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I have a 1000w MH/HPS Lumatek digital ballast.
Now I have been getting tremendous help from several of you, and my main source on here voiced concern with using a 1000w for seedlings, due to heat stress and stretching. The use of a 40k-Lumen ([8] 4' tube 6500 kelvin) fluro would be ideal, for tight nodes, due to the fact you can almost rest it over the seedlings. Due to some unforeseen reasons, I am hesitant to buy one of these at the moment. Would it be better to wait a few weeks, and germinate after having a chance to pick up such a fluro system, or should I go ahead and put them under the 1000w monster?
I have a XXL Magnum 1000w 6" vented hood, it brings in fresh (cool/cold) air from outside, rushes over the bulb, and then is pulled away from the hood and pushed out of my house by a 630 CFM Eclipe blower. The rooms air is being recirculated 4-5 times a minute with a different air exchange being powered by a 449 Can filter, blowing air out of the room with a passive intake bringing the fresh air from my cool basement. Radiant heat from the 1000w bulb is the culprit I assume. I have all my parts, but waiting for a few handymen to finish the room up completely.
So the question is:
Put germinated seedlings under the 1000w MH bulb (will switch to HPS bulb @ flowering), or hold off, and do not germinate under I can acquire the 40k lumen fluro setup?
Thank you all
Now I have been getting tremendous help from several of you, and my main source on here voiced concern with using a 1000w for seedlings, due to heat stress and stretching. The use of a 40k-Lumen ([8] 4' tube 6500 kelvin) fluro would be ideal, for tight nodes, due to the fact you can almost rest it over the seedlings. Due to some unforeseen reasons, I am hesitant to buy one of these at the moment. Would it be better to wait a few weeks, and germinate after having a chance to pick up such a fluro system, or should I go ahead and put them under the 1000w monster?
I have a XXL Magnum 1000w 6" vented hood, it brings in fresh (cool/cold) air from outside, rushes over the bulb, and then is pulled away from the hood and pushed out of my house by a 630 CFM Eclipe blower. The rooms air is being recirculated 4-5 times a minute with a different air exchange being powered by a 449 Can filter, blowing air out of the room with a passive intake bringing the fresh air from my cool basement. Radiant heat from the 1000w bulb is the culprit I assume. I have all my parts, but waiting for a few handymen to finish the room up completely.
So the question is:
Put germinated seedlings under the 1000w MH bulb (will switch to HPS bulb @ flowering), or hold off, and do not germinate under I can acquire the 40k lumen fluro setup?
Thank you all