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Originally posted by dankmann
Is this ideal lighting for a flowering plant? If not, what's the type of light for the $ when flowering?
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Yep... HPS is by far the best option for flowering a plant. Your second best option would be an MH argo or warm floros. The flourex bulbs are really only effective for veg growth because of their 6500k blue color, so they would be ideal if you have seperate veg and flower chambers/rooms. Oh, and I hope you realize that that price you quoted is just for the bulb. The ballast you will need to run that bulb will cost you at least USD$100.
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Also, if you take three 200W bulbs and place them side by side, does this do any better then two 300W bulbs (if you're growing just one plant and don't need the light to span out over a wide area).
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Umm... there really aren't any 200w or 300w HPS or MH on the market. The closest comparison would be 3 - 400w and 2 - 600w bulbs. The 600's would put out a total of 162,000 mean lumens and the 400's would put out a total of only 135,000 mean lumens. Generally speaking, lights are more effecient if you use less bulbs but equivilent total wattage.
I hope this helped.
Peace,
Born420