Need help with lighting for autoflower.

VACAVILLE,CA.GROWER

VACAVILLE,CA.GROWER

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Daniel Lawton said:
Check out this setup. I'm using LEVIN 36W E26 bulbs, but those are no longer available. The main point of those is, the 36W comes out to 19W, very strong. Most bulbs lie...

But right now you can get LED-Grow-Light-bulb-Swiftrans-24W-Full-Spectrum-High-Efficient-Hydroponic-Plant for less than $12 if you look around.

AND IT IS 20W!!!

Just put your plant in hot soil (I can send the formula if desired), to stunt its growth. Use an autoflower and preferrabley AK47, Amnesia Haze, or Northern Lights (to keep it short and high trichome count).

All of these are amazingly short and healthy using the LED bulbs.

Yield is about 25 grams each (dried) of Amnesia Haze per plant. Might get up to 32 grams. Cost per month for 6 lights like this (legal in California) is not noticeable on my electric bill. At least, not in the last year of always growing 6 at any time.

It works because you can do 24/7 the entire grow if you pick those plants. Lowryder and white widow also, but lowryder is low in trichomes, and white widow gets too tall for a single bulb. Other than WW, the others do better in this than they do in full california sunshine.
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Hello happy holidays.
I was just letting you know my 2 lights came in today.
I bought 2 of what you suggested.
I found them on ebay for 9 bucks each.
So we will see how they work.
 
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Daniel Lawton

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Nice Ruderalis! I love those fat leaves. They're perfect for floodlamp style bulbs.

I just checked my distances. I have 6 plants (the limit here). Most are 9 inches away when the plant is that size.

But if it's a baby, I keep it a lot further till it gets some real leaves. .

There's a better way to resolve the distance issue so that you can't make a mistake. Get a lux meter. Aim for 35K lux on the leaves at the top. That light can attain that at a reasonable distance.

Note: if you burn some leaves, it'll probably be because you set the light correctly, but didn't adjust it as the plant grows. I lose a few leaves that way. But it doesn't seem to matter much. The plant recovers once you discover the mistake.

And that swiftrans has a little bit of green in it, so it's easier to see burned leaves in only that light. With the LEVIN, you can't actually tell when a leaf is burned (yellow) because there's no green light. Everything looks pink, even the burned leaves.
 
VACAVILLE,CA.GROWER

VACAVILLE,CA.GROWER

Well-Known Member
Daniel Lawton said:
Nice Ruderalis! I love those fat leaves. They're perfect for floodlamp style bulbs.

I just checked my distances. I have 6 plants (the limit here). Most are 9 inches away when the plant is that size.

But if it's a baby, I keep it a lot further till it gets some real leaves. .

There's a better way to resolve the distance issue so that you can't make a mistake. Get a lux meter. Aim for 35K lux on the leaves at the top. That light can attain that at a reasonable distance.

Note: if you burn some leaves, it'll probably be because you set the light correctly, but didn't adjust it as the plant grows. I lose a few leaves that way. But it doesn't seem to matter much. The plant recovers once you discover the mistake.

And that swiftrans has a little bit of green in it, so it's easier to see burned leaves in only that light. With the LEVIN, you can't actually tell when a leaf is burned (yellow) because there's no green light. Everything looks pink, even the burned leaves.
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Thank you for the reply.
I will keep you updated.
 
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