Yes CMH is different that MH, ITS WAAAY BETTER!!! Check out the links in my post (#9) and you'll see why, the spectrum's they produce will outperform MH & HPS all day long. This is the best place Ive found to get
Philips MasterColor CMH Retro White bulbs, not the cheapest but because they Pre-Burn all their lamps your bulb is guaranteed not to fail, these lamps have a high initial failure rate so if you buy from another retailer and the cermets seal isn't seated properly it will fail and your out the price of the lamp. If your interested to learn more about CMH, which in the opinion of many a seasoned growers are the best horticulture lamps on the market:
(---CLICK HERE<---) You mentioned that you've been reading about aquarium T5 bulbs to emulate LED spectrum's, not sure if this is what you've been reading but this thread has a lot of information regarding that, the OP (pr0fesseur) has been experimenting with lots of combinations of bulbs so I would ask him what bulbs you should get
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Would you be willing to try an experiment? I have been wanting to see a comparison between HPS vs CMH for a long time, just keep using HPS in both your cool tubes for the remainder of this grow, harvest and then document everything you can, wet weight, dry weight, bud to leaf ratio, density, resin & trichome production etc. Then for your next grow do EXACTLY THE SAME THING AS THE FIRST, same strain, same medium, same nutes, same EVERYTHING, except this time change one or both of the HPS bulbs to CMH, for a true comparison you would change both to CMH, however Ive heard that CMH works best with HPS, either way this would be a great comparison and could finally put to rest the argument of which is best. So what you say, are you ready and willing to collect scientific data for the betterment of indoor cannabis cultivation????????
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