Thanks Hyroot, appreciate that, being my first time with cmh idk if its the power of the 900 version (860 watt bulbs 900 total with ballast i think) or what but I'm seeing no difference in terms of anything negative going on by making the switch from 1000 watt hps! Very healthy and more branching like you said, which can only turn into more bud sites I would assume. I'm also using 7 gal fabric pots which should help with yield as well, they drink 3 gal of water every 3 days so they have plenty of root action going on.This is so making me want to go back to cmh. I'm torn between that and led.... Everything looks healthy , lots of nodes and branches. just awesome
good work
The bud growth "so far" fingers crossed is very similar pretty far down , about 2 & 1/2ft of cola length. I always loli pop just to be sure I get nice tops but with these lights who knows if you even need to lol. Im pleased so far, and the white russian mother under the 1000watt hps in the middle is not as happy or green as every other plant....could be something off with the nutes being as I never flowered a mother plant before. I didnt have problems flowering this strain before under hps so its prob safe to say its my fault. But with that said all the plants are on the same feeding regiment and very happy under the cmhlooking good. Those 860's really gets to the lower growth really well. Those have such high Par ratings....
Thanks Hyroot, and yes i should've used my girls canon for the close ups as she has a macro lens, i will next time! As far as heat they are prob equal to a 600 hps, because they are much cooler than my 1000 watt hps thats for sure. i bet these would be an absolute killlller in bare vert, if i didn't already have the investment in the og hoods i wouldve def tried them bare.Fargin beautiful. The colas in pic 2 are nutz...
My camera sucks at close ups too. Its hard to capture the trichomes in my pics.
do the 860's / 900's put alot of heat? More or less or same as a 600 hps?
I wonder if they are too hot for vert bare bulb
Thanks Positivity! they are almost too big at around 4ft from soil lol, but i vegged them for 7 weeks so thats my own fault.Omg...wish I could afford to run that light. That is what I consider awesome growth. Those cmh rock!