Hey guys, this is my first real attempt at growing and so far things are going good. I am using floruos for the veg stage. and my question is.. I have a buddy that has a HPS light that is 150watt I think; it has the ballest inside the hood and has a fan to cool the ballest and maybe the light, as well. Hes givin the homie hook-up for $100 even. Do you guys think thats a good deal? I am wanting to work up to having at most 4 flowering plants at a time; is 150watts enough for 4 budding plants. thanks -dcy
HPS Light Question? enough?
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glassONglass
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you can find brand new 400 watt hps lamps with external ballast (also no air cool most likely) for like 100-120 bucks. i'd rather buy a new higher watt lamp than a used 150 if the price is about the same.
peace
you can find brand new 400 watt hps lamps with external ballast (also no air cool most likely) for like 100-120 bucks. i'd rather buy a new higher watt lamp than a used 150 if the price is about the same.
peace
delicato420
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gOg is right. If you have it, I'd spend the extra money and get a higher wattage hid/ballast setup. If not the 150w and all the fluoros you are using would be ok for 4 flowering plants.
Ballasts put off heat. Best to keep them outside of immediate grow area, but still in a well ventilated space.
gOg is right. If you have it, I'd spend the extra money and get a higher wattage hid/ballast setup. If not the 150w and all the fluoros you are using would be ok for 4 flowering plants.
Ballasts put off heat. Best to keep them outside of immediate grow area, but still in a well ventilated space.
naturalhi
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"Ballasts put off heat. Best to keep them outside of immediate grow area, but still in a well ventilated space."
Good advice, but I want to say that if one has problem with keeping grow room warm enough as we do on the north coast having a ballast in the grow room helps keep the temps up! The one thing about having the ballast in the grow room is EMF; I made the mistake of planting too close to the ballast and 240V cord the plants closest to the cord and ballast were about 1/2 the size of the plants 3' away (it was a SOG grow) and EMF is the thing I could attribute to the difference:>)
"Ballasts put off heat. Best to keep them outside of immediate grow area, but still in a well ventilated space."
Good advice, but I want to say that if one has problem with keeping grow room warm enough as we do on the north coast having a ballast in the grow room helps keep the temps up! The one thing about having the ballast in the grow room is EMF; I made the mistake of planting too close to the ballast and 240V cord the plants closest to the cord and ballast were about 1/2 the size of the plants 3' away (it was a SOG grow) and EMF is the thing I could attribute to the difference:>)
Akornpatch
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^Hmmm...experiment time for confirmation???
^Hmmm...experiment time for confirmation???
delicato420
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yep, ballasts can be a contributing factor in helping keep the heat up or down. But you say the Electromagnetic field or force helped your plants?
yep, ballasts can be a contributing factor in helping keep the heat up or down. But you say the Electromagnetic field or force helped your plants?
Janjaweed
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they also wiegh a ton.
so if you have non-external ballast your light now wieghs a ton.
no biggie if you have something sturdy to hang it from but still a lot harder to adjust the height. it makes me even more fearful of earthquakes too hate to see that puppy come down.
they also wiegh a ton.
so if you have non-external ballast your light now wieghs a ton.
no biggie if you have something sturdy to hang it from but still a lot harder to adjust the height. it makes me even more fearful of earthquakes too hate to see that puppy come down.
naturalhi
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Akornpatch you might be right, 'cause I also have a 40" osillating fan w/ionizer in that corner also. this grow I've stopped the ionizer to check if that had anything to do with the phenom.
delicato420, Sorry I wasn't clear. No I feel that it stunted the plants closest to the source about 18"-36" away but as I said the experimant is on going.
After ya'all's posts I've been thinking that it could be one of three situations;
1. EMF?
2.Constant air oscillating on low speed too close to plants?
3.Ionizer too close to plants?
My cams' been on the fritz the last 2 grows so there are no pics=>(
Akornpatch you might be right, 'cause I also have a 40" osillating fan w/ionizer in that corner also. this grow I've stopped the ionizer to check if that had anything to do with the phenom.
delicato420, Sorry I wasn't clear. No I feel that it stunted the plants closest to the source about 18"-36" away but as I said the experimant is on going.
After ya'all's posts I've been thinking that it could be one of three situations;
1. EMF?
2.Constant air oscillating on low speed too close to plants?
3.Ionizer too close to plants?
My cams' been on the fritz the last 2 grows so there are no pics=>(
