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HPS or MH and where?
    #3336011 - 11/09/04 04:11 AM (19 years, 4 months ago)

I'm looking for some light for mye cfacti and Salvia Divinorum. But I don't
know what kind of light I'm looking for. HPS or MH? 250w or 400w.
I need one that require 220 volt power supply.

And I'm looking for a webshop in Europe, nearest Norway as possible.

Could someone please help me out?
Thanks!

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Re: HPS or MH and where? [Re: YSr]
    #3337026 - 11/09/04 11:49 AM (19 years, 4 months ago)

I have personaly had much better prices and selection going to local light supply stores.. HPS and MH are very comman.. And 400w's have much more lumens than 250(more than double)..

It still doesnt stop me from using my 250 hps but thats all I can handle atm.

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Re: HPS or MH and where? [Re: YSr]
    #3338068 - 11/09/04 04:11 PM (19 years, 4 months ago)

see my sig :wink:
i'm not sure where to get one in your area though.  have you considered ordering off the internet?


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Re: HPS or MH and where? [Re: felix]
    #3338361 - 11/09/04 05:22 PM (19 years, 4 months ago)

I would go with an MH over HPS for cacti and salvia. HPS is more for flowering plants. Most, but not all, ballasts are multi tap. When you open em and wire em right you can run 120-220-420 ect.

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Re: HPS or MH and where? [Re: YSr]
    #3338390 - 11/09/04 05:30 PM (19 years, 4 months ago)

Dont use an MH or HPS for salvia!!!!!!!
cant stress that enough. youll kill them, there a shade plant, all they need is a couple floro tubes. and they will be quite happy.

if you really want you could put them under a shade cloth under the hps or mh, but that would be a waste of money. floro tubes are great for salvia and there cheap

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Re: HPS or MH and where? [Re: felix]
    #3338477 - 11/09/04 05:55 PM (19 years, 4 months ago)

so you think mh is better than hps? not really. ideally you'd want a mh & hps for veg & flower respectivly but if one was to buy only one light hps is defentaly the way to go. you can get hortilux bulbs for hps systems that have enhanced blue spectrum as well. any "real" botanist would tell you you sig is non-sense.


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Re: HPS or MH and where? [Re: John]
    #3338759 - 11/09/04 07:09 PM (19 years, 4 months ago)

He was asking for a light to grow cacti and salvia. And cactus suck under floros unless its just for winter storage dont expect much. Even still, your better off with the MH and just pull the light away for more canpoy area and less w/2ft. MH are more in the color spectrum for veg growth then floros and floros pretty much suck, but they still work great for rooting and some veg. Also floros cramp up your growroom with bulbs rather then having ovehead big builbs.

MH is better for veg hands down, more usable light in the veg spectrum. Ive been told by many of the gurus at OG that while mixes of MH and HPS makes denser buds or somewhat healther looking plants in flower because of teh added blue..... but you cant beat straight HPS g/w for flower. Even the altered spectrum HPS arent significantly if at all superior yield wise. Even if i was using multiple lighting i would still go woth straight HPS because you cant have even hps/hp light distrobution unles you have a moving light system.

I think that sig is putting down the $160-300 "systems" when you can pick up a 400w HPS for free or mad cheap at an industrial electric supples store. Its not putting down HPS, just commercialized systems.

Edited by Gr0wer (11/09/04 07:11 PM)

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Re: HPS or MH and where? [Re: Gr0wer]
    #3338976 - 11/09/04 08:22 PM (19 years, 4 months ago)

that's taking a shot at hps in general "we do however use high pressure sodium in the parking lot" the ones you use in the parking lot are the cheap ones you're talking about. either way it's ignorance. and i bought a $160 system so what? i'd rather spend a bit more and not have to fuck with building a ghetto hood or buying one for as much as a system cost in the first place. i always did stuff the cheap way in the past and you always end up having to fix your ghetto rig all the time and a million other problems and safety hazards, all of which i can't afford atm. plus it's just retarted to be a cheapass with something that when done right will get you 10x's (lowlow figure) you money back in a couple months. and the point of dual lighting is one veg room one flower room or just swap the ballasts out if you're doing only one room not burn both at once.

