Good rolled bud has always beat oil as far as I was concerned. The trim from my Lowryder 2 plants makes good oil and its a good fill in between grows. I use 99.9% MH and make 1oz. teabags of 5 wrap cheesecloth. Before cooking off I strain it through a triple coffee filter. Fine Stuff.
Lots of wattage for a single grow.Veg with your floros and flower with your HPS. (cool white for veg).Better yet, use both for flowering. What are you going to grow?
When you start your 12/12 ,thats when you start counting your "flowering" days. I'm now in week 12 of my own grow which I vegged for 6 wks and then went to 12/12 to flower for the final 6 wks which I'm now in.
I use a 400w in my 2x2x6' grow area. A 400w gives a 3'x3' optimum coverage and with a cool tube reflector I grow 7 plants and I can keep my temps at 78-80F at about 5 or 6 " from plant tops. (40,000lumen MH, 45000lumen HPS.
I'm doing a SOG and the measurements i'm using are basically what the "cool cab" you're using has. I've got 7 females that I vegged for 6 wks (MH)400w and they've been 12/12 for the last 4 nights. 2 are 24" from top of pot and the other 5 are from 14" to 18".(Flowering with HPS 400w. Photos in...
I was told 9 yrs ago that that is what I had. I also had some terrible episodes up to 3 hrs in length where I was over the toilet barfing and I was to dizzy to stand up. Long story short. They put me on a water pill once daily and I took a bonamine tablet when I felt an episode or nausea coming...
With air cooled tube reflector , at least for the 400w MH and HPS that I use and if it has safety glass 2 or 3 in is sufficient. (shower stall grow area approx 3x3x7.
Good luck on your grow. HPS is a great bulb all around, but for vegging use MH bulbs with more of the blue spectrum for better growth. "cool white" tubes or spiral florescent bulbs give you the same spectrum with no heat. The hps bulb you would use when you decide to go on 12/12 lighting to...