vegging with an hps?

[bluntt]

i have a couple of clones and just wondering if can veg with my hps,would i have good results,thanks

 

[bigleek]

keep the light 1 1/2 meters away for the first few days so they get used to strong light
and things should be cush

 

[Big V]

Ive been vegging with an HPS for a year now and I like it just fine. I prefer MH but they will do great with an HPS. If you don't already have a bulb, I might suggest you buy a CMH bulb for the HPS though.

 

[bluntt]

keep the light 1 1/2 meters away for the first few days so they get used to strong light
and things should be cush

thats about four feet right?

 

[whodair]

rooted clones?? i use flouro for rooting. then straight to hps. i use 430w which has added blue. no problem stretching w hps, which is often the complaint about using hps for vegg.

 

[bluntt]

rooted clones?? i use flouro for rooting. then straight to hps. i use 430w which has added blue. no problem stretching w hps, which is often the complaint about using hps for vegg.

whodair my clones are rooted and i did use fluorescent light to clone,6500k 42w also i have 250 w hps light but one thing you point out i was worry about was the stretching do they sale 250w mh conversion bulb which runs on the hps ballast im pretty budgeted out with everything i bought,can-fan,light,nutes,mylar,etc.

 

[dewroc6]

i have great results with hps during veg

 

[bluntt]

i have great results with hps during veg

thanks dewroc i need it to hear that

 

[Stay Frosty]

I also veg w/hps. Works great for me as well.

 

[expnow]

I was wondering how the HPS compares head to head to a MH in VEG watt for watt. Was thinking of getting an agromax HPS bulb with the 30% more blue, to close the gap and make the HPS great for vegging.

 

[BigPhil]

what about temps im wanting to vegg mine with hps but temps usely 25c that would be to high for seedlings right?

 

[spookyteabag]

My first few indoor grows were with HPS all the way. This was in the early eighties and that's all us guys could get, or all we knew about. A guy who worked with the local council nicked a couple of balasts and 400w bulbs from the street light supply and we used them to grow our Northern Lights....