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DLI/PPFD for autoflower seedlings on a 24hr light cycle

Chamullero420
Chamullero420started grow question 9 months ago
Wondering about DLI/PPFD for autoflower seedlings on a 24hr light cycle. Running the lights 24/7 to keep temps up in my tent, with PPFD at about 280. This gives a DLI of 24. Too much light for 1 week old seedlings? Should I move the light a bit further away?
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Sciolistic_Steve
Sciolistic_Steveanswered grow question 9 months ago
DLI is a rose, is a rose, is a rose. 35-40 dli in ambient co2 conditions is probably near max for vast majority or people. if your garden has elevated CO2 and you tightly control temp/RH, then you can go much higher. even with ambient co2, temp/rh control matters of course. 35-40 dli over 16 or 18 or 24 hours is no real difference. in fact, you'll have better results if you give some amount of dark time as opposed to 24/0. you are trying to force feed your plant, and all it wil do by giving more is build up a resilience to the light.. chlorophyl cannot produce more sugar than it is capable of per 24hours... so it's just shoving excess energy down the plant's throat as if it were foie gras. just as an outside plant builds up rsistance to the sun. a plant can* build up resistance to too strong of light... or you may stunt it or damage it otherwise. even if it looks healthy your just throwing electricity down the drain.
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Chamullero420
Chamullero420answered grow question 9 months ago
Thanks for your answers Creepy_Steve. I'm using Photone on an iPad, which apparently is calibrated for that particular camera/light meter but I take your point. As I mentioned I'm keeping the lights on 24hrs for heat as it's getting cold at night here. If we assume for a second that the DLI readings I have are accurate do you think 24 is too much for young seedlings? Thanks in advance
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m0use
m0useanswered grow question 9 months ago
I wold not do 24/0 for lightning schedule. I'd aim closer to 18/6, plants need sleep. Good Luck!
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Sciolistic_Steve
Sciolistic_Steveanswered grow question 9 months ago
oh, btw, those phone apps that measure DLI are trash. they don't work that well. they will be consistent, because it's simply applying af actor to a poorly measured lux reading. your camera lense is not the proper equipment to do such a thing and definitely is not a quantum meter. those cost 500 USD. your cheap little phone camera can't do it. and the lux readings are grossly overstatees becaues it's not a directional lense.. it's receiving light from multiple angles so it reads higher than a real lux meter would read. it is consistent, so you can use it as proportional intensity. when you find the most you can give, based on observances and trial/error, you assign that as "100%" and relate any other reading to that in the canopy. 75%? 66%? you know it;ll be that percentage of your max dli relative to your environmental variables.
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