HPS or MH?? for LR#2

Nebuchadnezzar

Nebuchadnezzar

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I am planting a new crop of 6 Lowryder #2's and was wondering, because they are auto flowering, which would be more beneficial for fat compact plants, a HPS which I know is good for flowering, or a MH for superior vegetative growth.

Any advise??:confused:
 
Well lowlife seeds do autoflowering strains too and they recomend using a 400w hps all the way through if your going to use just one light. Kinda makes sense when they have such a short veg period, most of its life will be in flower so why not have the best light for flowering

A 400w hps would be perfect for 6 lr in my opinion but if your going to do more grows in the future and perhaps grow more plants at a time id maybe go with a 600w hps as i wish i had done now
 
Get a switchable digital ballast.A nice 600 watt digi switchable can be bought online new for $119 or a 400 digital switcahble for $99 and then you just add the correct bulb for each time schedule
 
My LR2s are finishing as I write this. Because the plant does not require 12/12 light cycle to flower, I kept it in my veg box under a 400 watt Agrosun Gold MH.
 
The mh will keep them shorter and bushier but you want the red of the hps to get bigger yields and tighter buds
 
Johnnyorganic said:
My LR2s are finishing as I write this. Because the plant does not require 12/12 light cycle to flower, I kept it in my veg box under a 400 watt Agrosun Gold MH.
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Awesome man, good luck with those bad sisters. With the MH did they bud decently? I'm just worried that with HPS they might get a lil streched. Thanks for the advise man, write back. Peace

P.S. any pics of the babies?
 
I will be keeping them under CFL's for the first couple weeks. What if I put them under MH for a couple of weeks and maybe HPS for the last 4-5weeks??
 
Nebuchadnezzar said:
Awesome man, good luck with those bad sisters. With the MH did they bud decently? I'm just worried that with HPS they might get a lil streched. Thanks for the advise man, write back. Peace

P.S. any pics of the babies?
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LR2 produced a decent yeild. Not spectacular, but good enough. I harvested one yesterday with milky trichs because I want to try the rushy high. The remaining three will be harvested when I start seeing amber trichs.

I lost my camera, but I took a Polaroid and scanned it.

2008-3-31LR2.jpg


Of the 10 seeds four were male and two went hermie. I was left with four females. The photo above shows the three ladies I have not harvested in 1 gallon buckets. This is day 55.
 
Nice picture, those babies look nice. That was under MH, correct? I think I'll try MH first and then HPS and journal them both for all LR#2 enthusiast to learn and cherish. lol.
 
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