TastyBudzz

Load of marketing bull shit . Plants need light in the visible frequency range . Lumens are visible frequency. They want white light . That's what the sun pumps out . Suprise ! I use common led bulbs in a range from 3k to 5 k color spectrum. Essentially white light with a bias in the red or blue spectrum. Plants need 500 to 900 lumens of light . At the canopy! Why does every light merchant not mention this very important fact ! I don't care how powerful your light is . It's paramount to have the correct amount of light at the last canopy . Any led light can achieve this . Having an uneven canopy of plant tops will make this impossible. Plant management is far more important than the type of light . Any light will work great. If it's at 500 to 900 lumens at plant canopy . Plants need white light . A balanced spectrum. Because that's what the sun emits. All led lights called labeled white light will work. Don't worry if it's cool or warm white . It's not that important. I know from experience. Years of experience. So I laugh my ass off at these expensive fancy grow lights and merchants extolling the virtues of light spectrum. Fucking snake oil. Get a light meter from Walmart. Manage your canopy of tops . Get it even . Get 500 to 900 lumens to that canopy of tops . All you need to know .

Look or better yet measure actual hours of direct sunlight on plants in out door gardens . 8 hours is probably maximum unless you live in the prairies. I run 14 hours of light for veg . To prevent flowering. In theory 8 hours of strong light and 4 hours of low light is all that is needed . Then reduce low light to 2 hours when it's time to induce flowering. Bottom line . My plants are definitely happier and stronger with 14 hours light at veg and 10 hours light flowering. Less stress . Less sighns of nutrition deficiency. The main cause of calcium deficiency is too much light . Too many photons in a 24 hour cycle . I am not concerned about saving electricity. My plants are much healthier and easier to manage. I don't understand why but I believe my internodal lengths are shorter and stems appear to be thicker . Less heat is definitely a bonus . Equipment last longer . Wasn't aware this had a name . I am simply matching natures parameters . It's impossible for a plant to get 18 hours of direct sunlight. For reference I don't do this complex light cycle mentioned in gas lighting. Just run 14 hours for veg and 10 hours for flowering. It's all bro science untill an actual scientific controlled comparison is done lol. So my instincts and observations tell me less hours . Healthier plants . Also I now only feed my plants once a week with half recommended strength of food . Cut my Fox farm soil with perlite at 1 to 1 ratio. In other words less than half the food . Plants show absolutely no sighns of deficiency. Less light , less food . Stronger Healthier plants .

Autos need a fast start. This plant looks very healthy and happy .