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So figured I'd toss it out there and see if anyone else is playing with this at all. I started adjusting my lights/flip flopping them a few cycles ago when i was doing vert walls of buds. At that point i had 4kw in a 10' row, so about 1kw every 2ft. This proved to be too much light for the plants and they simply could not process fast enough, the following run I did 2kw on at time for 6 hrs and then flip flopped to the other 2kw. I had no noticable loss in yield, but actually better yield and happier plants.
I started doing this in overhead once I switched but not sure I was goin to get the same yield since lights are on a 4' layout pattern. I bumped up the overall on time of the lights to accomodate.
So on to some questions- anyone else doing flip flop lights? How much direct light are you giving your plants- 6,8,9, etc hrs of the 12 in bloom? How much direct "sunlight" is actually needed to achieve the same yield with no loss and more efficiency?
How bout you outdoor growers? I did this with the assumption that no outdoor plant gets a full 12hrs of direct sunlight, they simply flower by photoperiod. its said outdo needs at least 6hr of direct light (granted its the super lumens of the sun! lol) and the rest is off light from photoperiod. I know my 4x4's overlap light and plants seem to be doing good. Anyone else? I should know after this run whether I'm getting close, but always got that question in the back of the head.
I started doing this in overhead once I switched but not sure I was goin to get the same yield since lights are on a 4' layout pattern. I bumped up the overall on time of the lights to accomodate.
So on to some questions- anyone else doing flip flop lights? How much direct light are you giving your plants- 6,8,9, etc hrs of the 12 in bloom? How much direct "sunlight" is actually needed to achieve the same yield with no loss and more efficiency?
How bout you outdoor growers? I did this with the assumption that no outdoor plant gets a full 12hrs of direct sunlight, they simply flower by photoperiod. its said outdo needs at least 6hr of direct light (granted its the super lumens of the sun! lol) and the rest is off light from photoperiod. I know my 4x4's overlap light and plants seem to be doing good. Anyone else? I should know after this run whether I'm getting close, but always got that question in the back of the head.