MH/HPS Lamp Orientation

[Afghani-Stan]

Greetings,

If I'm on a budget and want to flower with a 400w MH and a 400w HPS, is there any particular position they should be oriented? Would it be wise to change the lamp positions daily? Thanks!

 

[D.Zero]

move your plant around easyer then moving your light

 

[Fuzzy Duck]

Well hard to say...

Depends on reflector design, if it is more rectangle than square then their might be a light foot print change ! this could be related to the bulb size as in wattage & the increased height you may wish to hang reflector/buld to prevent heat/burn issue's

Over total area of which you require to provide averge or optimal lighting !

 

[Afghani-Stan]

I really appreciate everyone's time here. I've read that by using both a 4K MH lamp and a 2K HPS lamp during flowering it increases bud denseness, quality and quantity too. I worry that some flowers will receive the correct light spectrum while others do not. Maybe a sun circle would solve the problem.

 

[Fuzzy Duck]

Well depends on how much room you have to hang your lights ? & might have to hang em at angle to make sure you get a good light foot print from each bulb mh/hps over the area...

Heat is going to be an issue also & would suggest using air cooled hoods or having decent ventilation system set up !

I've seen some people use MH combined with HPS through out flowering... not truly seen any real difference tho as its bit hard to tell from a load of pic's.

Also heard of people using MH for the last 2 weeks of flowering, this appearently increase's resin production... never seen it used tho.



Their is always dual spectrum HPS also which sunmaster, grolux & i believe philips do a CMH dual spec...


I get perfectly good results with a grolux dual spec 400w bulb...

 

[Lemonflex]

Yeah I'm thinking about going with dual spectrum hps than with normal hps