4 times as much? That's not true a 315 cost between $100 and $400. Average for a real good one is around $250 and uses half the electricity as a HPS 600 with way less heat to cool down. It's also a way better grow light. Now u can pick up a 600 or 1000 dirt cheap used because everyone is switching to CMH and LED. For risen production a CMH can't be beat.
That 945w DE is going to put off some heat...equivalent to a 1000w DE.
315 2x4tent promix,ffof,perlite in 5 gallon pots
I start under fluorescent, after they have a few sets of leaves I will move them to the cmh keeping the light a good 3 feet for the first several days to a week. That is just my regimen.
Thanks for the reply
Have to agree with @ilovetoskiatalta (snowboarded their in the off season) the fluorescent light is my personal choice for veg or a led equiv to them. The 315 I've been told doesn't work as well when dimmed down. I've got one that can be dimmed and was advised when I was running it to not do so because it changed the spectrum the light puts out.
I did change the bulbs to 4000k horticulture bulbs though...just my .02LED shop lights work great for seedlings and veg, cheap and easy works for the full veg cycle.
24 hrs. of 5500k led works for me.
That's how it is where I live, LECs are very overpriced. Switching to full LEC (same wattage) is not an option in my foreseeable future. But maybe I'll replace one at a time.
Beautifully done!
