Tricks to force sexual maturity of plants

Lots of lights are better than sunlight. Not in energy use, of course, but in lumen output, which is what matters to the plants. If you keep a 1k, or even a 400 watt light, close enough, it's more light than sunlight could possibly provide. I think I read that sunlight provides about 5000 lumens per square foot. My 400 watt light with a decent bulb spits out 55,000 lumens, and I use it in a smaller space than 11 square feet, so you do the math: it's better than sunlight.

...I think it's actually 10k/sp. foot, but yeah...
The best thing about sunlight tho isn't it's light output- it's the balance of the light spectrum.

Sunlight is better in very sunny geographical regions, but many gloomy regions do better with artificial light.

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Originally Posted by jamstigator

Lots of lights are better than sunlight. Not in energy use, of course, but in lumen output, which is what matters to the plants. If you keep a 1k, or even a 400 watt light, close enough, it's more light than sunlight could possibly provide. I think I read that sunlight provides about 5000 lumens per square foot. My 400 watt light with a decent bulb spits out 55,000 lumens, and I use it in a smaller space than 11 square feet, so you do the math: it's better than sunlight.

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James WIN! :P