Scrap the metal halide?
- Thread starter Banana444
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racerboy71
bud bootlegger
i agree w daggy, mh's are great for veg, they tend to have tighter nodes then hps', but man, you should run both of them during flowering if you can, you'll thank me later..
Banana444
Well-Known Member
Thanks, I guess I will keep it on, its a brand new bulb, I only used it for a week when I first got it on my last grow, before switching to flowering. I didnt add, I have a 600w 95000 lumen digital bulb that I am going to add when the plants fill out more, along with either the 400w hps or metal halide, but you think I should keep the metal halide the whole run? I will add I have a couple of autos in the tent. Its a 5x5x7 with 4 15gal pots and 7 5 gal buckets soil grow.
racerboy71
bud bootlegger
yes, although i've never done it myself, i've read numerous times that plants that receive both mh and hps light are usually the ones that do the best out of entire grows.... like i've read where they have an hps covering x plants, and and mh plants covering y plants, but the plants that fell more in the middle, the x and y plants, all did the best.. i'm dying to run a test myself, but as of now, don't have the room to do so.. mh's have more uv light that hps lack, and hps tend to have more red light, which is better for flowering, so the combo of both is great for plants from all i've read..
BeastGrow
Well-Known Member
I wouldn't mix spectrum for flower. The loss of red spectrum and lumens wouldn't be worth the UV IMO.
kmog33
Well-Known Member
I need to get a dual bulb hood so i can run mine together, totally forgot they made them til this comment. Thanks rb
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