DillaWilla
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Would there be a huge difference between a 400 watt MH and 4-4ft floro tubes???
I only have 4 plants in veg at any given time and have a 5x2 grow box. I have been struggling with this for a week now. I have 4 plants that are ready to go to flower and can not afford the 400 watt HPS that I want right now($400). I asked about this in another post and was told that to waste money on a 250 watt mini hps($250) would not be worth it, and that I should buy a 250 watt mini MH for veg and use my 400 watt MH with full spectrum bulb to flower the plants I have now ...but buying another MH seems like the wrong thing to do. I figured it would be better to spend $100 on 2 4ft floro fixtures that hold 2 4ft bulbs each and use those to veg my plants and then just use my 400 watt MH with full spectrum bulb to flower my 4 bagseed plants that are 7 weeks old, have alt. nodes and pre-flowers. Ultimately I can buy a 400 watt HPS which is what I eventually want and then switch my 400 watt MH back to the veg room, use the HPS to flower, and then use the floro's to grow clones and keep my mother plant.
I guess the real question is how bad will I lose out if I switch my 4 misty plants that are in veg and about 2 weeks old from 400 watt MH to 4-4ft floro tubes????
I know there are growers out there that only use floro to veg and HPS to flower and skip MH completely so what I need a vote on is can floro's produce good veg growth??? How many lumens is 4-4ft tubes gonna produce??? Should I do it this way???
Your advice is appreciated!!!
I only have 4 plants in veg at any given time and have a 5x2 grow box. I have been struggling with this for a week now. I have 4 plants that are ready to go to flower and can not afford the 400 watt HPS that I want right now($400). I asked about this in another post and was told that to waste money on a 250 watt mini hps($250) would not be worth it, and that I should buy a 250 watt mini MH for veg and use my 400 watt MH with full spectrum bulb to flower the plants I have now ...but buying another MH seems like the wrong thing to do. I figured it would be better to spend $100 on 2 4ft floro fixtures that hold 2 4ft bulbs each and use those to veg my plants and then just use my 400 watt MH with full spectrum bulb to flower my 4 bagseed plants that are 7 weeks old, have alt. nodes and pre-flowers. Ultimately I can buy a 400 watt HPS which is what I eventually want and then switch my 400 watt MH back to the veg room, use the HPS to flower, and then use the floro's to grow clones and keep my mother plant.
I guess the real question is how bad will I lose out if I switch my 4 misty plants that are in veg and about 2 weeks old from 400 watt MH to 4-4ft floro tubes????
I know there are growers out there that only use floro to veg and HPS to flower and skip MH completely so what I need a vote on is can floro's produce good veg growth??? How many lumens is 4-4ft tubes gonna produce??? Should I do it this way???
Your advice is appreciated!!!