I put the ballast on 75 percent, and for the first two weeks they were all under 6 23w cfls! Also have the 750cfm fan as well as 3 oscillating in there, don't think it will be a problem
Def gonna want to use the MH bulb for veg and the HPS for flower. You're gonna wanna use grow big(the one with the fox on the cover) use half the recommended use to start off as it will say on the back how many tablespoons per gallon of water.
Yeah it's about 2 and a half feet above the plants, some are growing fast as shit and some are growing slowly but surely. Temp is around 78-80 most of the time during the day and drops down to 69-76 at night
Ive looked for something similar to this graph for LED lighting and have had no luck. I wonder if this would work if I compared lumen output?to my blog: for the lite chart
Heat is almost non existent with my leds right below the light. The internal fans keep them really cool. The power and spectrum of light however may be too intense if they are too close is the only worry I have. Light bleaching was a problem I had early on aout 4 weeks into veg with the 300 watters 8 inches above the plant. when I raised the lights to 2 feet away they stopped bleaching and grew like crazy but didn't stretch. They stayed tight at the nodes and the growth on the main stem and the topped branches got real thick.
