I've tried it in the past and it worked good but that was with hempy buckets idk how it would work with a flat canopy like yours dw. What about trying t8 strips around the edges of your scrog to get a more even light spread and less heat concentrated in one spot?
Don't have any t8 strips, but that would work. Have spare 1k ballasts though.
Penetration of 1ks due to intensity of light source is what I am going for. Higher light values emitted at greater distance.
Want to locate 1ks within the canopy to surround the 1k with canopy, more efficient for putting weight on in the canopy vs. sidelighting from the walls.
My spacing between the rows is what will allow 1ks. Folks with smaller plants, less spacing would probably be better off putting 6s between rows for example. But then light values change, etc.
In order to use 6s effectively, one must get them closer to the plant. Requiring more work, more micromanagement. I have been trying to move away from required micromanagement for a while.
After cleaning up the canopy during the last pruning at week 3, I will not have to do shit. The colas will be stuck in place, none will have to be tied up or anything. They will be contained by the trellis. I fucking hated having to go in and tie up colas in vert around week 6. What a huge pain in the ass.
Won't be shit to do until leaf pluck at week 8. Other than res changes and maybe some more foliar until wk 5 or so.
Want to get a room that can effectively run itself without lots of participation.
1ks promote this.
Goal eventually is 12 plants in a 12k room in an 8x16 canopy. Pure overhead lighting would have to have a 50% larger canopy area. Vert is even worse in terms of requirements for square footage.
This is probably pretty garbled, I haven't really woke up yet.
