How close can i bring these lights for flowering?

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PizzaMan5000

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Moflow said:
What light is this you are using?
2000 par?
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Cheapie Amazon "360w" (80w) actual ufo's. I used them like 8yr ago and they burned my seedlings, so I knew they were beefy. I found them on eBay and Amazon for $16-$27 bucks and have 8 now.
They are only about 1,000 par at 14" IIRC. I don't have a meter, but my buddy has a nice apogee meter meant for Led's and coral that we used.
No idea what the spectrum is like. I notice my leaf development is slow with them, but my buds are super dense.... Also the ppfd drops off pretty bad after ~12-14" . I learned to grow with floros, so these lights don't bother me. I only use them because I grow in a wardrobe.

An example of them: I paid $20 average though. I'm aware they are ghetto.... I guess they are 10w diodes running at ~2w


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MY OWN DANK

MY OWN DANK

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bernie344 said:
If your happy with the current results, leave em where they are.
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Yeah but theyve been vegging...figured I bring em a little closer for flowering...was wondering what people using these types of lights are doing...its my 1st time using a board
 
bernie344

bernie344

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MY OWN DANK said:
Yeah but theyve been vegging...figured I bring em a little closer for flowering...was wondering what people using these types of lights are doing...its my 1st time using a board
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I found led easier to veg with, different flowering.
Getting too close in flower can do bud damage and it will really set them back, need a few grows to get it dialed in.
 
Mcwhippin420

Mcwhippin420

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Interesting those small ufo lights i remember those from 8 9 years ago...those would be good additional side lighting for my 2x2 maybe thanks for idea
 
getogrow

getogrow

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I think you are close enough now. are they turned up ? Im a hps guy and the main thing my friend pounded into my head is to keep the lights high on them boards until you get used to um. When you get it too bright , the praying leaves we are used to , go flat and ugly while the plant still looks good overall. Thats the first sign of "too much light"
 
MY OWN DANK

MY OWN DANK

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getogrow said:
I think you are close enough now. are they turned up ? Im a hps guy and the main thing my friend pounded into my head is to keep the lights high on them boards until you get used to um. When you get it too bright , the praying leaves we are used to , go flat and ugly while the plant still looks good overall. Thats the first sign of "too much light"
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They're half ass praying...but they just woke up couple hours ago and got a good drink last night...I have em 18-20inches currently20210202_123839.jpg20210202_123845.jpg
 
getogrow

getogrow

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Thats a good solid pray to me....i see what your saying about "half ass" though and thats exactly what im talking about but its a lot more seeable when it progresses. I wouldnt worry right now.
 
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