Some questions:
1) How much LED light, such as watts draw per sq. ft., is too much and how much is optimal during late veg. growth, such as days 30 until switch to bloom nutes?
2) Is it OK or best to give as much light as possible, and back off if problems are seen, such as leaves curling/crinkling on more than 1 plant? How do you approach determining how much light to give during late veg. phase?
3) I have 6 plants in AutoPots in a tent doing well, typical size, healthy, etc. now at day 30. For days 1-12 they were under an Amare SS150CR on veg setting (150 watt full draw, guess about 80-90 watts draw on veg. setting?) at 36 inches height. This provided the best early veg. growth I've experienced. From days 13-30 (now), they were under both a California Lightworks SolarStorm 440 (235 watts draw in veg. setting) and the Amare SS150 (80-90 watts draw on veg. setting?) - total of about 320 watts draw - at 36-40 inches above the 'canopy.'. Again, good results. Now at 30 days, I've just added another SolarStorm 440 (235 watts draw in veg. setting) aimed from the side at the plants.
So I am currently running about 555 watts draw covering 6 plants [2 x 235 watts for the SolarStorms + 150 for the Amare] - each light about 36-40 inches/meter above the canopy. Is that too much? Should I simply run like this and decrease light intensity if any problems show up?
4) So far height, growth, node spacing, stretch, etc. are fairly normal/average. At what point does too much light cause inadequate vertical growth? If the plants are going crazy branching and forming buds but not growing much vertically, what are the downsides of growing squat bushes vs. tall plants? So far in prior grows, I get satisfactory yields growing short bushes, e.g., ave. ≥90 g/plant, 2 oz/sq. ft.
Might I get more yield and/or quality if I give less light to at some point, presumably, to induce more stretch, get more height? When, what range of days age, does light need to be limited to induce stretch, and how much would I need to limit light in my setup to induce stretch/vertical growth?
1) How much LED light, such as watts draw per sq. ft., is too much and how much is optimal during late veg. growth, such as days 30 until switch to bloom nutes?
2) Is it OK or best to give as much light as possible, and back off if problems are seen, such as leaves curling/crinkling on more than 1 plant? How do you approach determining how much light to give during late veg. phase?
3) I have 6 plants in AutoPots in a tent doing well, typical size, healthy, etc. now at day 30. For days 1-12 they were under an Amare SS150CR on veg setting (150 watt full draw, guess about 80-90 watts draw on veg. setting?) at 36 inches height. This provided the best early veg. growth I've experienced. From days 13-30 (now), they were under both a California Lightworks SolarStorm 440 (235 watts draw in veg. setting) and the Amare SS150 (80-90 watts draw on veg. setting?) - total of about 320 watts draw - at 36-40 inches above the 'canopy.'. Again, good results. Now at 30 days, I've just added another SolarStorm 440 (235 watts draw in veg. setting) aimed from the side at the plants.
So I am currently running about 555 watts draw covering 6 plants [2 x 235 watts for the SolarStorms + 150 for the Amare] - each light about 36-40 inches/meter above the canopy. Is that too much? Should I simply run like this and decrease light intensity if any problems show up?
4) So far height, growth, node spacing, stretch, etc. are fairly normal/average. At what point does too much light cause inadequate vertical growth? If the plants are going crazy branching and forming buds but not growing much vertically, what are the downsides of growing squat bushes vs. tall plants? So far in prior grows, I get satisfactory yields growing short bushes, e.g., ave. ≥90 g/plant, 2 oz/sq. ft.
Might I get more yield and/or quality if I give less light to at some point, presumably, to induce more stretch, get more height? When, what range of days age, does light need to be limited to induce stretch, and how much would I need to limit light in my setup to induce stretch/vertical growth?