Question from a newbie:
I consider myself a newbie although I do have two (of 3) successful grows under my belt and I have been lurking these forums for at least 2 years.
I have been in chronic pain for almost 6 years now, and with the exception of a few months after my first neck fusion surgery I have been in pain the entire time. I grew Nirvana PPP and Jock Horror my first three grows and was very pleased with the results. I have taken nearly every prescription drug a doctor can prescribe, and with the exception of the ones that I kept forgetting my name, none worked. Until I smoked a little pot. It helps tremendously, and as long as I am selective in what I smoke and when, I can manage my pain accordingly. Something up and social for the daytime and something heavy for bedtime.
I have previously grown in a small standard wall cabinet like would normally be hung on a wall. The approximate interior dimensions are 11" deep x 23" wide x 31" high (although since I have a shelf in the top for power strips and such, I only have about 20" of height). I have managed to get some respectable grows from this very small space, my first was less than 15G and my last was almost 40G, both dry weights.
I have been growing all CFL in this small space due to size constraints and heat. I have 8 23w CFL lights and have always went straight to 12/12 from seed, even still wishing I had more space near the end.
Well all that has finally changed. I have finally converted a small closet to a grow space, and now have more space than I know what to do with. I have approximately 3' wide x 2' deep x 4.5' high. I have moved the 8 CFL bulbs to this space and supplemented with an old 175w MH light I had laying around from my saltwater aquarium days. Unfortunately the 175w MH bulb is an acticnic bulb (10k), and very blue.
I do not have a lot of money to spend on this, but could afford an HTG 150w or 250w economy HPS if I had to.
So to my question (finally
)...
My current grow is White Widow and White Castle. I vegged for 5 days and then switched to flowering, all in the small cabinet mentioned previously with 8 23w CFL lights. I have now moved to the closet with the same 8 CFL lights but have added the 175w MH.
Do you think this will improve my yields?
Is it worthwhile to add the MH, or should I just bite the bullet and go get the 150 or 250w HPS and be done with it?
Thoughts, suggestions?
I consider myself a newbie although I do have two (of 3) successful grows under my belt and I have been lurking these forums for at least 2 years.
I have been in chronic pain for almost 6 years now, and with the exception of a few months after my first neck fusion surgery I have been in pain the entire time. I grew Nirvana PPP and Jock Horror my first three grows and was very pleased with the results. I have taken nearly every prescription drug a doctor can prescribe, and with the exception of the ones that I kept forgetting my name, none worked. Until I smoked a little pot. It helps tremendously, and as long as I am selective in what I smoke and when, I can manage my pain accordingly. Something up and social for the daytime and something heavy for bedtime.
I have previously grown in a small standard wall cabinet like would normally be hung on a wall. The approximate interior dimensions are 11" deep x 23" wide x 31" high (although since I have a shelf in the top for power strips and such, I only have about 20" of height). I have managed to get some respectable grows from this very small space, my first was less than 15G and my last was almost 40G, both dry weights.
I have been growing all CFL in this small space due to size constraints and heat. I have 8 23w CFL lights and have always went straight to 12/12 from seed, even still wishing I had more space near the end.
Well all that has finally changed. I have finally converted a small closet to a grow space, and now have more space than I know what to do with. I have approximately 3' wide x 2' deep x 4.5' high. I have moved the 8 CFL bulbs to this space and supplemented with an old 175w MH light I had laying around from my saltwater aquarium days. Unfortunately the 175w MH bulb is an acticnic bulb (10k), and very blue.
I do not have a lot of money to spend on this, but could afford an HTG 150w or 250w economy HPS if I had to.
So to my question (finally
)...My current grow is White Widow and White Castle. I vegged for 5 days and then switched to flowering, all in the small cabinet mentioned previously with 8 23w CFL lights. I have now moved to the closet with the same 8 CFL lights but have added the 175w MH.
Do you think this will improve my yields?
Is it worthwhile to add the MH, or should I just bite the bullet and go get the 150 or 250w HPS and be done with it?
Thoughts, suggestions?
