kronic&bars
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How many plants
150w HPS
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kronic&bars
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lemme specify that beter you guys.. how many plants can i grow with one of these?
njfinestkush
Active Member
im gonna buy the same liight some people sat 1 others say 2 or three mannnnn imma grow 3 and slap on a couple cfls thats it
kronic&bars
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ya im thinking 3 autoflowers, i already bout the seeds and i got the light from amozon .com its a 150 HPS "sum system" with a built in ballast i got for $70, check it out
http://www.amazon.com/Sun-SRS150-System-HPS-150/dp/B001JL0BWG
njfinestkush
Active Member
im getting the same one lol ur the second person who told me that how much was shipping all together wen i but it its like 95 bucks with shipping
Hobbes
Well-Known Member
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For flower we need 50 watts of HPS per square foot to get best buds for most strains. You can have as many plants as you can fit in 3 square feet, though you could probably get a 4 square foot grow with no problem. How many plants depends on your style of grow - from 1 large plant to 16 budcycles in 6" pots.
What you're going to be more interested in is your yield. A beginner can expect in the 1/4 grams of bud per watt HID; an intermediate grower 1/2 gram per watt; an expert 1+ gram per watt HID.
So with a 150 watt first time out you can expect 40 - 75 grams of bud if your garden is full and you have no great disasters.
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With such a small wattage bulb we get very little penetration into the canopy, the bulb will be wasted with a tall plant. Look into SOG and SCROG style growing. I have a simple low stress training style of growing I call Crop Circle Of Bud, I'll post a pictorial from veg, training, through to flower to give you an idea how simple LST is.
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If you have any electrical experience you can open your ballast and put an extension wire to the socket and bring only the socket and bulb into your grow area, keeping the heavy and hot ballast out of your grow area. I did the same with a 150 watt ballast I picked up at a building store for $70, I've had it since the 90s with no problem.
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For flower we need 50 watts of HPS per square foot to get best buds for most strains. You can have as many plants as you can fit in 3 square feet, though you could probably get a 4 square foot grow with no problem. How many plants depends on your style of grow - from 1 large plant to 16 budcycles in 6" pots.
What you're going to be more interested in is your yield. A beginner can expect in the 1/4 grams of bud per watt HID; an intermediate grower 1/2 gram per watt; an expert 1+ gram per watt HID.
So with a 150 watt first time out you can expect 40 - 75 grams of bud if your garden is full and you have no great disasters.
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With such a small wattage bulb we get very little penetration into the canopy, the bulb will be wasted with a tall plant. Look into SOG and SCROG style growing. I have a simple low stress training style of growing I call Crop Circle Of Bud, I'll post a pictorial from veg, training, through to flower to give you an idea how simple LST is.
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If you have any electrical experience you can open your ballast and put an extension wire to the socket and bring only the socket and bulb into your grow area, keeping the heavy and hot ballast out of your grow area. I did the same with a 150 watt ballast I picked up at a building store for $70, I've had it since the 90s with no problem.
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