I think 3 600 is way better than two 1000 better even canopy coverage.
Lighting questions
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400 watt and 600 watts are all you need in small spaces to get max yields 1000 watts are better for larger open areas thats my opinion
The two 1000w's would be better since more light is ALWAYS better when growing MMJ (assuming you can control heat), however, you could get THREE 720w fixtures. That would give redundancy if one of them failed. Mars has a very nice 720w and they're one of the site sponsors. DISCLAIMER: I use two of their lights!
the lower the wattage the closer
to the plants you can put them mine are only 12 inches from canopy and i never burn them and my resin pops out like pimples on your ass.
Everyone has there own opinions non are totally wrong.
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CS21
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Ok, this is definately getting me places lol.
The two 1000w's would be better since more light is ALWAYS better when growing MMJ (assuming you can control heat), however, you could get THREE 720w fixtures. That would give redundancy if one of them failed. Mars has a very nice 720w and they're one of the site sponsors. DISCLAIMER: I use two of their lights!
Ok this is all good info you guys... thank you. Looks like I will do some homework and come back with a plan as to what might works the best for me
Now you have more information then you did 20 minutes ago and already are better grower for that simple reason.
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CS21
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100% reason why I am here... always be smart enough to know that knowledge is free and readily available when you open your ears to it
the lower the wattage the closerto the plants you can put them mine are only 12 inches from canopy and i never burn them and my resin pops out like pimples on your ass.
With higher wattage you can raise the lights and cover a larger footprint. As I said, more watts is always better with MMJ. The Mars 720w covers a 4.5'x4.5' footprint 12"-16" above the canopy.
Nice flower, BTW!
Here's one of mine from a recent harvest:
Looks perfect to me Golf clapping.
jodyhighrollr
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If I were you I would go hps for your flower tent... don’t buy a 1000w hps though they aren’t efficient, they will heat your tent like crazy and drop humidity as well.. For an 8x4 flower tent two 600w hps fixtures would do great. I’ve done leds(I had 2x1200 LED viparspectras) and now ONLY use them in veg and run hps in flower. I personally get bigger denser nugs and the quality is fine - check my journal. I’m running a 10x10x7 tent with 4x600w hps and am doing great. Also those leds you bought are only going to have like 280w draw from the wall or somewhere in that area
You still making music with Collie buds?
What jody said 1000 watts to hot for small indoor rooms.
This is my kung fu and its strong.
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CS21
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Thanks man. I do realise the specs on those lights, that's why I thought 2 of them in a 3×3 veg tent should do well, correct me if I'm wrong there??
And all and all it looks like HPS will probably be the way I go for a while being that it's not too pricey.
And also would it benefit at all to put deep red led booster type lights like the GL8 or something along those lines in with the HPS lights?? Just a thought as to people saying the spectrum is important.
TWO is better than one more even distribution of light over canopy.
Spectrum is not important only par. Par means photosynthetic active radiation. Its how much light is emitted not the spectrum its in.
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CS21
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Hey Jody those buds look amazing bro... hopefully one day I will be pulling buds like that too!!
