2k lights, worth it?

opiumfiend

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ok so i have a grow room with 10 plants (afgooey) flowering in. they have just completed their 4th week of bloom. i was running 2 600 watt HID lights side by side. i decided to up the juice a bit and have replaced setup with 1, 1000 watt HPS under it's own shade and 2 600 watt lights under a shade with a bulb at each end. one of the 600s is a MH and the other HPS. one of the 600s is turned down on my digital ballast to 400 watt. how much of a difference will this make. is it going to make a difference this far in with 4 weeks to go. the buds are really getting super frosty and filling out. but have a lot more to go. never done a grow before so i dunno how much filling out the buds do over the weeks. here's some pics.

just wondering what kind of space or amount of plants people would use 2k lights for and their thoughts on me changing it up at this point? keen to know peoples stories or views. cheers :)

sorry for the awful pictures. only have my cell at this point.IMG_20141225_205316.jpgIMG_20141225_205328.jpg IMG_20141225_205351.jpg IMG_20141225_205400.jpg IMG_20141225_205407.jpg
 
Since you upped the wattage and these are the weeks when the buds start to pack on.. I say just sitback and let the plants do their own thing.. you will definitely see a major increase in yeilds and shit I'd cranck that dimmable back upto to 600 and run 1200 on 1 side and 1k on the other.
 

opiumfiend

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thank you for the feed back. that's what i was wandering, if this was a good time to up the wattage. i was running at 1200 but the heat was extreme. the room my set up is in is quite big but i have no ventilation. i leave a door open at night. but my temp was sitting at 29.9 with 1200 and now they sit at about 26.4 at 1000 watt. in future i want to set up proper intake and outtake. but for now this setup is pretty basic.
 

THE KONASSURE

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just make sure you don`t burn them or dry them out is all, they`ll eat more with more light if your air exchange/co2 levels are good.
 

opiumfiend

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yea man. they have got real thirsty. i need to feed them about 3-5 litre every 2-3 days. had to adjust the lights a few times. drying to get that height just right. plants are varying heights so it's not so easy :/ most of them are pretty even height (1 metre/ 3 foot) but some are quite a bit shorter. wish i trained more. did some lst and topping but wasn't that good. one tree i was bending during vege and accidentally snapped it and had to tape it back up and that responded well. got 3 big main colas growing :) this was my first grow so live and learn.
 

ASMALLVOICE

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I run a small 2k room as well. I have 2-600 HPS overhead and 2-400w MH vertical in a 6x8x9 space. I run 2 tables with 4 plants each ( each table is 4 weeks apart,

Peace and Great Grows

Asmallvoice
 

opiumfiend

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cool. have you done many grows under this setup? if so what were your yields like, total and per plant. and what strains are you growing? cheers :)
 
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