Looking at a new light for later on into my grow

Solo08

Solo08

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for $300 i would look elsewhere. why not just get an hps for less? they didnt even give any brands or say what the wattage of the bulbs were.
 
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medgrower49

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lots of people use those kind of lights, heard they work real well for mothers, clones, and vegging but not ideal for flowering. I use 400 watters one mh and one hps.
 
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medgrower49

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how big is your room(s), how many plants do you want grow ??? give me some detials of what you hope to accomplish and I can give you an idea on the kind of lighting your going to need.
 
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ProCanadianGreen

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medgrower49 said:
lots of people use those kind of lights, heard they work real well for mothers, clones, and vegging but not ideal for flowering. I use 400 watters one mh and one hps.
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what's up with the higher K? is it a good thing to have higher k or bad thing? and that fixture comes with veg and flowering lights (6 of each kind)
 
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ProCanadianGreen

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medgrower49 said:
how big is your room(s), how many plants do you want grow ??? give me some detials of what you hope to accomplish and I can give you an idea on the kind of lighting your going to need.
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check out my grow journal for the space I am using , I have more space though (about room for about 30 more plants in my room)but I do want to get into mixing strains later on in my grow so I want to get as much fast growth as I can
 
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medgrower49

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yeah it comes with both but your not going to get nearly as good flowering results with that as you would with an hps. hps has much more lumen output than those bulbs do.
 
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ProCanadianGreen

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medgrower49 said:
yeah it comes with both but your not going to get nearly as good flowering results with that as you would with an hps. hps has much more lumen output than those bulbs do.
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yea I'm still new and that's why I want to stick with CFL type of lights but I do want to start using Solar panels later on to help cut the cost of the lights
 
Londoner

Londoner

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they look nice... but thats about it. Very pricey. In the uk T5HO's (T-5 high outputs) are only used for seedlings for the first two weeks and rooting cuts thats all theyre good for, isnt it made for aquariums, surely putting a supposedly "monster high output" grow light over yr fish tank would cause monstrous algae and bacteria growth? And the claim that its more powerful than 2 400 halides? Cough cough ahem... Bullshit!!
 
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medgrower49

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if you use a 250 MH your light emitted would still be around 6500K in the color spectrum but you get light 23000 lumens with tube lights you only get 5000 lumens per bulb and they don't stack up 6 5000 lumen bulbs is not the same as one bulb that puts off 30000.
 
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ProCanadianGreen

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questions about blasts now , do I have to get a blast that matches the bulb's wattage or can I get a blast that has a higher wattage and use a bulb that requires less wattage?
 
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medgrower49

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the ballast's wattage should match the bulb, the only exception I know is you can run a special 430 watt bulb in a 400 watt ballast.
 
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