This Is All New 2 Me...help

BIGMIKE13

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hello everyone,about my new indoor room.4x4x8 framed with celotex,vented through ceiling with swirl fan in attic and 2 fresh air intakes on bottom.question?....400hps for lighting,can i add blue light with my 48" halos on each side of the hps 4 better lighting during veg.if so,what lights are best....thanks!!:blsmoke:
 

northerntights

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Your best bet for adding blue light is 2 to 4 CFL's, however another good method is to take some traditional fluorescent fixtures, single bulb 24" or 18", and place them around the grow room about 2' apart on the walls. Use actinic blue bulbs, you can get them from an aquarium supply store, and switch them on! These were great at preventing my first crop from stretching under my 400w hps and the bulbs last a long time while every watt used is producing usable light for the plants, and only usable light. They look like blue neon they are so blue. Each bulb is about 20 watts so there is an increase in your electric bill but light gets to the lower branches and the blue light is so effective it prevents stretching while creating dense compact growth. I know it's an odd way of doing things but that way the spectrum of your grow room will be a huge spike in the blue and red, the best spectrum for plant growth, hell your space may look purple! Third option, get a metal halide conversion bulb, makes a lot more heat, costs a good bit (but less then the fluorescence, I think) and puts out less light. But in my opinion, you want a bumper crop, go with the fluorescence, they gave me gold from bag seed.
 

vervejunkie

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if you are growing 1 - 10 plants, I would say a 400w HPS is enough to give you a solid harvest. By bending and tying the plants, you can expose the underbrush and grow more bud-sites.
 

BIGMIKE13

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im growing 10 northernlights and 10 papaya minus a mother of each. i thouht about using the 48" flours lengthwise,one on each wall with the during veg hoping 4 SOG by flower time...........thanks guys for the info.....do you know if they make that actinic light in 48"???????
 

northerntights

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yep they do, using lengthwise, good idea. You may have to get it online though, few stores stock that size in a pure actinic bulb, just google "zoomed actinic 48" Sorry I didn't respond earlier.
 

babygro

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Your best bet for adding blue light is 2 to 4 CFL's, however another good method is to take some traditional fluorescent fixtures, single bulb 24" or 18", and place them around the grow room about 2' apart on the walls. Use actinic blue bulbs, you can get them from an aquarium supply store, and switch them on! These were great at preventing my first crop from stretching under my 400w hps and the bulbs last a long time while every watt used is producing usable light for the plants, and only usable light. They look like blue neon they are so blue. Each bulb is about 20 watts so there is an increase in your electric bill but light gets to the lower branches and the blue light is so effective it prevents stretching while creating dense compact growth. I know it's an odd way of doing things but that way the spectrum of your grow room will be a huge spike in the blue and red, the best spectrum for plant growth, hell your space may look purple! Third option, get a metal halide conversion bulb, makes a lot more heat, costs a good bit (but less then the fluorescence, I think) and puts out less light. But in my opinion, you want a bumper crop, go with the fluorescence, they gave me gold from bag seed.
Good advice northerntights +rep
 

VictorVIcious

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The four footers are available at Menards etc. Some suggest mixing bulbs. Looks a little wierd but it works.
 
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