HELP! Lighting thoughts

[Boo'sBloomz]

I decided to start a perpetual grow
I have in my flower a 600w apollo hps
I can't decide what I want for veg I have already another 600 w hps
And
A galaxy hydro 600w led
I would like opinions on what would be better for the plants between the two heats not any concern and I'm trying to keep the electric lower on veg so I was gonna dim my ballast to 75 or 50 percent efficiency

Yes I know mh for veg but I've always liked how the plant grows on a continuous hps schedule

 

[007]

I'd run the HPS lights for both. Hard to beat the light output.

 

[Boo'sBloomz]

Even with the color spectrum and them being about the same wattage

 

[Potted]

Got to have some blue in them bulbs,for veg. My .02$

 

[dontknownuttin]

I use a Solis Tek 400 watt MH lamp rated at 10K for veg. Then I switch to a 600 watt Solis Tek HPS bulb for flowering. I have lots of blue!! (And a $60.00 savings each grow in electricity use!) Some day, even I will know sump tin.

 

[gbauto]

Honestly, I feel that if you can ventilate the thermal load then using a MH/HPS lamp is the lowest cost option. As DKN said, growing results are quite good.

 

[oldjarhead100]

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I found these led light strips on amazon. including double sided tape and two controllers I was able to wrap my hps and 2 t5s with them for about 50 bucks it gives a more complete spectrum(I hope)

 

[StoneyTony]

Interesting set up. Let us know if they work for you.