Tricks to force sexual maturity of plants

[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.

[kingjustin]

...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.

[phytokind]

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

[SiXFeEtDeEp]

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.

James WIN! :P