Anyone use light movers?

[psilobuds]

Why, because energy in = energy out? Ok, that may be true. But what about better consistency? Maybe in the average room you will get hot spots creating areas of photorespiration and dark spots that cause the plants to waste energy on stretching etc. Over all the total mass might be more or less the same, but the mass of flowers produced may be higher from a room that produces constant growth throughout.

if you’re getting photorespiration your lights are 2 close mate.

 

[forsaken]

But I think light movers can help you get the lights closer because they don’t stay in one spot all the time.

 

[neverbreak]

if yer lights are down low, plants in the edge of the light's field suffer because they get glancing light instead of direct light from above.

neverbreak

 

[SexOG]

As a rule you shouldn’t have your lights any closer than 2’ from the tops of the plants.

 

[symbiote420]

I run a light mover in my main bloom room .....5 x 8 with the lamp traveling 3' - 3.5' max. My yields are so good I can't see myself growing without it!! I can keep my lamp as close as 8" - 10" from the canopy, the buds under the mover are always bigger/fuller than my buds grew under my stationary lamps! Same strains too!

 

[crazydude]

As a rule you shouldn’t have your lights any closer than 2’ from the tops of the plants.

that’s why scrogging your plants is so effective.

 

[Zero Theorem]

Scrogging may improve consistency but I’m reluctant to say it improves yield, even with a light mover. Scrogging plants gives more of a 2 plane for the light to strike. Instead, if you have several little christmas tree shaped bushes next to each other, the surface area is much greater.

 

[AfricanHaze]

I second that.
I think I get more yield off the latter too. And way less hassle in the beginning also.

 

[Tuku]

Interesting range of views on the topic. Seems people are very much divided into two schools of thought on it.

 

[jimbooo]

Actually scrogging works best if you combine it with tying down the centre plants but leaving the perimeter plants vertical to catch all the side light. I try to capture all the light, preventing as much light from hitting the walls as possible.

 

[forsaken]

Shit...you must have the lights pretty low then..

 

[jimbooo]

Yes they are quite low, but they’re housed in air-cooled tubes.

 

[DragonKilla]

I think light movers are fun. You can do all sort of rad shit with them. I recently added tracks in between lanes and have 130w CFLs dangling waist height to encourage side growth. The CFLs can get very close to the plant if on movers. The addition nets a few extra ounces per crop, so paid for itself already.

 

[Plasma]

Why waste your time with CFLs? IMO better off hanging a 400hps.

 

[DragonKilla]

I considered it, the extra heat was my main deterrence from that option.

 

[Fresh Starts]

I'm considering light movers and adjustawings for a veg setup. One 1000 watt for every 20' on a light mover. Four plants on a double scrogg

 

[crazydude]

Yes they are quite low, but they’re housed in air-cooled tubes.

what sort of yields you getting?

 

[Supercharge]

I considered it, the extra heat was my main deterrence from that option.

Haha..its a never ending game of cat and mouse. Add more light to gain yield, add more gear to keep heat down, add more light to gain yield…LOL

 

[jimbooo]

what sort of yields you getting?

Well with that particular setup, off 2 600s I get about 3, sometimes a bit less.

 

[LUNK]

A guy I know hangs a UV light off a light mover in his grow room. Only person I know to use UV light.