sorry to derail the thread so much


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Re: HPS or MH and where? [Re: John]
    #3339075 - 11/09/04 08:47 PM (19 years, 4 months ago)

Done right you can make a sweet converted HPS for cheap. It just takes the right materials and you can make a superior setup, http://www.erowid.org/plants/henbane/henbane.shtml

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Re: HPS or MH and where? [Re: Gr0wer]
    #3339094 - 11/09/04 08:51 PM (19 years, 4 months ago)

heh bet you were reading that henbane thread hun :smile:

i know i could have prolly built one for half that but i don't have time to mess with shit not to mention having absolutly no tools that would makeing one much easier. 400w for 160 is pretty good for me and i could afford it so yeah.


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Re: HPS or MH and where? [Re: John]
    #3339944 - 11/10/04 02:13 AM (19 years, 4 months ago)

Quote:

John said:
any "real" botanist would tell you you sig is non-sense.



talk to a horticulturist or a botanist before you bash my awesome sig, or take some college courses in botany.

thanks.


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Re: HPS or MH and where? [Re: Gr0wer]
    #3340081 - 11/10/04 03:16 AM (19 years, 4 months ago)

But could I use a HPS with a bulb with blue light? Or should I buy a real MH
lamp?

Does cacti prefer MH or HPS?

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Re: HPS or MH and where? [Re: YSr]
    #3340215 - 11/10/04 04:56 AM (19 years, 4 months ago)

Cacti prefer MH..read my last PM and you get a good tip on where to buy and what to buy.

peace..

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Re: HPS or MH and where? [Re: felix]
    #3340539 - 11/10/04 07:57 AM (19 years, 4 months ago)

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talk to a horticulturist or a botanist before you bash my awesome sig, or take some college courses in botany.




heh, i'm surrounded by botanist all day. i'm majoring in botany. currently in botany 2 and micropropagation. i work in the bio-chem lab at uni. and you? you sig is non-sense.


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Re: HPS or MH and where? [Re: felix]
    #3340566 - 11/10/04 08:12 AM (19 years, 4 months ago)

and instead of making yourself look like a fool why don't you give a few good reasons "real" botanist laugh at hps?


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Re: HPS or MH and where? [Re: John]
    #3341874 - 11/10/04 01:46 PM (19 years, 4 months ago)


Edited by Gr0wer (11/10/04 05:09 PM)

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Re: HPS or MH and where? [Re: John]
    #3342763 - 11/10/04 04:38 PM (19 years, 4 months ago)

what is your motive?

HPS is great for growing herb. Botany doesn't consist of just growing a flowering weed, i'm sure you know this. Alot of huge corporate and scientific indoor grows use horticulture grade metal halides, simply because it is the best for imitating sunlight. you're showing your opinion along with your ass.

there's no need to fuck up this guys thread, make a new one if you want to keep addressing me.


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Re: HPS or MH and where? [Re: felix]
    #3344098 - 11/10/04 10:06 PM (19 years, 4 months ago)

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Botany doesn't consist of just growing a flowering weed




hps is good for flowering in general. i can't think of any commercial op's that would be growing non-flowering plants with indoor lighting. hps is better for veg than mh is for flowering, so if you only get one it's best to go with hps. mh also burn hotter than hps.

have you look at the plant sensitivity curve for photosynthesis before? if you had you'd realize the peak is far into the red spectrum (@675nm), even further than hps' s peak at ~594nm depending on lamp, mh peaks at 590nm but drops sharply after that while hps is more gradual and spikes up a little more at ~625nm then gradually down to ~680nm where is flattens out. mh also has a realitvly high peak at ~510nm (green light) which is completly useless to plants = wasted energy.

