sativuhhh
Well-Known Member
So I upgraded my tent from a little 2x4 to a 5x5 and decided it was time for a lighting upgrade from the cobs I had to something more robust for flowering. I have 2 panels with 1400 lm301b's and like 200 far reds. I'm wrapping up veg for another week or so and to get a feel for the lights and let the plants enjoy better penetration for a little bit then will flip to flower. I have the space so I might as well let em get monsterous, they are already getting to a pretty decent size.
I hung the lights at 24" over the canopy and i think I set the dimmer to around 3/4ths or a bit more. The panels are longer than the smaller 480w hlg's with the quad 288's so I'm not sure how much I can read into heights in the lots of journals on those to get an idea and trying to search for a grow journal with one but haven't had any luck searching. Just too many references to qb's and 600w and everything in eleventy billion posts on here to find anything useful.
The pics don't even do justice to how bright they are, gonna have a happy harvest I think this time!
Anyone have any thoughts on hang heights vs dimmer usage as well? Should I hang lower and then dial in the light amount using the dimmer or leave it 100% and use the hang height to adjust how strong it's hitting it?
Pics right when I got it hung at the end of lights out time so the plants are still sleepy looking.
I hung the lights at 24" over the canopy and i think I set the dimmer to around 3/4ths or a bit more. The panels are longer than the smaller 480w hlg's with the quad 288's so I'm not sure how much I can read into heights in the lots of journals on those to get an idea and trying to search for a grow journal with one but haven't had any luck searching. Just too many references to qb's and 600w and everything in eleventy billion posts on here to find anything useful.
The pics don't even do justice to how bright they are, gonna have a happy harvest I think this time!
Anyone have any thoughts on hang heights vs dimmer usage as well? Should I hang lower and then dial in the light amount using the dimmer or leave it 100% and use the hang height to adjust how strong it's hitting it?
Pics right when I got it hung at the end of lights out time so the plants are still sleepy looking.