Vegging with HPS

I'm runnin out of room in my veg tent I usually veg with a 600 mh but I just cropped all my plants in flowerin would it hurt to put a few in there with a 24 hr light cycle it's a 1000 watt HPS plz help

It will work.

It's fine to veg with hps.

Sometimes you see some more stretch between nodes but if temps are spot on and nutrient requirements are being maintained then everything should be fine.

I use a SYLVANIA GROLUX dual spec lamp do it has a little blue already.




J

It will more than work. I love vegging with hps over anything else.

420skyhigh420 said:

I'm runnin out of room in my veg tent I usually veg with a 600 mh but I just cropped all my plants in flowerin would it hurt to put a few in there with a 24 hr light cycle it's a 1000 watt HPS plz help

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The only real problem ive seen when vegging with hps is a burn that can occur if the plants are too young and/or too close to the light. Ive found that Vegging at least 4 weeks with around 150-300w of CFL will get the plant to a point where she will be big enough to handle that much intense light. Also im not 100% but i remember my grandpa tellin me that softer light in the 6500k range like white and blue is better for early stretch and root development. the warmer light around 3200k like red and yellow are really good for node development and sugar transfer within the plant. in short you can get great results fast by supplementing your veg with HPS..but like jondamon said, really make sure and watch those temps. your plants sound like they have enough roots and are big enough to preform wonderfully under those HPS'.

I have vegged many on pure HPS. A single 1000 watt setup. I only use 400-watt MH now to veg because I bought 2 low bay 400-watt shop fixtures with the MH bulbs (used) in them. I have never bought a new bulb (a year with me + the age when they were replaced) and they veg the hell out of young plants.

If only one HID always make it HPS. It does it all better than MH.

Thanks everyone for the.great in put and yes i think there big enought ill post pics now there round 6 to 8 inches tall and there in red solo cups and the roots after covered all around that's why Ineed to put some in my other tent for a few weeks Iwanna get the all out of the solo cups and into 5 gal buckets so the can continue to grow Igot a mix of blue chz and purple train wreck and again thanks to all

sounds sick, mine wer in da solo cups when they were 6 inches tall i transplanted them