vtguitar88
Well-Known Member
hello friends,
I have a question about HID lights. I've got an HPS ballast system (HTG supply -they're the shit!!) with a nice HPS bulb and a MH conversion bulb. The MH conversion bulb emits 38,000 lumens of 6400k light, and the HPS puts out 55,000 lumens of 2700k. I know the MH spectrum is preferable for veg, and the HPS is better for flower. My question is this though: I have a whole bunch of 6500k 30 watt CFL's, and I can easily hang them around my vegetating plants in the grow room, along with the HID light. So, am I better off with the 38,000 lumens of pure metal halide light for vegging, or 55,000 lumens of red spectrum HPS with say 240 watts of Daylight CFL's as supplemental lighting? Even with all those CFL's, I'd still have more intense light in the red end of the spectrum, but it'd be so much more light that I feel the plants might even grow faster that way than with the dimmer metal halide. Any thoughts, experience or wisdom greatly appreciated.
Happy puffin/
I have a question about HID lights. I've got an HPS ballast system (HTG supply -they're the shit!!) with a nice HPS bulb and a MH conversion bulb. The MH conversion bulb emits 38,000 lumens of 6400k light, and the HPS puts out 55,000 lumens of 2700k. I know the MH spectrum is preferable for veg, and the HPS is better for flower. My question is this though: I have a whole bunch of 6500k 30 watt CFL's, and I can easily hang them around my vegetating plants in the grow room, along with the HID light. So, am I better off with the 38,000 lumens of pure metal halide light for vegging, or 55,000 lumens of red spectrum HPS with say 240 watts of Daylight CFL's as supplemental lighting? Even with all those CFL's, I'd still have more intense light in the red end of the spectrum, but it'd be so much more light that I feel the plants might even grow faster that way than with the dimmer metal halide. Any thoughts, experience or wisdom greatly appreciated.
Happy puffin/