Things to Know About Lighting

pppfemguy

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MH light is Blue, HPS light is RED.

Red is better for Flowering, and Blue is better for vegging.

Many do use MH for both, or HPS for Both.

HPS in flower will create denser, fatter buds....
really ive never heard of ppl using mh for both vegging and flowering huh news to me
 

Oneton

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same size as mine bro
iused hps 400w right through with good results,
this time i have a mh as well, lookin forward to see thie results.
 

Oneton

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and your floro no not good,
but you can use it to add extra light lower in the room, should help the lower buds a bit
 

jimbobjim

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yeah dont really wanna use hps for veg, i dont really think its necessary got an hps for flowering though, gonna built a seperate room for that soon.
 

jimmyspaz

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Certainly you can use MH for the entire grow. When I was first setting up my grow room I flowered out a couple of crops under one 400watt MH, I found that, as has already been said,the buds were a little looser and smaller than I now get unde 1000 watts HPS's. If yu can only have one HID lamp in a small area I would go with either a 400 or 600 watt MH. If,in the future you expand,it will be good for your veg room, after all. Good luck!
 

richiejacob090

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ok ive got this plant that is ooo ide say 1'1"-1'2". and i was wondering when will it start to flower, so i can tell the sex of the plant? its an inside plant just sittin in my window growing perfectly i was just curious....
 

ganjagoddess

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what do u think of blue and red leds.
TRASH, LEDS ARE TRASH!!!

ok ive got this plant that is ooo ide say 1'1"-1'2". and i was wondering when will it start to flower, so i can tell the sex of the plant? its an inside plant just sittin in my window growing perfectly i was just curious....
It may start to autoflower when it gets to be about a month old maybe a month and half, but seeing as it is in the windowseal it will be going by the sun natural shift to 12/12 lighting which depending on where you are in the world is happening rather soon.
 

pppfemguy

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I don't think about them at all. Buy real HID lamps, LEDs are not yet able to do the job, more development may change this,stay tuned.
yea this guy is rite led's are no good as of now but i think in the near future they will be the same or better then HID.......................p.s. dude george rush st pierre is the shit
 

rickblaine

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I'm working on my first grow -- a closet grow -- and am currently about five weeks into flowering. I'm using a 450 watt HPS bulb mounted under a reflector hood.

Last night, I noticed that several leaves on one of my plants were significantly burned (crispy and brown). I'd been trying to keep the tops of the plants close to the light because of the plants' height (they're about 3' tall and I've been concerned about light reaching the bottoms).

Would I be better off removing the reflector hood for the rest of this grow and letting the light bulb hang vertically in the middle of the three plants? And would that lower the temperature in the closet?
 

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jimmyspaz

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No and no. If anything the temps at the plants would rise. How far are you plants from the light? They should be about 12 to 18 inches away.
 

pppfemguy

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I'm working on my first grow -- a closet grow -- and am currently about five weeks into flowering. I'm using a 450 watt HPS bulb mounted under a reflector hood.

Last night, I noticed that several leaves on one of my plants were significantly burned (crispy and brown). I'd been trying to keep the tops of the plants close to the light because of the plants' height (they're about 3' tall and I've been concerned about light reaching the bottoms).

Would I be better off removing the reflector hood for the rest of this grow and letting the light bulb hang vertically in the middle of the three plants? And would that lower the temperature in the closet?
ur prolly burning ur plants with the light.........if ur concerned about light reaching the bottom go buy a few cfls and put em on the sides that actually helps with the side buds to develop
 

evanridesmx450

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you need a good light? go to any large construction site and steal a 400w mh wobble light. they are all over large site.
dont steel that shits not cool... i work construction... how would you feel if i ran into your house and stole all your lights? yea stfu
 

hotsandsbaby

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Im new to this and am probably asking this in the wrong place, but, can you help? I am wondering why my baby was growing great buds and then all of a sudden 1 day it started getting covered in seeds, seeds all over the thing now. Could it be because 2 nites it got an extra hour of light?? Thanks!
 

ChroniConnoisseur

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was there a male around, hotsands? if not, then its a hermie and you have a bunch of seeds to pick out, but you can still smoke the shit.

ps; stealing from construction sites is awesome...its working at em that sucks
 

pppfemguy

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what about the led ufo? i just bought 2 led ufo! does any one have any experince with the leds
as of right now dude them leds arent as good as the mh/hps lighting system but maybe in the near future they may come out with something close but i highly doubt it like i said mh/hps is the light/lights to have for growing
 
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