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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. [Re: Zinglons Acolyte]
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HPS all the way.

Supplement with T5 or T8 floros.. T5s are coming down in price steadily.

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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. *DELETED* [Re: Legoulash]
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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. [Re: Gr33nday43]
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as stated above use t-8 or t-5 not LED's , also instead of asking if a t8 is a regular shop light use the search feature on your computer, i know you just want to get everything right but you are going to have to do some searching on your own just like we all did.

google


if you CANT find the answer you are looking for then ask but search first instead of asking questions that can be easily found.

also t-5 t-8 fixtures are not very heavy

good luck


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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. *DELETED* [Re: royer]
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Edited by Gr33nday43 (01/09/08 05:29 AM)

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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. [Re: Gr33nday43]
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Is panda a good film?


i have no idea wot that is, mylar is the best reflective material...


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Questions are, can you grow salvia outdoors in a greenhouse setting?
Can you grow nicotiana tobacco in a greenhouse?


u can grow anything in a greenhouse...


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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. [Re: Legoulash]
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Rah said:
HPS all the way.

Supplement with T5 or T8 floros..  T5s are coming down in price steadily.


thanks i will do that :thumbup:


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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. *DELETED* [Re: Zinglons Acolyte]
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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. [Re: Gr33nday43]
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Gr33nday43 said:
Could I use mylar emergency blankets?


if u mean those blankets they give people after they have run a marathon then yes, i guess so :yesnod:

your soil mix sounds ok also... just remember that cacti dont like too high nitrogen levels...


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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. [Re: Dr. uarewotueat]
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They make ballasts that are compatible with both bulbs.

I own a 400w ballast that is like this. All I do is change the bulb when I change from vegetative growth to flowering.

Only extra investment is the bulb, no new wiring or anything.


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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. *DELETED* [Re: Nibin]
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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. [Re: Gr33nday43]
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unless your growing for money (which it doesnt sound like you are) go for MH. i always find plants under MH more..... full somehow. i usually have used panda film in the past, but have also used mylar emergency blankets. use whatevs. i mean, what, you might possibly maybe get a 2 percent increase in yield off of sally? what is that, like an extra leaf? sounds like you have the right head on your shoulders for this, good luck! legit is the way to grow!


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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. [Re: impgl]
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impgl said:
good luck! legit is the way to grow!


I agree :thumbup:

edit: I haven't noticed anyone mention mh conversion bulbs. Do they suck or what?


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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. [Re: Gr33nday43]
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i do tend to use full spectrum hps bulbs, and work a lot better then those sylvania bulbs you get at home depot aka less stretch. the ballasts where you can switch between mh and hps i hear will burn out you bulb and ballast a lot quicker and the lumens will be diminished
oh, and i forgot to tell you a few things. its worse to get the cheapy emergency blankets (the thin ones that they sell you inside most emergency kits, really small, fits in your pocket type shit) because when you unfold them, therell be creases all over that you wont be able to straighten out and you'll have light being reflected every which way (which will kind of defeat the purpose of it). you have to use those tarp like blankets, they cost like 7 bucks each or something. i guess it is better to use panda film imo. sorry, forgot about all that.


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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. [Re: impgl]
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one more rant ~~~> in my use with the all mighty panda.... if your going to be using a staple gun to put it up, i found its a good idea to duct tape both sides of the film at the edges because if you dont, the staples tend to rip through the film before the end of a couple of months.... very frustrating, esp. when your rooms full of plants. what i do is get like 2 - 5 feet of tape (depending on how daring i feel) and use half of the tape (long wise) to cover an edge, then, fold over to cover the other side, and to this all along the edges that ill be stapling, then take a sip of good beer, and begin initiate stapling sequence.


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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. [Re: impgl]
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impgl said:
the ballasts where you can switch between mh and hps i hear will burn out you bulb and ballast a lot quicker and the lumens will be diminished



Where did you hear this bs? Do you have any refs?

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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. [Re: metasin]
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im glad i said "i hear" lol it never fails that someone on the shroomery is ready to pounce on ya for anything. but just when i lived in the bay, i was considering getting these, and some guy at my fav hydro store told me, and after that, i went to 4 others asking the same question and they all told me the same thing. and i was just looking through old messages cause i thought magash may have said something to this extent, but i think im just trippin. ill send em a pm. but no, no refs. and im a bit busy to go searchin the net right now, i have a swing dance lesson in an hour : )


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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. [Re: impgl]
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what about the digital ballasts that do both?
the one im looking at has a soft start feature

and also which are the full spectrum hids?


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"And lets pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space 'cause theres bugger-all down here on earth!"  -Monty Python's "The Universe Song" from The Meaning of Life
"In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely considered as a bad move."  -Douglas Adams "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"
"If the words 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness' don't include the right to experiment with your own consciousness, then the Declaration of Independence isn't worth the hemp it was written on." -Terence McKenna

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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. [Re: Zinglons Acolyte]
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I just got a digital ballast about a month ago. I like it a lot better than my old magnetic one. Just getting rid of the buzz was a major improvement. I stepped up from a 400w magnetic to a switchable 600w digital and its quite an improvement. I need sunglasses now if I have to work under the lamp. It's a LumaTek ballast I think, it's purple and made by Hydrofarm.

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Re: Metal Halide or HPS? Help Please. [Re: metasin]
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woooooord, i won a 600 light, hood, and that same ballast at the hydro con in SF this year. i didnt really have time to play with it much, but i dont think ill ever go back to mag ballasts. with that digi one, you dont even know it comes on.


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