pattykakes
Active Member
take it easy dudes... we don't need to turn another thread into a bashing session... weed = peace
This is my experience: with my 600 watt I grew 2 LAs, 2 Sour Diesel, and a Pineapple Express, they grew into beautiful 16" plants after a 3 week veg. they went into flower. As alot of you say I observed they didn't stretch as much and the internodal growth was very thick and tight, but after a couple weeks in they started stalling out on me they just weren't responding to the same amount of light, then I remembered something Ed Rosenthal said about needing 3x more lumens in flower over what you use in veg, I added more lights and the problem was solved.
Yes you can veg with it, but I'd advice you not to because a HPS puts out alot of lumens in the red spectrum and doesn't promote tight internodal veg.
This is my experience: with my 600 watt I grew 2 LAs, 2 Sour Diesel, and a Pineapple Express, they grew into beautiful 16" plants after a 3 week veg. they went into flower. As alot of you say I observed they didn't stretch as much and the internodal growth was very thick and tight,
I'm not posting to this thread anymore after this. I SAID DOESN'T PROMOTE..............LIKE A MH OR FLOS. I never said it won't promote. If we spend more time on these forums talking and explaining our philosophies instead of trying show up people with harsh comments the shit would be legalized by now, I've been posting on the web on different sites as well and I never blasted anybodies grow style I only advise what I feel is best, you don't agree post your advice and keep it moving. My grandmother was half Cherokee and my Gpaw was a sharecropping Geechy from the south, been around gardens my whole life the shit is truly in my blood, my friends hate when I tell other people how to grow but I can't help it I do it for the love.
If I offended anybody with anything I've posted I'm sorry,
symbiote420
So I'm a little confused... youguys think that if I usewd my hps from seed till now (3 1/2 weeks into flower) the buds won't be tight and full as if I used two or three times the lumens than in veg? I'm very curious about what everyone thinks on this...
is that querckle in your avatar. I want to get my hands on that querckle from tga
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not sure just something I thought was beautiful!
So when you veg with hps do you triple or double your lumens during flowering...?...
actually you dont save electricity overall and imo you actually lose money from wasted time. you will have to veg for more days under 18/6 to get the same results vs vegging under 24/0. you save more electricity per day. but overall is about the same.24/0 is fine,but some like to give their plants some dark time during veg.plus you use less electricity.
yes, i wouldIm a new grower... i have a 600HPS light... should i veg+flower with it??