What is the best lighting schedule for Autos?

by cmh, im guessing that yall r talkin bout ceramic metal halide. if yes, whats the differences in that and hps? i have 600 hps. it caused the bill to skyrocket. like to get it fown but afraid it will effect the flowers negatively. suggestions?

 

yeah, i was thinking of doing a circular next to one left to its own under 600 watt hps. ofcourse i will have the trained plant raised to level with other.

 

it's getting pretty squanchy in here!

 

Imho it blows my mind how well it performs and I am willing to bet it's close if not better than a 600w hps and I believe some claim it's as good as the 1k system. Yes I am talking about the ceramic metal halide Phillips elite agro bulb 3100k specifically designed for horticulture use, combined with a square wave ballast and pure white light it's incredible for only 355watts at the wall. Here's my grow under 1 sunsystem 3100k Phillips agro bulb growing in a 10x10 room with hardly any panda film hung

 

Also my entire household hot water heater dryer washer heat and grow combined is 185$ a month

 

That's the winner right there!

That bulb changed my grow game, when I lost my job and half my pay rate I had to figure a way to continue growing my meds.....all I own is the 1k magnetic systems and a cheapo 300w viparspectra led.....so I sold a gun I had and a few old tools which I didn't wanna do and took a chance buying the sunsystem ceramic metal halide fixture with a Phillips bulb included for I think 400$ roughly and was nervous at first but I'll be damned it's really a low cost low running setup the actually performs....unlike that 300w viparspectra led lol....thats now a veg light for the clones.

 

nice whats the footprint? i thought that cmh and hps were similar in electric cost

 

It runs about 355w and fits a 3x3 but I'm proving myself it does just fine in a 10x10 room with hardly any panda film hung

 

This was the sour livers under 1 cmh fixture in a 3x3 tent with the door open while vegging other plants outside the tent

 

WOW!

 

Worms are feeding like crazy @Chunk also runs a cmh system he might have better info then I do maybe he will "shed a little light" on the subject

 

Sour livers autos under ceramic metal halide, 12 on 12 off light schedule.running photos with em.

 

i would try 20/4.