Quote Originally Posted by moody420
I don't think it's the underside of the leaves that anyone is worried about....it's the underside of the buds when they are in flower! Light being sent from all angles is going to produce better buds....that's why people use mylar or other reflective materials to help reflect as much light onto the plant as possible! :jointsmile:
Actually, this makes sense. I've grown in boxes utilizing multi-sided CFL growing techniques with great success. Placing CFL lighting in such a manner along the sides of an indoor grow of relevant proportions underneath HPS lighting just plain sounds right. Yet Iā??m certain one might want to check out less expensive approaches towards spreading the light such as trimming some leaves from more closely situation plants instead; more from an economic standpoint too.
leadmagnet Reviewed by leadmagnet on . Lighting Grow From Underneath? i went by a buddies place this morning to check out his grow for him and see how things were going. hes growing in a space about the same size as mine. hes got 8 plants (4ft tall) on flower right now with 1 1000w MH above them (he never uses HPS and always grows nice tight crystallized potent firebud) , but he has a 500w output florescent on the ground shining up into his plants. in the middle of his grow. ive been growing for years and never saw such a thing (side lighting?...yea, Rating: 5