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Light intensity in a 4x4

Tommy_Pickles
Tommy_Picklesstarted grow question 4 years ago
Running 2 spider farmer SF2000 quantum led boards in a 4x4. 30 inches above 5 plants. Having alot of conflicting information on light intensity. I'm only 7 days in from germ and some are telling me 40% max and others are telling me 100% from seedling to harvest.
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DoDrugs420
DoDrugs420answered grow question 4 years ago
I would run it with the instructions the manufacturer sent you, those guys u can trust. If they say run it at 100% at 30 inches for seedlings do it, if they say run it at 40% at 15 inches, well, do it then. These are not accurate numbers, just demonstrative. If they dont say jack, then go find the par maps and check at wich height u get the desired par, if u cant find par maps for all distances, install a lux meter, a bunch of those in play store, then compare the readings at the distance at wich you have specified at at par map and see if 1000 par will be the same as lets day 30000 lux in that light specifically, so if you get to 15000 lux you should be sitting at around 500 par, 7500 around 250 par, so by this logic with this imaginary light i would set it at 7500 lux height to be achieving around 250 par for my seedlings. I hope i wasnt too much confusing, short version is trust the manufacturer numbers buddy. Stay lit growmie.
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HeavyHittah
HeavyHittahanswered grow question 4 years ago
I struggled with light intensity . But I have found a hack that will clear it all up and that I use myself . Check out this video https://youtu.be/YiVVAePNtXo Basically you want to be aiming for 250 PAR as seedlings. 400 to 600 par for veg and 600 to 900 for flower. Now the PAR meters are very expensive . So I watched the migro vid on YouTube and bought that exact lux meter . Now i don't have to worry about hanging heights as I can just optimise my light to the correct PAR levels . It really is worth doing as it's better than guessing. In the meantime if you choose to do it by eye then your seedlings really don't need max power . 40 percent sounds about right . They don't need a tonne of light at the start. But I recommend getting that lux meter in the video it will save you a lot of hassle !
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