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    add more light Hmmmm

    Hello people
    im thinking of adding more light to my grow Im running 3- 65w cfl's now but acquired a 400w hid fixture and was thinking of adding it
    growing just 2 plants mystery seed i also have more cfls i could use any advice my first grow indoors

    thanks
    4'x 6' x 8' room
    2-400w MH/HPS bulbs
    sunshine mix #4
    mega crop nutes
    current grow
    cd-1
    jack herer
    afghan kush
    green doctor

    #2
    Add the 400 W. Check for the suggested distance and deal with the heat. (3) 65 W CFL's seem pretty weak compared to what many people use.
    I use (2) 300 W LED and (1) 315 CMH for my two WaterFarms. The girls love their photons.

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      #3
      65 watt cfls are 200 watt equivilant
      4'x 6' x 8' room
      2-400w MH/HPS bulbs
      sunshine mix #4
      mega crop nutes
      current grow
      cd-1
      jack herer
      afghan kush
      green doctor

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      • Jason
        Jason commented
        Editing a comment
        So, add the 400 and you'll be rockin'.
        I forget why my clone guy canabis expert told me not to bother with CFL's. Light comparisons leave me feeling like I'm reading a foreign language. Between poor copy, intentional confusion added in, bad translations, etc. I just don't try to crack that nut.

      #4
      Camk, cfl equivalence don't matter actual draw does. You are only running 3x65w= 195 watts so don't get confused you do not have 600 watts off 3 cfl if I am hearing you correctly.
      I would definitely suggest you put those plants under that HID light for flowering you won't regret it, your CFLS won't do want that 400w light will do for you buds, cfls will do a decent job of vegetating them.
      You're killing me Smalls!

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        #5
        I with MrFurley add the 400, there's several folks on GWE that's grown some beautiful bud with cfls, but they use 23 watt, not equivalent, and they use about 10-12 of them, they actually do better than those 65 real watts you are using ,those 65s your using put out lots of heat, several of them would put about as much heat as your 400.
        Cfls for a week or two
        315lec for everything else
        Dug up Ms.topsoil, with perlite added
        36x36x63 inch tent.
        6inch - exaust - intake fans an scrubber
        Smart pots
        Molasses
        Autoflowers

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          #6
          ok ill put it in
          should i wait till flowering or add it now

          oh! and im down to one plant i found out today one is a male
          4'x 6' x 8' room
          2-400w MH/HPS bulbs
          sunshine mix #4
          mega crop nutes
          current grow
          cd-1
          jack herer
          afghan kush
          green doctor

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            #7
            Do you have a metal halogen(veg)or a high pressure sodium(flower) bulb for it or both?
            You're killing me Smalls!

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              #8
              i only have the one metal halide grow bulb
              4'x 6' x 8' room
              2-400w MH/HPS bulbs
              sunshine mix #4
              mega crop nutes
              current grow
              cd-1
              jack herer
              afghan kush
              green doctor

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                #9
                So that bulb is for a the veg stage. Can your ballast and hood take a metal halogen and high pressure sodium bulb?
                You're killing me Smalls!

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                  #10
                  i dont believe so
                  4'x 6' x 8' room
                  2-400w MH/HPS bulbs
                  sunshine mix #4
                  mega crop nutes
                  current grow
                  cd-1
                  jack herer
                  afghan kush
                  green doctor

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                  • Mr.furley
                    Mr.furley commented
                    Editing a comment
                    Double check it does and get yourself a HPS bulb for flowering

                  #11
                  For the extra 30 bucks buy a 600w hid but make sure u have an ac or enclosed hood!!!! Hids have very high temp levels! In a 4x4 a hid will raise the temp 30 degrees! Unless u have an ac or enclosed hook with a inline fan. When buying an hid bulb do not cheap out! They make a world of difference I personaly use solistek 10 mh to veg/ last 2weeks of flower then the rest of flower I use a eye hortilux hps! theres a huge difference in yeild if u cheap out! Trust me iv tryed it. If u dnt have much funds u can grow from start to finish with only one of the 2 bulbs. Metal halide will produce shorter bushyier plants with a small amount lower yeild or hps will grow tall skinny plants that need extra suport for buds bigger yeilds a little less thc but still amazing buds! Hids are amazing but I might recomend leds bestva or vipraspectra. There a bit pricer but will cut ur power bill in half and without any extra heat.

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                    #12
                    thanks for all the advice!
                    Im going to put in the 400w mh today my room is 4'x4' x 8'
                    i only have the one plant now so
                    Question
                    how far away from the plant for the mh and should i leave the cfls in

                    my room is built under a vent hood with a chimney and a power duct fan
                    and a fesh air fan

                    Cam
                    4'x 6' x 8' room
                    2-400w MH/HPS bulbs
                    sunshine mix #4
                    mega crop nutes
                    current grow
                    cd-1
                    jack herer
                    afghan kush
                    green doctor

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                    • Mr.furley
                      Mr.furley commented
                      Editing a comment
                      I'd start at 16" From the top of plant, if you put your hand under the light and hold it there, if it's hot for your hand it's to hot for your plants

                    #13
                    I agree start at 16 and u can move it 1-2inchs closer each day and look for any signs of stress, if u see stress move it away a couple inchs. I currently have a mag ballast thats 400w so im running the same 400w mh and my bulbs are 6 inchs from my plants without any issues but im also giveing them 1000ppm of co2. Without co2 u could get that close. I also have a fan blowing direcly at that plant and bulb so I dnt over heat the plant

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                      #14
                      well i tried the light in the room but had to take it out way too hot
                      for my first grow ill just use the cfl's i have like nebula's first grow
                      i have about ten of these lights so ill add as needed
                      4'x 6' x 8' room
                      2-400w MH/HPS bulbs
                      sunshine mix #4
                      mega crop nutes
                      current grow
                      cd-1
                      jack herer
                      afghan kush
                      green doctor

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                        #15
                        Adding 4-5 of those big cfls your probably gonna have more heat than with your 400. Any way you get a fan on them it will cool down, whatever you decide good luck.
                        Last edited by D.A.A.S.69; 11-18-2017, 02:29 PM.
                        Cfls for a week or two
                        315lec for everything else
                        Dug up Ms.topsoil, with perlite added
                        36x36x63 inch tent.
                        6inch - exaust - intake fans an scrubber
                        Smart pots
                        Molasses
                        Autoflowers

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