distance of light from plant help

i have a 250 watt hps i have the right extractor kit for the space i am using,the space is 5ft height 3 wide and depth,how far should the light be from the plant the plant it is ready to go into budding and is about 2 feet of the floor

as a rule of thumb put your hand at canopy height if the light is too hot for your hand to be there its too close but if your hand doesent burn nor will the plants get it as close as poss

Do me a favor and when you start a topic in 1 section wait for it to get answered dont keep starting new topics in different sections,especially a topic thats been beat to death a million times.Use the search function,read stickys.Thats what they are there for.

With a cooltube, you can get it like 15-20 cm from the plant tops no problem. without a cooltube, just feel with your hand; if it feels comfortably warm, it fine for the plant.

make sure it covers the whole plant equally,

if you got it too close, some parts will get much more light than the other parts.

and creating lots more shadows.

and don't make multiple threads with the same question

why do YOU care?

Originally Posted by massah

and don't make multiple threads with the same question

can you do me a favour?

Originally Posted by jeeba

Do me a favor and when you start a topic in 1 section wait for it to get answered dont keep starting new topics in different sections,especially a topic thats been beat to death a million times.Use the search function,read stickys.Thats what they are there for.

why does everyone care so much when i post 2 of the same topics in deifferent secters of the website,they get so upset its like i shot their mum in the face or something

Originally Posted by fence

why does everyone care so much when i post 2 of the same topics in deifferent secters of the website,they get so upset its like i shot their mum in the face or something

Some people get all weird like that bro, don't listen to them and ask away