Forgot to switch on flower mode
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Merlin1147
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Interesting. So 1/2 the watts per sq ft with lots of blue light. How do they look? Did they stretch at all? Are there lots of sugar leaves in the buds?
Royb91
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They’re a little smaller than my previous grows but trichomes and sugar leaves are basically the same. Please zoom in on the pics
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Merlin1147
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Hey they look great. What size Vipars in what sq ft? Here is a good article from California Light Works on spectrum effects.
https://news.californialightworks.com/using-spectrum-control-design-plant-aka-photo-morphogenetics/
https://news.californialightworks.com/using-spectrum-control-design-plant-aka-photo-morphogenetics/
Royb91
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They’re the 450w version and i believe my tent is 4x2. Thanks
Merlin1147
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I like those Vipars. The 450 is drawing like 200 watts from the wall. 100 each in veg and bloom. So 2 in a 2x4 would give 50 watts per sf. Full on. How many did you have in there?
that’s 25watts per sq/ft
Royb91
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I have 4 in there
Merlin1147
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Whoa! Awesome. No wonder the buds look pretty good. With only the veg on that 50 watts per sf. Might be overkill full on. Are they the dimmable versions? For a while I was running two of them in a testing tent 2x2.5’ and thought that was overkill. Grew nice bud though. Good if you are running co2.
Merlin1147
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If 2 lights are full on both channels it’s 50watts / sf.
