Please Help Will this Light Fixture Work???

[dodotheclown]

Someone gave me this fixture. I believe it is a 400Watt MH. Will this work for the vegetative stage for my plants.???
I am a novice grower and not ready to invest a lot of money into my hobby just yet.

Thank you for your response

 

[JiggyPop]

You can make that bulb work vegatative and flower if you want. You just need the right bulb.

 

[BuddhaGrows]

Yeah, It should do fine

 

[missnu]

Well says it is a Metal Halide with 400w...so it should work awesome for your plants...and this is little known but you can even flower under that light, while it is not "ideal" it won't decrease your yield or any such thing...

 

[missnu]

Looks weird though...but kudos on a free 400w ...Wish I had friends like that...

 

[JiggyPop]

Looks weird though...but kudos on a free 400w ...Wish I had friends like that...

It does look weird, but good for you dude.

 

[Hugo Phurst]

I'd say...yes.
You might want to add a few 2700K CFL's to add to your light spectrum.

 

[missnu]

I'd say...yes.
You might want to add a few 2700K CFL's to add to your light spectrum.

No reason to do that...I can veg numerous plants under a 400w, and flower at least 3 large plants...

 

[RetiredMatthebrute]

I'd say...yes.
You might want to add a few 2700K CFL's to add to your light spectrum.

I agree, add a few "soft white" CFL's in there to mix up the spectrum a little bit, your plants will thank you for it when they are flowering.

that light will work throughout the whole grow though without adding anything.

 

[BuddhaGrows]

It looks that way because its an Industrial HID, Like what they use to light Home Depot's Garden center and tons of other stuff lol

 

[Moz.]

Someone gave me this fixture. I believe it is a 400Watt MH. Will this work for the vegetative stage for my plants.???
I am a novice grower and not ready to invest a lot of money into my hobby just yet.

Thank you for your response

Yeah you can definitely use that fixture to veg your plants. You could even flower with that fixture if you pick up an HPS Conversion Bulb.

 

[kizphilly]

yeah as long as u have the right bulb u should be good