what is the ideal height to start flowering????

1nitrous

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its fine, I did come on here to catch shit from some prick, just trying to pick up some tips, why don't you go sit on that lit cigar like I said
 
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1nitrous said:
I only cut a few of the larger ones that were blocking the light to buds. My sour d's still have tons of fans on them
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"Blocking light." I get so tired of hearing that. Roughly 85% of light that strikes a leaf passes through, a leaf will only absorb roughly 15% of the light that strikes it. The chlorophyll in leaves will reflect the green light spectrum. The human eye is most sensitive to the green light spectrum so there is little to none left to strike lower leaves or buds and due to that it appears to the human eye to be little light for lower buds and leaves to receive, but plants are not the human eye and there is light there in the light spectrum plants use for them to use .... unless you have inadequate lighting and if you have inadequate lighting the solution to that is not removing fan leaves. The solution to that is upgrading/improving your lighting.
 
researchkitty

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What you need for under the plants are:

http://www.bghydro.com/BGH/itemdesc.asp?ic=HLIFT5SBST4&eq=&Tp=

I'm going to be buying 4 per 1000w lamp I have for under the plants. They attach in a chain too, so you can save on power strips ;) It's called the "SunBlaze T5 Strip Light" and they come in 2' and 4' sizes.

I dont know if they will yield a ton more because of this, its probably proportinate to the wattage of the units, but the goal was to have less popcorn on the bottom that is unsellable product and make it into something worth bagging up.

Hope this helps!

Kitty
 
Bonzi Lighthouse

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@Kitty I'm putting 4 of the 2 foot'ers in with my 250w CFL for my new DWC, they are sweet I have never used them to flower with though.
 
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researchkitty said:
What you need for under the plants are:

http://www.bghydro.com/BGH/itemdesc.asp?ic=HLIFT5SBST4&eq=&Tp=

I'm going to be buying 4 per 1000w lamp I have for under the plants. They attach in a chain too, so you can save on power strips ;) It's called the "SunBlaze T5 Strip Light" and they come in 2' and 4' sizes.

I dont know if they will yield a ton more because of this, its probably proportinate to the wattage of the units, but the goal was to have less popcorn on the bottom that is unsellable product and make it into something worth bagging up.

Hope this helps!

Kitty
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The info on that light says: "Includes 6500K HO lamp." That is a vegging light spectrum and the thread starter is concerned about enough light for flowering. 6500K is not what he needs for flowering.
 
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researchkitty said:
Edit: Ignore the bghydro link for the lights. The price is way high there. Here's the google shopping link instead:

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=SunBlaze+T5+Strip+Light+4'&hl=en&safe=off&rlz=1C1SNNT_enUS404&prmd=ivs&resnum=3&biw=1600&bih=732&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=13016911423132880582&ei=ZVwETbf9FcKAlAfe5fnECQ&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CFMQ8wIwAg#

-or-

http://bit.ly/gxPEGg

Enjoy..............
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That one also says: "6500°K HO lamp included," a light spectrum for vegging, not flowering, and he's concerned about light for flowering.
 
researchkitty

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The info on that light says: "Includes 6500K HO lamp." That is a vegging light spectrum and the thread starter is concerned about enough light for flowering. 6500K is not what he needs for flowering.
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Oops -- but an easy fix. They can be purchased with veg or with flower lights.

However, I'd stick to veg lighting not flower lighting for the strips. Then you get HPS and Veg lighting at the same time! :)
 
1nitrous

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I tied the tops of my plants to some bamboo stakes today brining the total height to about 16" which looks like is the max distance you would want for a 250w mh according to the chart Bonzi Lighthouse posted, does that sound about right??? Here is a pic of what it looks like now with the lights closer, there is 2 250w mh lights, even though you can only see one in the pic
 
alexonfire

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I kept my 250w only 6" away from a canopy at a plant that was LST'd down to 8" tall, ony 1.5 gal pot. They penetrate! haha. Im guessing though you could could get a good 12 inches of good light penetration. I wouldnt bother going under 16" unless you have side lighting.
 
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