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Old 03-29-2006, 02:10 PM
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Default what is a good overall 175 watt mh bulb

looking for some input on a 175watt mh bulb. looking for a bulb for good growth and appearance. hoping to use a bulb around the 14k so i dont have to add supplement lighting. any suggestions would be appreciated.



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Old 03-29-2006, 03:40 PM
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14k is going to give you the best balance between colour and growth. Are you running any other lights? If you are running actinics, you could go with a 10k bulb and use the actinics to help with the colour and get better growth than a 14k bulb.
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Old 03-29-2006, 04:32 PM
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I like the color of my 250w 20K XMs. And the 20K XMs push more PAR than the 15K XMs, so better growth and color with the 20K.
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xm10k or the new iwasaki 14k bulb.
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