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Light height full power vs dimmed
crusoestarted grow question 3 years ago
Hi, with light height, does it make a difference to the plant if I'm at full brightness and further away vs dimmed and closer? I'm going to start running out of tent space soon so I'm expecting I'll need to dim in late flower. I think it's ok just looking for assurance :)
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L_Tetragrammatonanswered grow question 3 years ago
You are correct in your assumption, it’s the same thing but you loose heat as the light is moved away so it is more efficient to have the light closer and dimmer. You can turn the light a little higher than you think is comfortable and it will reduce your stretching. And you can also reduce your light time if you run out of vertical space to adjust the plants DLI (daily light Intake) same rule hotter light =less time. Happy Growing and I hope that helps!!!
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