Where to buy replacement hps bulb

[Greenthumbs256]

Everywhere I look ppl have horrible reviews saying it was shipped broken and worst, I've check amazon ebay my local hydro shop has one but its 130 bucks which is crazy! I want the 1000w eye hortilux hps bulb

 

[full of purple]

Get the cheapest bulb your hydro shop has
The difference in quality and yeild won't be much of at all
It's more how you take care of the plant

 

[Greenthumbs256]

Get the cheapest bulb your hydro shop has
The difference in quality and yeild won't be much of at all
It's more how you take care of the plant

I take great care of my ladies, but is it really that little of a difference bc if so I can just keep the same dam bulb I Been using for over a year!

 

[full of purple]

I've been running a few of my bulbs over a year!!
Maybe a couple grams loss per harvest but still over a pound per light!!

 

[full of purple]

i reccomend 1000bulbs.com

 

[thegambler]

Amazon sells iPower bulbs for around $25 a piece, less in quantity. I change them every 2.5 crops, you guys should too. The difference between a new bulb and a year old bulb is substantial, and if you had a light meter, you'd see what I'm talking about. Using fresh bulbs will increase growth, give you bigger plants and denser buds, increase yield, shorten the flowering period and give you a higher THC content. Some of these a little, some quite a bit more- but either way, this is one area of growing you don't want to be cheap.

By the way, if I don't get at least 2 lbs. a light, it was an "off" grow. I average 2.5 lbs. a light these days and couldn't be happier with the quality.

 

[full of purple]

I average 2 pounds a light when using 1000s

 

[full of purple]

But I've been also using 600s lately

 

[Greenthumbs256]

Shit if I could pull 2 lbs a light in a 5x5 space id be in love!

 

[Lucky Luke]

Question. Those pulling 2 elbows a light I'm guessing your using more than one light and taking advantage of the over lap?
Or is that 2 elbows and using one light only? if so strain and method and veg period.?

I can pull a elbow pretty comfortable with a 600 (single) in a scrog but if I can double that id upgrade to a 1k.

 

[MichiganMedGrower]

Plantlightinghydroponics dot com has good Hortilux prices.

 

[full of purple]

Question. Those pulling 2 elbows a light I'm guessing your using more than one light and taking advantage of the over lap?
Or is that 2 elbows and using one light only? if so strain and method and veg period.?

I can pull a elbow pretty comfortable with a 600 (single) in a scrog but if I can double that id upgrade to a 1k.

Allways run multiple lights but the reason I get 2 pounds a light is not from light overlap
It's from having a full canopy cutting off all lower growth that I use to make clones anyways

 

[full of purple]

Also a great environment but at the moment I don't use ac or co2 I'm sure I can get even more in a sealed co2 room using double ended bulbs

 

[Lucky Luke]

Allways run multiple lights but the reason I get 2 pounds a light is not from light overlap
It's from having a full canopy cutting off all lower growth that I use to make clones anyways

I get canopy etc, that's why I run a srog. So you have no light overlap?

 

[full of purple]

I do have light overlap
But I don't think it helps a whole lot
Reason why I say that is because first time I used my 1000w hps I got over 2 pounds with it

 

[full of purple]

That time I only had 1 1000w
There was 1 600w 3 feet away
In another area but I don't think it helped much at all

 

[full of purple]

Keep in mind I had a brand new reflector,new bulb and new ballast
I havnt changed bulbs in a year and still average 2 pounds a light
Not including popcorn or the keif made from bubblebags

 

[Greenthumbs256]

What brand of bulbs do you guys use? Is it worth the extra 50 bucks for top of the line

 

[Lucky Luke]

I do have light overlap
But I don't think it helps a whole lot
Reason why I say that is because first time I used my 1000w hps I got over 2 pounds with it

That time I only had 1 1000w
There was 1 600w 3 feet away
In another area but I don't think it helped much at all

I don't mean to come across as a prick but that's over lap.
Why I was asking is because i have a set space (4 x 4) with One 600. I can get a pound from it. If I had the space for two 600s then id get two pounds plus say and extra 1/2 pound from overlap. so 2/12 pounds pretty comfortably. so a pound and a 1/4 per light maybe a pound and a 1/2..
But I dont have the space. if I could swap out one 600w and replace it with one 1000 w (no mover, no co2 and no ac) and double my yield I would. Hence my Q.

 

[full of purple]

I don't mean to come across as a prick but that's over lap.
Why I was asking is because i have a set space (4 x 4) with One 600. I can get a pound from it. If I had the space for two 600s then id get two pounds plus say and extra 1/2 pound from overlap. so 2/12 pounds pretty comfortably. so a pound and a 1/4 per light maybe a pound and a 1/2..
But I dont have the space. if I could swap out one 600w and replace it with one 1000 w (no mover, no co2 and no ac) and double my yield I would. Hence my Q.

For your 4x4 if you can keep temps around 80-85 max
I would say 750w-1000w would be killer