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        • EC Levels
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        • Potassium
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        • Germinating Seeds
        • Planting a Seed
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        • Topping
        • Transplanting
        • Grafting
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        • Sexing Plants
        • Control the Stretch
        • Grow Purple Buds
      • Harvesting
        • Washing Buds
        • How to Harvest
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        • How to Dry
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          • Light Distances
          • HID Lighting
        • Extraction
          • Cover the Smell
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      • Grow Tents
        • 60cm x 60cm
        • 1m x 1m x 2m
        • Grow Tent Insulation
      • Hydroponics
        • Growing in Coco
          • Buffering Coco
          • Starting a Coco Grow
          • Coco Growing
        • EC Meters
        • EC and PH Fluctuations
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      • CFL’s
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      • RSO
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      • Rosin
      • Shatter
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600w HPS

A 600w HPS, is a high intensity discharge bulb, that is used for flowering cannabis plants. HPS stands for high pressure sodium. An electrical current is ran through a tube containing sodium. This gas is burned, and an orange glow is produced.

The orange/ red spectrum of light is preferred by cannabis plants during their flowering cycle. Because of this, a 600w high pressure sodium lights are most commonly used bulb for indoor growers.

600w HPS are usually used in 1m x 1m x 2m grow Tents, or 1.2 x 1.2m Grow Tents.

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HID Lighting for Growing Cannabis

by percysgrowroom

HID Lighting is the most common type of light to grow cannabis indoors. It has been around for a long time, and growers have always produced great results when using HID lighting for growing cannabis. This keeps HID’s at the top of the list for favourites amongst growers. The term HID stands for High Intensity …

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Categories Equipment Tags 400w MH, 600w HPS, Dutch Passion, High Pressure Sodium, Metal Halide 2 Comments

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