I bought a cheap luxmeter in hope of dialing in my lighting a little better. I'm using Samsung 80cri 3500k strips. Is there any way to convert this to ppfd or something else where I can get an indication if I'm using enough light?
Multiply lux by 0.014505 to get a very close conversion to PPFD. That value is for 3000k not 3500k but the difference between the two will mean for only a tiny change in the PAR.