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Depends at what stage your calling veg. Clone to pre veg I use t-5 and just recently added a red LED. In veg gavitas are turned down to 500 W. Then I slowly increase to 850 W before flipping to bloom at 1000-1150 W.Funny..sounds like some of you are using the mh and hps as the same light...y'all do know that one is blue for veg.and one is more reds for bloom right?
315 only cover a 3x3 area. Need 6-8 for an 8x8.
I would use 3 to match 2 600 hps. But preferably 2 hps to 1 cmh when i tested.
If you only go by the numbers, sure. But I've seen these in action and they are absolutely comparable to a 600w light. I would have no qualms personally about using 4 to light an 8x8. 6-8 of them would be hotter than hell in that space.
I use 2 thousands to light an 8x8 and it's about 30w per square foot in the room. Last harvest was right around 3 pounds, and the heat is easily manageable with bare bulbs.
I have one. I have tested extensively in my room. I do 3 pounds with 2 600’s if i monocrop a known cutting.
But i staggar harvest a plant every week or two normally. I did my testing a couple years ago.
Direct comparison was 15oz for 315cmh amd 24 oz for 600hps.
The lighting companies state 3x3 area as well. 4x4 for veg. I also agree. Its a bit intense in a 3x3 tent for early plants.
And the open reflector 315 runs about as hot as my air cooled 600’s.
Thats my experience with a sun system/phillips 315 lec.
And sure.. Some cuttings I could yield more if I grew only that strain, but what fun would that be? Variety is the spice of life. My bubba kush kills my numbers honestly... Its a terrible yielder but the smoke is second to none.
Have been harvesting a different plant for variety every week or two for a few years. More work but worth it. Plus the variety for coconut oil and now maybe hash thanks to your tutorial.
A very noice.
I have 4 varieties right now, Platinum cookies easily tields double what my bubba cut does. I just dropped a couple strains though and will be bringing in a couple new ones so final yield could vary.
I do all mine same time, same room. If I had more veg space I would stagger also. But my flower room is also my veg room..
Want to say here that i dont grow for yield. The yield came from practice. I grow for the healthiest plants i can manage and to let them truly finish with as much potential as i can. Thats my priority.
I fill my flower room as needed from a veg tent in the adjacent room. Also serves as a lung room for the flower room. And my workspace and storage.
Funny..sounds like some of you are using the mh and hps as the same light...y'all do know that one is blue for veg.and one is more reds for bloom right?
Friend I think your the only one that’s confused.. we are taking about ceramic metal halide not metal halide..Oh I agree..you have to use both to get the right spectrums... that's why I switched to led...still sounds like ppl.are confused about there lights..js
My buddy has both and the vert with the proper bulb owns the other 315 horizontal with cheaper bulb. Big diff
@1diesel1 are those the ones you rockin bro?The original 315’s from sun system are vertical and open and were designed specifically for the phillips bulb with their consult.
Ya, there buties. I’ve got 4, only running 2 with the 2 gavitas rite now.@1diesel1 are those the ones you rockin bro?
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