another question...so i know that the light used has a lot to determine the yield from each plant...for those of you who are using or have used a 400w MH...what are your typical yields?

i get 15 under mine. with a 100 for side lighting how did that light work out for ya. its a year later right? any pics?

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Totally fine.But remember.Basically a good grow is a gram a watt and a okay grow .5 gram a watt.I used a 400 watt hps for my first two grows and now i use a 400 & 600 hps so i can get a 2lb yield in 90 days .Before i got 9 oz of frosty buds and now it is 2lbs. You will eventually like the extra bud and switch.Also the buds are much more dense .But i do miss the fact that a 400 watt hps is much cooler .Anyway good luck with your grow.

hps or mh really is no matter but again after 90 days of looking after the plants i find getting 8-9 oz not worth it .Add a 600 hps or mh with your 400 and you will get 2.5 times the buds.I was happy with a 400 don't get me wrong but many graduate up too a 1000 or like me go with a 600 & 400.It all depends on what you want to invest in the buds.I put down $1000 and went with Lumatek digital ballasts .Cooler and totally silent and kick out 30% more light then a noisy hot magnetic ballast.The $1000 included everything for the whole grow including top shelf seed strains but if you look around you could get away with $850.Cropping out 8 oz and cropping out just over 2 lbs is a big difference .Worth the $$$ in the long run.All my buddies started with a 400 then 1000 and now run 2-3 1000 watt hps start too finish.God luck with your grow.

hey im goin organic for my first to i like the gardaning and i dont have the doe for hydro or the expertise i got a 400w mh and im gunna get sum organic soil and nutes im doin real good so far n the light gives me sunshine all year round so no sunshine blues on the cold winter nights

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