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simply because it is the best for imitating sunlight




Sunlight has a continual spectrum, radiating energy that contribute less to photosynthesis and are therefore wasted. for this reason many lamps are more efficent than sunlight for plants.

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there's no need to fuck up this guys thread, make a new one if you want to keep addressing me.





the thread title says hps or mh right? is that not what is being discussed?

Quote:

what is your motive?




to supply accurate information.

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you're showing your opinion along with your ass.




yea i'm an opinionated asshole, so...


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Re: HPS or MH and where? [Re: John]
    #3344195 - 11/10/04 10:29 PM (19 years, 4 months ago)

Quote:

John said:
hps is better for veg than mh is for flowering, so if you only get one it's best to go with hps. mh also burn hotter than hps
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what is your motive?



to supply accurate information.



you're not doing a very good job then.

bottom line, MH is best for cacti - the original intended purpse of this thread.


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Re: HPS or MH and where? [Re: felix]
    #3344227 - 11/10/04 10:35 PM (19 years, 4 months ago)

debatable, but anyway why get a light thats good for cacti when you can get a light that will work just fine for cacti then during growing season you can grow some skunk buds indoors? i do get side-tracked with arguing too much though. there's not going to be a big (or even noticable) diffrence growing cacti under a hps or mh during the winter :stoned:


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Re: HPS or MH and where? [Re: John]
    #3344317 - 11/10/04 10:50 PM (19 years, 4 months ago)

maybe the guy doesn't have the oppurtunity to grow stinky buds..? if choice weren't an option, i'd say it wouldn't matter which bulb he got too.


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Re: HPS or MH and where? [Re: felix]
    #3344472 - 11/10/04 11:17 PM (19 years, 4 months ago)

If anything i would have a MH for veging cacti/ ethenos/ and Mj moms and clones. Then leave flowering to the sun. Why get busted when you can plant em outdoors and watch em flourish.

Bottom line..... real botanists use HPS and MH depending on the job. They both have there uses. It's just a stupid ass fucking quote man, why dont you admit that.

If anything, Real botanists laugh at floros, they light up schools, offices, and garages around the world. HPS light up our world, hence the disgusting orange night skys above me here in NY.

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Re: HPS or MH and where? [Re: Gr0wer]
    #3344485 - 11/10/04 11:19 PM (19 years, 4 months ago)

And if you want to grow some bud too you can always get an HPS stsyem then buy a (rather expensive) MH conversion bulb and get the best of both worlds when needed.

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Re: HPS or MH and where? [Re: Gr0wer]
    #3344899 - 11/11/04 12:41 AM (19 years, 4 months ago)

Well..as GrOwer says..REAL Botanists use what is best for what purpose their after and what they are growing.
And that is pretty obvious, don?t you think?

And if you havent seen this before.. j/k :smile:

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Re: HPS or MH and where? [Re: Gr0wer]
    #3345156 - 11/11/04 02:03 AM (19 years, 4 months ago)

i think it's a great quote. lol
the botanists i've talked to and the botanists who have been shown the sig get a real kick out of it...


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Re: HPS or MH and where? [Re: felix]
    #3346576 - 11/11/04 12:42 PM (19 years, 4 months ago)

Well none of the botanists here get a kick out of it.... or even slightly agree with it.

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Re: HPS or MH and where? [Re: Gr0wer]
    #3347781 - 11/11/04 04:27 PM (19 years, 4 months ago)

*hobbyists

i'm sorry you guys fail to see the humor in the quote and take it so seriously. it's really meant to be taken in a light hearted way. it's a great quote and pretty much the truth too..


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Re: HPS or MH and where? [Re: felix]
    #3349741 - 11/12/04 12:26 AM (19 years, 4 months ago)


all those in general:
Seriously, shut the fuck up, this could be a good debate for another thread, but shut up.

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