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Voyteqstarted grow question 4 years ago
I am not sure if I have my lights set properly. I have a fealing that my leaves are getting lighter in color and I am afraid if my lights (Mars Hydro TSL 2000 L) is not working too bright. Can anyone help? At the level of leaves lumen meter shows 356 lumens x 100.
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The8thChevronanswered grow question 4 years ago
If that's the reading at 2ft away from the center of the light, while the light is at 24", its accurate. I am guessing, however, that you're measuring from the center. At 24", the center should read around 700.
Your light is also dimmable, there's a hole in the top of the drivers. Get a screwdriver in there and test the dimmable function to make sure it's running at 100%. Mars Hydro lists all of their PAR readings on amazon, so look up your light on amazon to get the charts to compare your readings to. Best of luck friend!
the_canna_scientistanswered grow question 4 years ago
I use Mars Hydro TS1000 x2.
With both of those lights, at 60 inches (top of my tent) and at 100% power, the bottom of the tent, 4-6 inches from the ground it is 9-12k lux, this is where I pop my seedlings. About 10 inches off the ground (pot high) it is about 20-25k. This is where my veg-saplings go and then they grow up into the light.
At 24 inches from the lights, the lumen's are 80k. I try not to go past 75k in flower because I have seen some light intensity issues around that intensity.
Seedling-Sapling 6k-12k is what i go with
Veg 15-55k lux
Flower 55k-75k lux
Some people go more some people go less.
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The8thChevronanswered grow question 4 years ago
Your plants would want closer to 500 right now also. Perhaps, drop it 2-3".
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