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I fed the big one today with One, Signal, Sweet & Sticky, Cha Ching, and Liquidsoil, and the other just got Liquidsoil, Signal, and Sweet & Sticky...she's fading nicely and nearing the end.๐
Happy growing! I hope you get some good results! Take care and stay lit! I will drop by sometimes to check on your process! Say hello if you ever visit my page!
Peace & Love - L.S.T ๐๐ผ๐
@Silverback_Guerilla, understood.. I have seen some of the exact things you are talking about.. I may pick up 4 of the 4 ft bars.. thanks for the wisdom matey๐ค๐ค
@Theia, Yes, or side lighting that illuminates the lower parts of the plants under the thickass canopy...
It's not necessary if your walls have reflective surfaces and you don't have plants jammed in tight, but if your floor is dark, any additional light down below supplies photons to the leaves, which provides more energy for the plants. Plus, those little larfy buds harden off a bit better. I usually just mount side lighting in the form of 120cm (4') bar lights velcro'd or zip-tied to the horizontal tent poles..but in my closet, I just lay them across the tops of the pots facing upwards. A pair is 60-80 watts, and you can get them with mixed spectra +660nm diodes pretty cheap on ebay or amazon now:
growdiaries.com/diaries/119918-grow-journal-by-silverback-guerilla/week/679297
They also sell 2' versions of the same that are about 18-20w each, and you can chain them together like the 4' versions. The backside/heatsink gets hotter than their faces and they don't burn up plants if touching. They only have a beneficial amount of PAR out to about 18", and really only about 4" is strong enough to swell up flowers any bigger than they would have, but your little buds and lower leaves won't be chlorotic looking from lack of light, and your plants will get a little energy boost.
I actually had 4 of the 40w double-row v-shaped 2700k bars velcro'd to my horizontal tent poles, and 2 more velcro'd to vertical corner poles in my 5'x4' tent at one point. I had them on a timer and ran them about half of their day, and during little intervals where I had the timer turning off my main top lighting to mitigate high temps. Even though it isn't "intense" lighting, it's enough to see real gains in overall production if you can turn your larfy shit to dense little popcorns.