Lighting Facts

[manyBudZ4$]

my question is i have a 1000w hps/mh and i stuffed 30 plants under it last time around. they grew pretty good but i waited to long to flower and they kinda got to tall for my room forcing me to tie them over. Any way i think i utilized a 6'x5' footprint. Is this pushing the envolope? should down size the garden, less plants? would this be more efficient and yeild more in a general perspective( not focusing on style or nutes etc. when growing)?

[Widow Maker]

The more room a plant has the bigger it will grow. It can receive more light and air.

Originally Posted by manyBudZ4$

my question is i have a 100w hps/mh and i stuffed 30 plants under it last time around. they grew pretty good but i waited to long to flower and they kinda got to tall for my room forcing me to tie them over. Any way i think i utilized a 6'x5' footprint. Is this pushing the envolope? should down size the garden, less plants? would this be more efficient and yeild more in a general perspective( not focusing on style or nutes etc. when growing)?

Yup, you probably had a forest so dense light could not penetrate. Either force flower sooner or go to less plants. If you are doing sog use clones and just force flower as soon as they root in.

[manyBudZ4$]

Originally Posted by rebel dawg

Yup, you probably had a forest so dense light could not penetrate. Either force flower sooner or go to less plants. If you are doing sog use clones and just force flower as soon as they root in.

corrected, meant 1000w

[breathinginwat3r]

i just started my first seedlings, i have two 4 foot flc cool and warm 40 watt and a 400 watt metal halide, as well as a 250 halide. soon to get a 400 hps. anyone have any idea of how much the electric bill will go up running the flourecents and 400 watt metal halide on a 18/24 schedule?

Depends on where you live but somewhere between 50-80 a month

[Pinusstrobus]

Question:

Im using:
1 24inch cool white, and 1 24inchwide spectrum flourescant lights T-12's...

Also beside the two above i have two 2 flourescant bulbs of a smaller diamter that are also also 24inchs long, they were a high blue/purple on the light chart that came with them...

My question is, did i supply enough information? And do i have too much of one light colour?? If its worth anything my branches are kinda turnin a bit purple, and i think it might have to do with the light

thanks

[manyBudZ4$]

you need to purchase flour. lamps that are made for growing. Go to Worms way on line and check it out. They have lamps for veg and lamps for bloom.

[manyBudZ4$]

Originally Posted by Widow Maker

Ultra-violet light is very important to THC production. Suppliment HPS with a source of UV during flowering/throughout growth.

What do you use in your grow to supplement UV light?

I have heard folks saying this many times on the net and agree that supplementing hps with other lights such as led, mh, florou is great and if one could properly utlize UV that would be great. Problem is that UV (most use reptile lights) are exceptionally hot for one and they will cook the plants with the UV if not regulated very closely. I do not ever reccomend such to a novice grower as they will most likely just fuck it all up trying.