Sidelighting with Floros, Is It Worth It?
What is the impact of sidelighting? I can't tell if sidelighting with CFLs is having much of an impact on the grow.
The main light is a 600 watt hps grow lux overhead right now. the space is a 2x ~3.5 and lined with white paint.
I have a 40 watt 2 bulb 4 foot shop light lighting from one corner and I have 2 40 watt cfls 5600k and a 1 foot grow light that could also be thrown in the mix. All the floro's are in the blue area of the spectrum.
When I have all the side lights up there is increased heat in the box but it doesn't look any brighter since the HPS is so bright. Is there a chance that I am actually hurting the plants during flowering since I am giving them extra light from the blue spectrum which might be blocking out some of the red from the HPS?
Sidelighting with Floros, Is It Worth It?
Sidelighting with Floros, Is It Worth It?
It helps. When I added some sidelighting (eight 30-watt CFLs), my yields went up about a quarter pound, in a space about 20" x 47", 6' tall, augmenting a 400w light. The difference wasn't all that much visually, but it showed up on the scale, which is what really matters.
Sidelighting with Floros, Is It Worth It?
i just started flower 4 days ago . over head 400 hps 250 mh . on side of mh i set a 150 hps. on side of 400, 70 hps 6 plants 2 ft deep x 5 ft wide 6 ft high . mtemps 72, 78.just like jam said "noticed it on the scale". thats whats up
Sidelighting with Floros, Is It Worth It?
Thanks for the advice... How much sidelighting should I provide? As much as I can afford while keeping the temps right?