Getting new 1000 watt MH light ...bulb help needed please!

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Lacy

Lacy

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I'm finally getting my new light tomorrow morning.

I'm getting a 1000 watt ballast.

A 3 foot parabolic reflector (moving track later)

The guy said that I can use a warm bulb and do both vegging and flowering. I researched this and I am assuming he is talking about a sunmaster which are about $100 each. They have both the blues and the reds in them.

I am going to be flowering in another month or so and don't want to pay a fortune on just bulbs BUT I do want a really good crop.

What are all of you guys using?

Should I purchase this sunmaster for the veg cycle and then get a more appropriate one for flowering?
(this is what i am presently considering):roll:

I really want an impressive indoor grow this year.

I will even take pics of my light for you all tomorrow.

Promise!!!!!!!!!!!!!:blsmoke::peace:
 
funnyguy

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Well im am no expert by any means but I have a read a enough on this website to write a 5,000 page book on how to grow :) I think you should go with MH for veg and switch back to HPS for flower. JUST my 2 cents
 
Lacy

Lacy

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Yes i relaize that is best to but i don't have a switchable ballast otherwise you need to separate light systems and I only have a MH ballast system.

I chose the MH over the hps ballast only because I will be vegging for longing than I will be flowering whereas most people here don't.

Thats is why many have an hps ballast.

To have a switchable ballast is a LOT of money but an awesome idea. I just wish i could afford one.:-|

thanks anyway funnyguy.
funnyguy said:
Well im am no expert by any means but I have a read a enough on this website to write a 5,000 page book on how to grow :) I think you should go with MH for veg and switch back to HPS for flower. JUST my 2 cents
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Lacy

Lacy

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Yes this is the idea I am looking for. I have seen all kinds of different types of bulbs but want to know how well they work for those who are using them.

This is a lot like the sunmaster warm bulb but probably a better bulb. Have you tried it for both vegging and flowering
Inneedofbuds said:
have you considered the hortilux blue? Its get a really nice full spectrum with a good amount of red light for flowering.
EYE Hortilux BLUE
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Lacy

Lacy

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right. right. I've read recently that a good mixture of the blues and reds is better for flowering than the usual red blends. That is why they are coming out with combination ballasts that run both MH/hps at the same time.

I would love to be able to afford one of those but when you add the cost of the bulbs and the ballast, its a lot.

Thanks
Inneedofbuds said:
thats why i recommended a MH bulb, some people argue you lose lumens when using conversion bulbs.
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Inneedofbuds

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Lacy said:
Yes this is the idea I am looking for. I have seen all kinds of different types of bulbs but want to know how well they work for those who are using them.

This is a lot like the sunmaster warm bulb but probably a better bulb. Have you tried it for both vegging and flowering
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No, i haven't used it. My cabinet is construction as we speak, but judging by the spectrum, you could easily add a couple warm cfl's or even t-5's and I think you would have a real nice red/blue coverage. I generally prefer hortilux bulbs, not that there other aren't good ones out there, i just know for a fact hortilux is going to be quality, and relatively true to the spectrum they post. Some sites post spectrums that are clearly exaggerated. Hortilux is of course more expensive though.
 
GoodFriend

GoodFriend

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friend, my buddy here in town has been doing the Warm MH bulbs for his full grows for a couple years

i've smoked the end result

get a warm mh... it'll do you great my friend =]

the plants veg great under one of them puppies too...
 
Lacy

Lacy

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I don't have a grow room finished yet either. that si why I have waited so long to get this. I presently have 8 fluorescents and 100 MH lamp going but until we get the basement rewired I can't have everything going nor do i think i will need to right away.

I have been reading my inddor gardening book by george van Pattern and he says that even the plants outdoor don't use the full spectrum of sunlight the most important colours being blue in the 445 nm range and 650 nm in the red range for maximum chlorophyll production and photosynthetic production.

I also wondered why he would recommend this type of bulb and its because they only carry sunmaster in warm, cool and neutral. I'm so untrusting:confused:

I think i will buy the warm sunmaster for now and take it from there and that is what this guy said. He said it is a good place to start.

Thanks for your help :mrgreen::blsmoke::peace:
Inneedofbuds said:
No, i haven't used it. My cabinet is construction as we speak, but judging by the spectrum, you could easily add a couple warm cfl's or even t-5's and I think you would have a real nice red/blue coverage. I generally prefer hortilux bulbs, not that there other aren't good ones out there, i just know for a fact hortilux is going to be quality, and relatively true to the spectrum they post. Some sites post spectrums that are clearly exaggerated. Hortilux is of course more expensive though.
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Lacy

Lacy

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Um. Let me think about it. :roll:
no! lets not. :mrgreen: j/k

The info you were giving me about the conversion bulb is great if I had a hps ballast but I don't. Its a MH ballast.

:blsmoke::peace:
funnyguy said:
Ok well lets start over what do you have right now?
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