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When your Led is too powerful for your surface. Should I raise the Led's distance to plant and its intensity ?

Maskedcucumber
Maskedcucumberstarted grow question 9 months ago
In your experience, would it be better to put my (too) powerful LED at 60% 55 cm from the plants or 80% at 70 cm ? I have 1.511µmol/m²/s at 80% (which is A LOT apparently) and 755µmol/m²/s at 40%
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WhiteEdge
WhiteEdgeanswered grow question 9 months ago
Hello friend, 1500PPFD is to much.) If you have vertical space i will rise reflector and bring power up to acceptable level to achieve 800-1000PPFD. This way girls wont stretch too much because they have strong light over them. It consume more energy this way but its worth. Commercial growers always keep their light sky high , LED or HPS desame.
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Hashy
Hashyanswered grow question 9 months ago
If you want to save some cash then have it closer on lower power. I'd do a test 1st, check corners of your grow tent at the lower power and check your ppfd/dli depending on which one your working with. Then test again at the higher distance with more power, whichever one gives you the most even spread of light across the canopy is the one I'd go with. Eg if lower power closer setup the centre of the canopy reads 40Dli and the edges read 10Dli, and the higher power further away setup the centre is 40Dli and the edges read 30 Dli then I'd go with high power further away. Pretty wrecked so not proof reading my answer and it may not make any sense🤣.
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Rangaku
Rangakuanswered grow question 9 months ago
If it’s only the 280 w lights from your diary that you’ve got going I wouldn’t be moving it so high by the looks of it you’ve got a few plants going under that light . If the plants aren’t showing signs of burn keep it low and watch it grow
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