Lighting setup

mokuro · Jul 26, 2012

Hello guys, i'm new on homegrown, i would like some advice, i just bought a secret jardin stuff and now i'm going buy the lights
i'm thinking on:
600W 7000K MH for vegetative and 600W HPS Plantmax for bloom and flowers, for a 1x1 mt² is it enought? should i buy another lights? wich ones? led maybe? or only those 2 are enought for start?

thanks and sorry for my bad english

edit: 3 plants on that space with those lighting

mokuro · Jul 26, 2012

anyone?

mokuro · Jul 26, 2012

do i really need 2 different lightings? what about this one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Plantmax-Du...ultDomain_0&hash=item519b3644e7#ht_1434wt_848
it say it provide both MH and HPS, can i use it from seed to harvest ? or is best to have one for veg and one for bloom?

Nullis · Jul 26, 2012

The 600 watt HPS for bloom in that space is fine, but you don't need the same amount of light for vegging a few plants. You could veg under a 400 watt or even 250 watt bulb.

mokuro · Jul 26, 2012

Nullis said:
The 600 watt HPS for bloom in that space is fine, but you don't need the same amount of light for vegging a few plants. You could veg under a 400 watt or even 250 watt bulb.

Got it!
thanks for the answer
about this Duo Plantmax:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Plantmax-Du...ultDomain_0&hash=item519b3644e7#ht_1434wt_848
it says:
"Plantmax 1000 watt Dual Arc technology brings full spectrum to your plants to maximum yields in vegetative stages and flowering stages. Dual Arc Tube with MH 400 Watt & HPS 600 Watt in one lamp. This bulb operates on a 1000w High Pressure Sodium ballast. High Output 110,000 lumens with a Standard Mogul Base."

so only it alone is enought to full cicle of my plants, right? (or is a Bad idea to put HPS on vegging?)

also, is there much difference on a 600W to 1000W for only few plants? will them have much more flowers in Grams or only a waste of energy bill?

billybob420 · Jul 26, 2012

You don't need a 1000w in that space, it would be over kill and hard to cool depending on your setup.

You realize that's just a bulb right? You need a ballast as well. And it's 1000w so that's over kill.

mokuro · Jul 26, 2012

billybob420 said:
You don't need a 1000w in that space, it would be over kill and hard to cool depending on your setup.

You realize that's just a bulb right? You need a ballast as well. And it's 1000w so that's over kill.

I'll get a

Quantum 600w Ballast ,

hope it's good
thank you for the answer, i'll stay on 600W then for flowers and 400W for veggie, will not get 1000wats.

I still dont know what i'm doing for cool, i check this later, going buy the lamps first
thanks =]

billybob420 · Jul 26, 2012

Cool, good luck.

When it comes to fans for cooling you want to have more than less and get a speed controller to slow it down if you need to. To be honest I don't know how to convert measurements to metric very well, but you'd want around a 6 inch 400cfm fan. Speed controllers are only about $20.

mokuro · Jul 26, 2012

billybob420 said:
Cool, good luck.

When it comes to fans for cooling you want to have more than less and get a speed controller to slow it down if you need to. To be honest I don't know how to convert measurements to metric very well, but you'd want around a 6 inch 400cfm fan. Speed controllers are only about $20.

got it, i'll study a bit more for Fans and how to refresh the Air, when i got something i back here to get opnions
thanks =]

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