Hey spider, i bought an sf 1000 bc it is very light, my viperspectra weighs 10lbs, i grow autoflowers only, the light im running now is a 600w 2 cycle veg and bloom, so i run my autos in veg with bloom turned off, so thel ight is emittingcold blue, i do have a
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bloom booster so once my autos stop growing vertical and are in full flower i flush out add bloom nutrients then turn on my booster and flip on the bloom switch on my viperspectra and flip off the veg switch, both lights in the same tent but the booster is off till i need it and only grow 1 strain at a time this works out awsome, the problem is the viperspectra while a great light hangs to low and sometimes my plants outgrow there light, so i figured that the sf being so light i can raise it much higher, what i do not understand is how you use the light in bloom? In other words i use blue light for veg only then when it's time to bloom or enhance my flower i turn off the blue and turn on the red or bloom feature, im no electrition but from what i read the light is full spec so in veg there are 3 colors of light running at same time, blue red and iridescent so if i run my autos in veg useing blue light only how are the plants supposed to grow bc there is not just blue but 3 different colors, i understand this does not matter with photoperid plants bc the light is imitating the sun so when u want to bloom u cut the light cycle, autos do not run this way! they flower with time not photoperid so you do not cut the cycle and if there is red light while im in veg im thinking it may force my autos to flower prematurely? Autos do not do very well outdoors and the yield is less, you probably think im an idiot but you dont learn if you dont ask questions, i thought the light had a dial so when you start your grow the dial is at zero and the light is emitting blue light and as the plant grows you turn the dial and the light changes as your plant grows, in other words i thought 1 end of the dial was blue and the other end is red and white or rather bloom, this is only a dimmer dial, so the whole light is full spec and you cant run just blue for veg and then turn to red when it's time to flower, i have heard of people running there viperspectra in 2 cycles thru there whole grow but when autos are veging pure cold blue is what they need and i run 1 cycle blue till the plant is ready to be flowerd, got it?maybe autos do worse outside bc there delacit and exposed to the elements so did i piss away my cash? I could throw the light in a closet and grow 1 or 2 photoperid plants but what im really asking will the light force my autos to flower prematurely bc it is full spec? i think that is why autos do poorly outside the sun being full spec forces autoflowers to flower prematurely bc there is allways some red in the sun and it increases as the sseason ends setting earlyer and earler with more and more red this makes photoperid plants flower. So what im saying will a full spec light affect the growth of an auto and or force it to flower prematurely? Please respond.