Any recommendations for a par meter

Sofa King Smoooth

Sofa King Smoooth

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If you watch growgreenmi the phantom meter goes on sale periodically. Well worth the money.

It helped me increase growth rate in veg by using less intense light.

Realized had been stunting growth with too intense of light due to too close of placement.

Plants have been healthier overall since making adjustments.

The data has been enlightening
 
Milky Weed

Milky Weed

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Sofa King Smoooth said:
If you watch growgreenmi the phantom meter goes on sale periodically. Well worth the money.

It helped me increase growth rate in veg by using less intense light.

Realized had been stunting growth with too intense of light due to too close of placement.

Plants have been healthier overall since making adjustments.

The data has been enlightening
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It’s amazing to me how little light you can get away with in veg.
 
MrStickyScissors

MrStickyScissors

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Sofa King Smoooth said:
If you watch growgreenmi the phantom meter goes on sale periodically. Well worth the money.

It helped me increase growth rate in veg by using less intense light.

Realized had been stunting growth with too intense of light due to too close of placement.

Plants have been healthier overall since making adjustments.

The data has been enlightening
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That’s wat I’m talkin bout!
 
calvin.m16

calvin.m16

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Sofa King Smoooth said:
If you watch growgreenmi the phantom meter goes on sale periodically. Well worth the money.

It helped me increase growth rate in veg by using less intense light.

Realized had been stunting growth with too intense of light due to too close of placement.

Plants have been healthier overall since making adjustments.

The data has been enlightening
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I'll have to look into the Phantom meter I've been googly eyeing it since I saw it on GrowgreenMI.
I run Growers Choice ROI-720 in VEG and noticed even @ 75% if they aren't distanced plants can show signs of light stress.. Not all but some genetics especially do not appreciate too intense of light.
 
DoubleAtotheRON

DoubleAtotheRON

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@bk78 .... @2com was telling me about the Photone app for newer phones, and it rated against the Apogee within the same parameters as you were saying.. like 10-30 par. I downloaded it, and was pretty impressed for free. Well, you gotta pay like $5.99 for the type of light your using, but what I really like about it is it gives you DLI (Daily Light Integral). So you just choose how many hours a day you're on (12/12 or 18/6 or 24/0) and it gives you a recommended level you should be at, and at what phase of the grow you're in (week). Pretty cool. iPhones require a diffuser that you make out of copy paper (very easy), but Android does not require a diffuser.

Bignutes said:
It’s one of those instruments that you buy and use a few times, then it sits in the box it came in. Does that sound about right?
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That's why I looked into this Photone app... its free, and pretty damn accurate. I paid like $100 for a HydroFarmer Par meter and didn't use it but a few times, but this app is pretty spot on, and it has more features... besides that, I observe the plants for light stress.
 
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