First and foremost newbie on the scene and would like to make my official introduction and first post.
I've done nothing but read up on everything from lighting to grow mediums and soil vs soilless and decided to go with a cap'n style grow with lightaddicts fluxing in a coco/perlite medium. Now this is where my newbie-ism kicks in. I have read hosebomber light FAQ and I will be vegging in 6 squared foot area and flowering in a 12 squared foot area. Now reading up on BID's and buckshot's grows with LEDs I decided to do an led grow my dilemma is I would need approx. 420 watts for flowering and want to go with either the MARSII 700w or the 2 stage 450 or 600 watts. My belief is that with the 2 stage when in vegging it cuts your wattage in half so it would be 225 or 300 watts which is still ok for my veg but means I'll definitely be needing 2 sets of those lights for vegging and flowering which in returns means in the vegging stage I won't be using the flowering switch and vice versa for flowering unless I can have both vegging and flowering on at the same time. If both vegging and flowering are actually using total wattage respectively then that's what I would go with which I doubt and that's where the MARSII comes in. If I do my vegging with CFLs then I'm going to opt for the flowering MARSII vs the standard. If anyone has any input I would greatly appreciate it.
So in short for rwh (reading while high) lol I will be vegging with CFLs and flowering with LEDs should I go with a flowering designated LEDs or both ends of the spectrum?
Thanks in advance Blo0(blue not blow)
I've done nothing but read up on everything from lighting to grow mediums and soil vs soilless and decided to go with a cap'n style grow with lightaddicts fluxing in a coco/perlite medium. Now this is where my newbie-ism kicks in. I have read hosebomber light FAQ and I will be vegging in 6 squared foot area and flowering in a 12 squared foot area. Now reading up on BID's and buckshot's grows with LEDs I decided to do an led grow my dilemma is I would need approx. 420 watts for flowering and want to go with either the MARSII 700w or the 2 stage 450 or 600 watts. My belief is that with the 2 stage when in vegging it cuts your wattage in half so it would be 225 or 300 watts which is still ok for my veg but means I'll definitely be needing 2 sets of those lights for vegging and flowering which in returns means in the vegging stage I won't be using the flowering switch and vice versa for flowering unless I can have both vegging and flowering on at the same time. If both vegging and flowering are actually using total wattage respectively then that's what I would go with which I doubt and that's where the MARSII comes in. If I do my vegging with CFLs then I'm going to opt for the flowering MARSII vs the standard. If anyone has any input I would greatly appreciate it.
So in short for rwh (reading while high) lol I will be vegging with CFLs and flowering with LEDs should I go with a flowering designated LEDs or both ends of the spectrum?
Thanks in advance Blo0(blue not blow)