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Should I use both veg and bloom switch for autoflo...

Ray28started grow question 5 years ago

Should I use both veg and bloom switch for autoflowers or keep with the light spectrum of blue for veg and red for flower? Thanks

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Philindicusanswered grow question 5 years ago

Plants look really nice and happy. For veg your blue spectrum and bloom red spectrum. I'm keeping it simple actually your veg lights have a heavier percentage of blue than red it actually uses both/multiple spectrum's. Using more blue spectrum helps control the inter-node spacing on the plant stems keeping your plant a bit more compact. When your auto start to show a few pistils I would keep using veg nutrients and your veg/blue light until she does a bit of stretching. When shes half way through her stretch switch to your bloom/red lights and start using your bloom nutrients.She will be showing little tufts of white pistils by this time. In bloom it switches to a heavier percentage of red than blue. Red spectrum helps bud growth. If you switch to using your bloom/red lights too soon the red spectrum will cause your plant to stretch more. If that's what your looking for that's fine. Most auto growers like to create a nice somewhat even canopy by using LST type training to keep the light intensity as even as possible when she's growing her buds. Hope this helps.👍

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DankGardeneranswered grow question 5 years ago

Yes you will get more vigorous growth with both switches on. Hint bigger plant with more bud sites. Not only that your using your light to its full potential. Especially in flower more watts more bud basically. Another thing 24 inches with a 150w led is way to high. You need to lower even in veg I can see 20 to 18 but 24 inches for seedling stage which you have past. Now for flower it needs to be lower 15 to 13 inches.

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Fruitgroweranswered grow question 5 years ago

Go both switch all the way mate especially in flower. You can try red only during flush. But not necessary

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souljasamanswered grow question 5 years ago

With blurple leds always run both switches the whole grow. When it comes to those types of leds the more light you can throw at the plants the better as they aren't efficient at all by led standards. With these types of leds you need to look at the wattage the light draws from the wall to judge their strength as all companies that sell blurples lie about their actual strength. Blurples are about as efficient as hps with the downside that they don't penetrate nearly as deep.

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Cogollo_euanswered grow question 5 years ago

If your light have both switches, normally they should be both active during flowering time. The best you can do is to know well your equipment, so go to manufacturer page and see what they tell you on how to use it, and not only switches, distance from light to plants is important too. Hope it helps. Green love 💚💚💚!!!

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JuicyFruitanswered grow question 5 years ago

im assuming we are chatting about LED lighting. im only a newbie so i might not be totally correct but blue is generally for veg and red is for flower. i dont think the red has much effect if any on the veg stage. but ive read that the plant can absorb all different spectrums of light such as IR, UV or green/yellow spectrums which enhance or effect most aspects of the plants quality,growth or flowering. although im not sure by how much. my light has a combined VEG&BLOOM switch with blue, red, green, IR and possibly yellow which will cover all stages of the plants life :) i hope i helped man and if you have blue and red on and it doesnt burn the tops of your plants then it couldnt hurt to run both at once? Peace!

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