LEDs under Canopy

[Dixi Normous]

The boys at the local hydro shop sold me on some LED strips for under the canopy .. it was a spontaneous purchase but now im reading mixed thoughts on the idea of putting them under the canopy and am wondering if I should reposition them above the plants .. long story short I want to know peoples thoughts on LEDs under the canopy TIA

 

[Dan789]

My question would be on the workability of that set up. Seems like too much screwing around, if anything place them hanging vertical along the back or sides of the tent...

 

[Dixi Normous]

My question would be on the workability of that set up. Seems like too much screwing around, if anything place them hanging vertical along the back or sides of the tent...

It was surprisingly easy they are literally just sitting on the pots .. its a 4 pot system with 2 x 90cm LED bars strung between two pots each under a 600W

 

[Dan789]

It was surprisingly easy they are literally just sitting on the pots .. its a 4 pot system with 2 x 90cm LED bars strung between two pots each under a 600W

Attach some pics, let the community in on your find...

 

[MIMedGrower]

I would use them as side lighting. Plants dont need light up from the bottom. Im sure they use some but most would be wasted. Better to surround them and of course over top IMO.

 

[DKerr60012]

It seems like a perfectly good way to save the understory buds from simply being pruned away and discarded. Giving them what they're never going to get otherwise (enough light to form into proper buds). I'm building a new grow-box using LEDs and plan to use fixtures from below, at the level of the pot tops, to shine 10-20% of the amount of light I provide the plant tops, from overhead, up from underneath, too.