Supplemental/Side lighting?

PersonaBotanica

PersonaBotanica

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I have a bunch of these growlights (in 2' and 4' sizes) that I use for starting seedlings for my vegetable and flower garden. I know they're not sufficient alone, but I was wondering if mounting them to the sides of a 4x4 tent as supplemental lighting would be worthwhile. I've used them a bit for cannabis seedlings and clones, but I'm not sure if they're powerful enough to make a difference in veg or flower. I'll be done with them for my regular garden soon, and they'll end up sitting in storage unused until next year otherwise. I'm currently running 2x SF-2000s in a 4x4 tent that's mostly for flowering and one TS-600 in a 2x2 for veg.

What do you think? Are they not worth the trouble, or should I go for it?
 
ntg908

ntg908

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Eh i wouldnt waste the time or energy, ive grown monster on 100$ lights. Your lights are more than sufficient in the tent for sure. I have used these T8s for seedlings also but nothing more
 
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1212ham

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PersonaBotanica said:
I have a bunch of these growlights (in 2' and 4' sizes) that I use for starting seedlings for my vegetable and flower garden. I know they're not sufficient alone, but I was wondering if mounting them to the sides of a 4x4 tent as supplemental lighting would be worthwhile. I've used them a bit for cannabis seedlings and clones, but I'm not sure if they're powerful enough to make a difference in veg or flower. I'll be done with them for my regular garden soon, and they'll end up sitting in storage unused until next year otherwise. I'm currently running 2x SF-2000s in a 4x4 tent that's mostly for flowering and one TS-600 in a 2x2 for veg.

What do you think? Are they not worth the trouble, or should I go for it?
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480w in a 4x4 is a commonly recommended minimum so they should help, how much is hard to say, they appear inefficient and who knows what the spectrum is.
 
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