So currently i've been using a bunch of cfl's on my seedlings and a 400w hps on my vegetative and flowering plants and im planning on buying a new light to add to my grow room.
I was thinking on buying a mh because i hear that they are better on veg but ive also been considering a 1000w hps. im not sure what to go with, any suggestions?
I grew the same plant under 150w hps (2000k) and 60w fluoro tubes (4000k-5500k). The growth rate was similar in both during veg, hps obviously won during flowering. However the deal breaker was that my growth under the fluoro tubes (4000k-5500k) had so much more leafy/bushy growth and tighter node spacing. The hps was fine during veg except the plants node spacing was much larger and there was more stretched growth in general, not very many fan leaves either.
The more blue spectrum of the mh or fluoros during the vegetative stage is very much worth it for the more bushy and consequently more cola growth. Though if you went with the 1000w i doubt the spectrum would matter as the lumen output would just nullify everything.
on a side note how do you say/spell... colal, i want to use it in a sentence as "colal growth" sort of like if i were saying, "radial growth" or something. I guess I'm asking what's the adverb form of the word "cola"?
