Yeah - looks killer!

Does anyone have experience with Plantmax HPS bulbs? There's already a thread about them on RIU but it doesn't have any good info and I since I'm building the stinkbud system, I figured some of the guys with more experience could chime in. Are the hortilux bulbs worth the extra money? Any info would be appreciated. Thanks.

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Prop 215 - Yeah Baby!

The hortilux blue MH bulbs have essentially the same spectrum and output as the phillips mastercolor bulbs, but the philips bulbs are half the price. Another difference is that the phillips bulbs run on a conventional HPS ballast, whereas the hortilux blue bulbs run on MH ballasts. If you have to buy everything new for either scenario, they are a wash as the HPS ballasts cost more than the MH ballasts, erasing the cost advantange of the phillips bulbs.

Can't give you advice about the plantmax bulbs as I have no experience, but there is little difference in HPS spectrums unless it is a dual-arc lamp we're talking about.

IMHO the standard Hortilux HPS bulbs are worth the extra $30 over a standard Phillips, etc. They seem to stay brighter longer. Having said that, I often go with the cheaper bulbs because... well, because they are cheaper! The Hortilux bulbs have been proven in real world tests to put out more lumens than other bulbs in their class. I can't speak of their claims concerning spectrum. I currently have 2 Hortilux HPS bulbs and one Phillips HPS bulb, all with the same ballast and reflector - and the Hortilux bulb visibly seems to put out more blue light - but that is just a casual observation.

If you are shopping ballasts, consider the new digital models that run both MH and HPS bulbs. If you do want to use both bulbs during your grow cycle, go with 400 or 1000 watt ballasts as there are few (if any?) true 600 watt MH bulbs (the 600 watt conversion bulbs deliver 400 watt performance).

Thanks Bro!

I did that on ebb/flow.. hydroton pots...

But I am dying to see one of you guy's Stink Buds...

Can anyone of you please post a bud grown in your systems?

Thanks!

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get the stinkbud aero .......cloner.......veg........and 3 flowering units and add co2 and u will yield with good genetics over a gram per watt
with "good" genetics i yielded 1.4 grams per watt last grow..........which im still amazed at

Me.. no thanks...

I just want to see one of your guy's buds...

I do ebb/flow and have gotten 1/w from the first day... with bagseed...

And my personal best was a batch of 48x 20g lollipops... 1.8g/w....

I'm not switching... ebb/flow is a lot easier to clean... and I'm lazy... and I have only grown for the last 6 months or so...

But I really really really want to see a bud grown in the system...

So I will ask again...

Does anyone here have a picture of a decent clone from a stinkbud system to show me... pretty please....

Here's another Gypsy bud... you know... incentive for someone to post a pic of theirs?!?!?!

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Even though imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, at least they should at least give credit where due, and have the courtesy to call it the Stink Bud system.
I believe Mr Stinkbud's intention is for his concepts to be a gift, so there is something quite unsavory about this. Just my opinion.

But then again, there are always some numb-nuts, no matter what......

Check it out:

http://www.hhydro.com/cgi-bin/hhydro/HH00630.html

http://www.hhydro.com/cgi-bin/hhydro/HH01176.html

http://www.hhydro.com/cgi-bin/hhydro/HH01177.html

Darn... I went hot to see some Stink Buds...

No Joy...

You guys do actually grow pot around here right????

Please don't take offense... that was a joke... I know there's real sharp growers here...

Don't fry me.. just show me a bud.. please...

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