Light height 400w

Hey guys just wondering how high I should have my light. Its growing well but doesn't seem to getting much height. Any ideas??
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Greenfingers3713 said:

Hey guys just wondering how high I should have my light. Its growing well but doesn't seem to getting much height. Any ideas??
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Thanks for your help

Greenfingers3713 said:

Thanks for your help

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Are you using MH or LED? The growth is shrub like. It will stretch in flower. Don’t worry. Be happy.

Your plant looks ok. If the light was too weak then it would likely stretch and get "leggy". Many strains veg really slow and then explode when you flip them.

What kind of light is it?

Your plant can be as close as 12 inches from a 400 watt HPS/MH provided there is adequate airflow circulation and the temps are ok, not saying this little one needs to be that close. Put your hand under the light and check the heat, if it's hot to you then it's hot to the plant.

You might wanna roll down the walls around the plant so it gets more airflow.

I use flourescents 2" above them until they are 12-15" tall before I use the hot MH 400. I don't find that the hot 400 MH makes them grow any faster.

70's natureboy said:

I use flourescents 2" above them until they are 12-15" tall before I use the hot MH 400. I don't find that the hot 400 MH makes them grow any faster.

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You shouldn't bother with the MH until it gets a bit bigger. It's a waste of energy.

hotrodharley said:

Are you using MH or LED? The growth is shrub like. It will stretch in flower. Don’t worry. Be happy.

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Yeah that's what I was thinking just seemed to be getting wider rather than taller. I'm just using a 400w hps light. Cheers mate

Greenfingers3713 said:

Yeah that's what I was thinking just seemed to be getting wider rather than taller. I'm just using a 400w hps light. Cheers mate

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Don’t worry. They’ll probably stretch like mad when you flip them.

Renfro said:

Your plant can be as close as 12 inches from a 400 watt HPS/MH provided there is adequate airflow circulation and the temps are ok, not saying this little one needs to be that close. Put your hand under the light and check the heat, if it's hot to you then it's hot to the plant.

You might wanna roll down the walls around the plant so it gets more airflow.

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Rolled the walls down thanks think it has made a difference straight away

hotrodharley said:

Don’t worry. They’ll probably stretch like mad when you flip them.

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Some of the best strains I have grown do that, they veg really slow and explode when you flip them. One I had was called Shiva. It was a land race from the india pakistan border. Pure indica as you could get. It vegged really slow and stayed very small but when you flipped to flower it would explode and make fat heavy resin laden colas. Taking 6 inch clones and rooting them for 20 days they would end up about 8 inches tall, I would pot them and straight to flower in a flood and drain SoG 48 per 4x4 / 1kW SE HPS. Lollipoped at day 20. They ended up 40 - 44 inches tall with 20 - 21 gram colas. I think that strain grew like that because it was arid in it's native climate until later in the season when it would flower. Natural selection favored a strain that just idled until flower