curious618
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So....are blurples good for anything?
First time grower, do I have enough light?
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Bushbaby11
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Scrap the led mate, you've got air con and fans, go down MH/HPS route, i use a 600w for my 1m square tent but have a digital ballast so turn it down to 360W until they ar3 big enough to deal with higher light output and the heat that comes with it and i pull 10oZ a plant in DWC
I'm sure they'd be fine for starting vegetable seeds indoors and getting them to the point they can be transplanted outdoors after a couple to few weeks.
curious618
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Will my charcoal inline fan and two regular desk fans be enough to cool down the HPS?
New_dudetoo
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Thanks for the advice. I just bit the bullet and ordered an HID. Impatiently awaiting the Tuesday arrival! Think I’m just going to just my blurples for seedlings now
Gentlemencorpse
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Actually, I tried that and they were awful. The plants under my T5s and T12s did much better.
It's a situation that I would never have found myself in, but it's definitely good to know nonetheless.
Bushbaby11
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Probably not mate, get a dimmible ballast and Aircon
curious618
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The one I’m looking has a dimmable ballast. Don’t have AC though. Can’t spring for it right now
Bushbaby11
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Yeah man, i got a led on right now lol but hps will be going back on tomorrow and adding my aircon in
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Bushbaby11
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Could just buy a 250w or a 400w for now? Until you can afford a 600w/1000w
curious618
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Here’s the light I’m looking at. 600W with dimmable ballast and cool tube.
Yield Lab 600W HPS+MH Air Cool Tube Reflector Digital Grow Light Kit https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FICG7QQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_H7fUEb5PP9JVT
curious618
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And it’s the same price as my blurple. So I guess the question is could I keep the HPS cool enough for it to be more effective than the blurple?
Gentlemencorpse
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When I first started growing again a few years back I got suckered into trying a blurple light. It lasted one grow I think before I decided I missed HID and bought a 315CMH. I didn't want the blurples to sit around so I tried to out them to work. Now they just sit around.
Same thing. Much better under my cruddy t5 than my cruddy blurple.
curious618
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Ok. I found a 400W HPS w/ a dimmable ballast. Could run it at 250 though veg then crank to 400 for flower.
Bushbaby11
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Bang on mate, depending on temps etc, i personally would out 600w MINIMUM in there but that's just me and my experience lol
