Thinking about switching grow lights mid grow...looking for thoughts

[ellz]

Howdy GWE community. I currently have a 600W MH/HPS set up that I used to use in a custom-built grow cabinet. However, I recently built a larger grow room in my garage and I want to upgrade to this 1000W system to get better light coverage. So my question is would it harm the plant in any way to do a light change (600W to 1000W) in the flowering stage. I'm currently on day 55 of my grow from seed. My thoughts are that as long as I do it correctly (most likely during light hours but immediately after the light starts up to ensure a 12 hour or less light period) and don't have the light too close to the plants once the swap is completed, everything should be fine. What do you think GWE?

 

[golfnrl]

Sounds like a plan ellz.

 

[Canuck147]

Everything will be fine - you would probably notice a difference if you gave them less light.

 

[gbauto]

No worries.
I'd just synch the rooms and just transfer the plants.

 

[JDU]

Good idea! If you're moving to a larger space you need a larger light- right? Like gbauto suggested- sync the rooms & you can move them anytime lights are on.

 

[Sudsnbuds]

I used to adjust my my ballast down from 1000 to 600 on the HPS daily if the weather was too hot out to run the 1000. No problems.

 

[ellz]

It's too late to transfer (unfortunately) but I think I can set up the light quickly which means the longest the plants would go without light would be about an hour. Otherwise, great idea!!