HPS & MH Good Question
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Dutchbuster
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Mh during flowering will produce shorter, bushier plants while using a HPS will initiate stretching that plants go through in their natural cycle as the days become shorter and the sun is red
mellokitty
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i just took some good photos that show the difference.... we didn't partition off or anything, but the bigger plant was closest to an MH all its veg-life, and the smaller one was closest to an HPS:
the mh girl:
the hps girl:
note: we moved them to the same spot in the room to take the pics with, as you can see the mh girl is still standing just fine, where the hps girl is doing a bit of a lean because of the jostling when we moved her.
the mh girl:
the hps girl:
note: we moved them to the same spot in the room to take the pics with, as you can see the mh girl is still standing just fine, where the hps girl is doing a bit of a lean because of the jostling when we moved her.
mellokitty
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our conclusion was to save our hps for flower; we've already switched it out for an mh.
Milovan
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Wow that is interesting, so obviously just MH alone is better for vegging. Was the same strain used in the comparison btw the MH and HPS?i just took some good photos that show the difference.... we didn't partition off or anything, but the bigger plant was closest to an MH all its veg-life, and the smaller one was closest to an HPS:
the mh girl:
the hps girl:
note: we moved them to the same spot in the room to take the pics with, as you can see the mh girl is still standing just fine, where the hps girl is doing a bit of a lean because of the jostling when we moved her.
Thank you you everybody for your helpful insight and advise!
mellokitty
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yes. same strain, clones off the same mom (actually they all are).
mellokitty
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for vegging, right now we have 3 t5's and 2 kw mh's and the t5's even did better than the hps for veg. although i'd probably never flower under only t5's, they're rockin it for veg also.
Dutchbuster
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the MH looks ways beefier
mellokitty
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definitely.
they're doing better since we switched out the hps, but i can still tell which 6 were closest to it compared to the others. i can't be an accident that my favourite 2 plants spend most of their time in the farthest corner from it.
although we're still all about the hps for bloomtime.
they're doing better since we switched out the hps, but i can still tell which 6 were closest to it compared to the others. i can't be an accident that my favourite 2 plants spend most of their time in the farthest corner from it.
although we're still all about the hps for bloomtime.
mellokitty
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personally, if you're working with 2 ballasts, i'd get one of each.
the mh kicks ass at veg, but the hps is really where it's AT for flowering (or a combo of the 2), which i think is the more important stage between the 2.
(hortilux makes a good mh, and i think the hps we're running right now is by phillips? sunmaster makes a solid one too.)
alternately, you could get a dual arc bulb(both spectrums), but that can be $$$.... ushio makes an awesome one but it retails for like $180.
the mh kicks ass at veg, but the hps is really where it's AT for flowering (or a combo of the 2), which i think is the more important stage between the 2.
(hortilux makes a good mh, and i think the hps we're running right now is by phillips? sunmaster makes a solid one too.)
alternately, you could get a dual arc bulb(both spectrums), but that can be $$$.... ushio makes an awesome one but it retails for like $180.
Dutchbuster
Member
imo the mh hps combo is great
Milovan
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The 2 ballasts I have can be used for both HPS and MH.
It looks like MH only for Veg and a combo of HPS & MH are best for triggering flowering and building more trichs.
Can all of us agree on these two methods? Plmk and thank you very much for your help and advise. : )