Anybody flower w/ Agrosun Gold MH??? Success??? Or waste of time? + Rep+

**Trailer Park Boy** · 05-30-2010, 03:22 AM

Hi, all. I'm interested in knowing if anyone out there has tried flowering w/ the Agrosun Gold MH bulbs, and what kind of success they have had...Yes, I know that the 'RULES' are to Veg. w/ MH and flower w/ HPS; but as the Agrosun Gold MH is a red-spectral MH bulb ( Hydrofarms claims):

AGROSUN Halides OUTPERFORM Common Sodiums in 4.5" Geranium Test* - 45% More Flowers Produced, 25% More Axillary Branching!

So they are claiming better performance in flowering than standard HPS- in a Geranium test? Geraniums are not weed, yes, HOWEVER I am wondering...

I have been searching all over the web (including here) and all I can find is a lot of yada yada about this bulb but nobody posting concrete results of their experiences flowering WEED w/ these bulbs... It just so happens I came across a 1000 watt Agrosun Gold bulb, and at this point in time I have been vegging w/ it 12 plants in my med grow. It's working great, for that...Now I have fixtures with HPS I can use for flowering, but I am considering using this Agrosun Gold MH for flowering as it provides UV (increased THC, the scientists say) that HPS does not...Also nice not to have to fuck w changing out the ballast and bulb, yes.

Just curious, before I venture to try out this little fucking experiment, Has ANYBODY out there??? Tried this already? Results???

I will be happy to give + rep for any reviews of this bulb being used for flowering!!!

Thanx in advance; J.D.

**Trailer Park Boy** · 05-30-2010, 11:34 AM

Anybody???

**ckckck** · 05-30-2010, 01:53 PM

stick with the hps mate me and my friend are growing the same nirvana ice we are both at 7 week flower im using 600w hps hes using 600w mh my buds are double some triple the size

**Trailer Park Boy** · 05-30-2010, 02:06 PM

But is he using an Agrosun Gold MH? - it is basically a MH conversion bulb that is supposed to put out more red spectrum than a standard hps. However, I have never had any issues flowering under Eye Hortilux super HPS. Always nice, tight dense buds w/ the Hortilux Super HPS. I notice the Agrosun Gold seems a lot hotter than a HPS- It seems to kick off a lot more hot yellow light than an HPS does, which visually has a lot more of a red look to the light compared to this Agrosun. I am growing in a sealed 8x10 room w/ CO2, and heat is always an issue as the AC sucks power...Power=$$$. I am thinking about going w/ my traditional Eye Hortilux HPS setup for flowering again perhaps just because of this issue- I usually veg. w/ one 1000 watt MH and then switch over to two 1000 watt HPS's for flowering in this room...

**doublejj** · 05-30-2010, 04:19 PM

They are the only bulbs I use, veg & flower.

These were grown under 3 1000w AgroSun Gold bulbs.
You can see the entire grow here: 3000w trees!

Peace
doublejj

**Trailer Park Boy** · 05-30-2010, 09:40 PM

Dude, those look really nice! +1 for you.

**Werry420** · 05-30-2010, 09:56 PM

doublejj those do look nice for MH man props on that bro........ i have used a MH for flower and an HPS for flower (did this for a comparision) with the same strain and kept them the same size, same number of plants and were both 400Watt, and had way better luck with the HPS my dry yeild for the MH was 37.7 Grams and my dry yeild with the HPS was 77.6grams so i would say use an HPS in my opinion

**Trailer Park Boy** · 05-31-2010, 12:11 PM

Originally Posted by Werry420

i have used a MH for flower and an HPS for flower (did this for a comparision) with the same strain and kept them the same size, same number of plants and were both 400Watt, and had way better luck with the HPS my dry yeild for the MH was 37.7 Grams and my dry yeild with the HPS was 77.6grams so i would say use an HPS in my opinion

But was the MH an Agrosun Gold? Agrosun Gold (like I pointed out earlier) is not a standard MH, it is a conversion type bulb...From what Agrosun says it produces better tomato and geranium yields than standard HPS- however, I dont believe Agrosun has tested it out on WEED. That's why I am looking for test results of this specific bulb w/ weed.

**Pipe Dream** · 05-31-2010, 12:29 PM

Nice shots JJ. I am currently using a Agrosun gold and an HPS in my flowering room.

**doublejj** · 05-31-2010, 03:52 PM

AgroSun Gold bulbs are all I've used for about the last 5 years. Excellent producer. These average 8oz per, in organic soil. Did you read the 3000w tree grow I posted above? I wouldn't use anything else.

Peace
doublejj