Photo period & neighbors driveway lights

[freebird919]

Concerned about neighbors driveway lights. Please reply/help me decide if there’s a problem.
I have the most wonderful soil and big raised bed for my photo period plants and being my first grow am learning so very much from books, other reading and you wonderful folks. Thank you! My neighbor, 100 yards away across road has driveway lights turning night in his drive into day shedding some fair degree of light onto my garden. Is this a real problem for photo period bud production? Should I place a cover over my area at night (not preferred), place them elsewhere? Or is this over worry? I will be grateful for replies. Thank you!

 

[Like2Grow]

Concerned about neighbors driveway lights. Please reply/help me decide if there’s a problem.
I have the most wonderful soil and big raised bed for my photo period plants and being my first grow am learning so very much from books, other reading and you wonderful folks. Thank you! My neighbor, 100 yards away across road has driveway lights turning night in his drive into day shedding some fair degree of light onto my garden. Is this a real problem for photo period bud production? Should I place a cover over my area at night (not preferred), place them elsewhere? Or is this over worry? I will be grateful for replies. Thank you!

There is light pollution every where in populated areas. I have some in my yard but get away with growing photos still. The best way to find out is growing to test unless it's obviously a problem.

 

[orggrwr]

If your neighbors lights are a full 100 yards away you should be good. I've always heard if it's not bright enough to read a newspaper by it won't effect the plants.

 

[JIMKSI64]

If your neighbors lights are a full 100 yards away you should be good. I've always heard if it's not bright enough to read a newspaper by it won't effect the plants.

Moonlight is .5 to 1 lux.
Get a lux tool and see what it has.

 

[freebird919]

If your neighbors lights are a full 100 yards away you should be good. I've always heard if it's not bright enough to read a newspaper by it won't effect the plants.

Going to try that around 3 a.m. soon. I think it will be too dark, maybe, but just barely I’m assuming. We’ll see. But thank yo to all who replied! You’re all awesome!

 

[freebird919]

Moonlight is .5 to 1 lux.
Get a lux tool and see what it has.

Again, but sincerely, thanks to all. Don’t know how accurate; downloaded app using a diffuser. App says at most .0889 lux. Hard to believe. Can’t read anything in print and that’s hard to believe cause looking at that light is blinding. Guess I’m good to grow.

 

[LoveGrowingIt]

I've grown with street and security lights nearby. The plants did okay. I think light at night is less of a problem when the light is the same every night. My guess is the plants adjust to it.

 

[freebird919]

I've grown with street and security lights nearby. The plants did okay. I think light at night is less of a problem when the light is the same every night. My guess is the plants adjust to it.

Some reading informed that they hermie or veg again. As a scared for my grow, I panicked. But great helpers on sites calmed most fears. Great thanks to all,

 

[Vick_Vinegar]

I grew photos outside for a few years and we had a volleyball joint next door with big stadium lights that were on until 10pm twice a week, along with unit complex lighting and pool lighting near the plants.

They were fine which was a surprise.

 

[trygrowup]

Again, but sincerely, thanks to all. Don’t know how accurate; downloaded app using a diffuser. App says at most .0889 lux. Hard to believe. Can’t read anything in print and that’s hard to believe cause looking at that light is blinding. Guess I’m good to grow.

Thats the thing about LED as i assume that light is.
They blind more than they light up. Same with car LED lights.
It's not like normal light. It's more like an electrical spark and it has taken many years to make it work for lightning and it is still not good.
The light in LED is extreme strong and comes from a small area compared to a glow bulb. Thats also why it blinds.
Even the reflection from LED blinds.

 

[JIMKSI64]

Again, but sincerely, thanks to all. Don’t know how accurate; downloaded app using a diffuser. App says at most .0889 lux. Hard to believe. Can’t read anything in print and that’s hard to believe cause looking at that light is blinding. Guess I’m good to grow.

I have a lux tool from Amazon. It's $33 bucks and integrates well with several of the lux to ppdf apps out there
I checked it ( moon ) the day I got the tool and found moonlight was not over 1 lux.
The app is this one

You can see the uni t 383 but is chosen as the source.
This app when the correct source spectrum is chosen is pretty accurate. You can make par maps and see where your hot spots are in your light. For LED panels the 3500k spectrum was closest for my panel. My testing found it within 5% of manufacturers specs.

Light tools are less important in an outdoor grow. It is valuable for setting up where to put the garden especially if you have night lights nearby and even looking at the difference between southern exposure and NOT southern exposure can throw shade for part of the day if you line up your plants.

 

[freebird919]

Thats the thing about LED as i assume that light is.
They blind more than they light up. Same with car LED lights.
It's not like normal light. It's more like an electrical spark and it has taken many years to make it work for lightning and it is still not good.
The light in LED is extreme strong and comes from a small area compared to a glow bulb. Thats also why it blinds.
Even the reflection from LED blinds.

TY! Great exposition and help. I’m hoping my California Solar 550 LED is up to the job. Plants seem to like it but I really do have to buy another. So much to invest! And then there’s the new proposed (or new?) laws affecting seed purchase. I think I’ll wait it out.
To the point, yes, I think I’ll be fine outdoors.

 

[freebird919]

I have a lux tool from Amazon. It's $33 bucks and integrates well with several of the lux to ppdf apps out there
I checked it ( moon ) the day I got the tool and found moonlight was not over 1 lux.
The app is this oneView attachment 2627137
You can see the uni t 383 but is chosen as the source.
This app when the correct source spectrum is chosen is pretty accurate. You can make par maps and see where your hot spots are in your light. For LED panels the 3500k spectrum was closest for my panel. My testing found it within 5% of manufacturers specs.

Light tools are less important in an outdoor grow. It is valuable for setting up where to put the garden especially if you have night lights nearby and even looking at the difference between southern exposure and NOT southern exposure can throw shade for part of the day if you line up your plants.

TY! Great exposition and help. I’m hoping my California Solar 550 LED is up to the job. Plants seem to like it but I really do have to buy another. So much to invest! And then there’s the new proposed (or new?) laws affecting seed purchase. I think I’ll wait it out.
To the point, yes, I think I’ll be fine outdoors.
Thank you for the time and care taken about outdoor light and accuracy!