How far above your canopy do you have your lights?
About 18 inches or so
You can drop those 6". About a foot above your plants should be ok.
Ok. But you think that 1000 watt Bestva light should work?
I run a similar light. 235 true watt blurple & a SF-1000 both around 10-12" away. The plant will show signs of distress if it's too close. Don't be afraid that you're going to kill it. Its not a hps hot bulb. You wont fry your leaves. Observe your plants daily to see how they react to the lights.
18/6 is the cycle I was using. So the info from Bestva IS accurate ?
When you put led 6” above the canopy you will get light burn instantly, not by heat but by intensity of the light. Your buds will get white and leaves yellow. There is no hand-feeling adjusting, just follow the producers manual, begin with the higher distance and go slowly down and watch your plants. When you notice something weird go step back and this is your distance. 12” is on the edge still.
Thank you for tbe input. It seems there is just so much misleading info on LEDs. Even the Amazon reviews I read seem very misleading. Like budding multiple plants under a 600 watt...
Look at HLG, SF-1000 - 4000, MarsHydro, Gavita. If you're interested in going on alibaba.com they have some cheap options from china on some good quantum boards. Samsung diodes and Mean well drivers are what most people are looking at. LED companies put misleading advertisements on their products to lure new growers (myself included). Amazon is probably the worse. Don't believe the reviews on there, half of them are probably not even reviews for the product you're looking at. Most of these companies buy bulk from b2b and b2c sites like alibaba and just have them slap their logo on it and sell it for triple than what they paid for it. It really just depends on the route you wanna go.
See thats exactly what Im talking about. How can a light b considered a 1000 watt when it only draws 185 watt?? I notice they do say 1000 watt LED power but what does that even mean??
If I ever buy another I definitely will check out those u mentioned. Thanku for the info. They sure got me. I bought 3 different types of LED. First was a 600 watt FSG tek thinking it would bud several plants in a 4x4 tent then moved to the 1000 Bestva then the "1500 watt" Highgrow. Now Im outta money for lights lol. What a fool. But Im learning.
Those you have will still produce. I’d keep em around 12-15 inches away. Keep temps in low 80’s with led. If you see your plants responding in a negative way, which I’m sure you shouldn’t, just back away by an inch or two until things smooth out.
