption, but yet get the trick done

You can supplement with a few CFL's to provide some side lighting
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Woah LOL left out a 0 there they are 1000w, also yea t5 is great i'm just looking to upgrade and i haven't really found anything else that i could really use
 
ISK

ISK

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explosive82 said:
Woah LOL left out a 0 there they are 1000w, also yea t5 is great i'm just looking to upgrade and i haven't really found anything else that i could really use
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oh...then that makes a big difference.....2000 watts is lots of horse power :)

yeah....400 watt MH would make a nice veg room but T5's do the trick on the cheap
 
budfarmer420

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explosive82 said:
Is this what you are talking about? http://www.amazon.com/Apollo-Horticulture-GLK400GW19-Digital-Dimmable/dp/B004YXDHX6 That actually looks pretty sweet do you think i could veg 6-12 plants under that?
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Yah, thats what I have. Not sure of your setup or how long you veg/ how big you let em get. I usually flower 2 large plants 5 or 6 ft. under this light, if you want to do more you could just get the 600 watt and use the dimmer if you didnt need the extra light.
 
chocobear

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I've vegged with MH T5's HPS LED and Magnetic induction. The only lighting I have yet to use is LEP (shit is like 1000$ for a fixture that covers a 4x4). HPS was my least favorite, T5's didn't quite have the growth the other lighting did. The LEDs I used were crazy they were Diamond Series 300w or extreme veg. I only switched to them to replace my 600w MHs when I was trying to cut back my electric bill.

MH was by far my favorite to veg under
Even this guy did a great job http://shop.gyostuff.com/Sunburst-400W-E-Ballast-HPS-MH-Lighting-System-SBE400.htm
As for what I would recommend to you, I have no idea. I would definitely try and find a 400w MH fixture though :)
 
explosive82

explosive82

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budfarmer420 said:
Yah, thats what I have. Not sure of your setup or how long you veg/ how big you let em get. I usually flower 2 large plants 5 or 6 ft. under this light, if you want to do more you could just get the 600 watt and use the dimmer if you didnt need the extra light.
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i usually do 6 4-5ft plants but i'm limited to 110v so i need something that works with that, as it stands with my current t5 things start getting verrrrrrry crowded toward the end
 
explosive82

explosive82

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Did a bit more research but i keep seeing things about using a HPS light with the MH since i only plan on using this for veg is this my only option?
 
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