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Lighting Question

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Just got my brand new sun system 315 watt LEC 3100 complete light fixture.
I am starting first day of 12/12 and plants are 20-24 inches high in 5 gallon smart pots.
My question is how high above the plants should I position this light?
I have 5 plants in a 4 x 4 gorilla tent.
 
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Grnthmb420 said:
Just got my brand new sun system 315 watt LEC 3100 complete light fixture.
I am starting first day of 12/12 and plants are 20-24 inches high in 5 gallon smart pots.
My question is how high above the plants should I position this light?
I have 5 plants in a 4 x 4 gorilla tent.
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Start high and drop it down 6 inches a day till its just a little warm on the top of the plant... the back of your hand works great to tell what's hot and warm
 
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GT21 said:
Start high and drop it down 6 inches a day till its just a little warm on the top of the plant... the back of your hand works great to tell what's hot and warm
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GREAT ANSWER!
 
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You can use the metal halide the first two weeks to keep them from stretching....
 
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@DemonTrich may have some advice on distance,i think he runs them close as possible without giving up too much footprint
 
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It all depends on the hood used for canopy distance. I use a large hood, which spreads the light out far and wide, allowing me to run about 12-16" canopy height. When running a smaller hood, it will focus the light more directly, needing a higher canopy distance.
 
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With the Sun system reflector max par for the bulb has been tested at 16" with a 2.5' x 2.5' footprint. I am sorry I did not save the links from my research before I bought mine. But many tests are out there.

I get some leaf stress that low with mine and have settled at 18" over the canopy as a baseline. I look for leaf health as a meter and adjust from there.

This is in an open ventilated flower room.

Next I will install in a 3'x3' tent for vegging.
 
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12"-18" depending on the spread of the light. IMO good luck I'd be interested to see how this light performs.
 
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SwizzleStix said:
12"-18" depending on the spread of the light. IMO good luck I'd be interested to see how this light performs.
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I am running two 4 x 4 gorilla tents -- 1 vertical sunsystem LEC 315 watt 3100 bulb in one tent and 1 600w HPS in the other.
Less than a week into flower the LEC shows 3 inches more growth than the HPS. Nectar of the gods nutes, roman regimen.
I'll keep an update if anyone is interested.
 
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