Lol. You and your futuristic ceramic bulbs. Might as well flower on mars with the ufo crowd. :)
I just bought 2 new 600w ballasts for half price. No one blind tested here picked cmh bud any more than the hps bud including myself and the plants are too squat and leafy for my tastes. Too much blue light like these full spectrum led’s. That’s why they add the red now I guess.
Disclaimer: only used one Phillips 315 3100k vs 1
hortilux 600w super hps. Multiple 315’s would be needed to light plants better I think. Yield was much higher as expected with the 600 and as I said no one could tell the difference in final product.
In the room the cmh bud seemed sparklier but the bud production only went half way through the canopy and the hps made solid bud down to the pot.
The plants grew a bit greener and healthier under the cmh and finished a few days to a week sooner. Also fall colors came out much more under the cmh spectrum. Which I liked. Garden looked beautiful under the natural looking light.
But I think the 315 belongs in veg. ;-)
I will likely use both in my next build. A 600 and a 315 over a 4x6 area or so. Maybe 4’x5’.
The buds looked the best to me when I let the lights overlap.
I am interested in
hortilux ceramic hps for the more natural light like the cmh. But the production of the hps
Oh yeah the 600w
hortilux blue beat the 315 for yield and matched quality but grew even leafier looser buds.
The 315 alone has too narrow of a grow area. And it runs as hot open as an air cooled glass sealed 600 so it didn’t really save much money in electricity. I had to add an extra exhaust fan to my room to keep it as cool.
Lot of hype about simple tools if you ask me. Pick the right one for the job. I need the heat of hid in this cold place.