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Placement of led lights not sure how far too hang light from girls

Mikewithgreenthumbs420
Mikewithgreenthumbs420started grow question 4 years ago
How far should led lights be from plant canopy first two pictures are the veg lights not sure how much distance I should have between Than my last two pictures are my bloom led light plants seem too like it fan leaves where shooting up I bend them every day
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russrahl
russrahlanswered grow question 4 years ago
Download an app like Korona or something similar. It is a light meter app that uses your phones camera and a diy paper diffuser. Really easy and simple to use, and it will give you a good idea of how much light is on your canopy. Just google the values you should be at for each stage of your plants life cycle and your good to go.
DeadwebsiteBoringcommunity
DeadwebsiteBoringcommunityanswered grow question 4 years ago
Hey cool an Opportunity for me to tell people some solid information and also an opportunity for you as a grower to learn more.. So how to put this? Your lights... They suck ha ha.. I have those lights :) and I am gonna test em just for you. So I have an Apogee instruments light meter. And I'm going to measure these lights and see what they put out.. Do not use a lux meter.. I will also take some lux readings so you guys know EXACTLY why I am always like DO not use a lux meter.. Because using a LUX meter tells you actually nothing about the "power" of the light so here are the readings.. Taking from my meter. @ 6 inches I got a Par meter reading of 200-250 (good for veg). @ 3 Inches Par reading of 300-400. @ 1 inch away from the Diodes get a reading off 600-700. So even at inch away from the plant your plants will only be getting 600-700 from those lights.. I like to keep my plants anywhere from 900-1000 umol for flower so I would say those plants are Under powered and will not do a good job flowering Cannabis.. But if your gonna grow with them Run them Close.. Like really really close. Lux meter readings.. At 6 inches we have 35,000k and @ 3 inches we have a reading of 60K+ and this is not even close to what Good flowering is. So they you have it sir.. Real science like information that can actually help you grow Cannabis better. Yay knowledge is power.
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Roberts
Robertsanswered grow question 4 years ago
It's about 2 foot In vegging and about 18 inches in flowering. Some leds are stronger then that, and need more distance. LEDs are very bright and will burn leaves at closer distances. Good luck and happy growing. 🌲🌲🌲👊
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