How much light is too much light during veg?

a senile fungus

a senile fungus

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Thats near 1000w. Around me, with veg hours, thats like $105/month in electricity. If you can afford to pay over $100/month in electricity to veg 7 seedlings, more power to ya i guess...
 
Budsonwheels

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a senile fungus said:
Thats near 1000w. Around me, with veg hours, thats like $105/month in electricity. If you can afford to pay over $100/month in electricity to veg 7 seedlings, more power to ya i guess...
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I am more than able to afford it. But I still don't want to pay for any more than I actually need. It hasn't harmed the plants as of yet so as far as I know they're loving it. 8 days old and they're 3rd set of leaves are visibly fanning. I will upload a photo in a few hours when nighttime is over. They have made significant progress since day 6
 
Budsonwheels

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Lordhooha said:
Thus why I love having solar for my house!
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I have always wondered this. I hear if you produce more electricity than you use that it get put into the grid and you get paid for it.
Is that true?
Also curious as to how much something like that would run a guy haha
 
HarveyHarvester

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I really don't think all that lighting is going to help a great deal at this early stage, even all during veg, it is not necessary.
That will be most beneficial when you flower... Save it for then.
You are going to have to grow the plants out at least 6-8 weeks before they will be mature enough to flower anyway and by that time they will be a couple feet tall and all bushy without all that light.

But if you must, watch for signs of light burn... the leaves will begin looking bleached.
 
Budsonwheels

Budsonwheels

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HarveyHarvester said:
I really don't think all that lighting is going to help a great deal at this early stage, even all during veg, it is not necessary.
That will be most beneficial when you flower... Save it for then.
You are going to have to grow the plants out at least 6-8 weeks before they will be mature enough to flower anyway and by that time they will be a couple feet tall and all bushy without all that light.

But if you must, watch for signs of light burn... the leaves will begin looking bleached.
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They are Autoflowers
 
Lordhooha

Lordhooha

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Budsonwheels said:
I have always wondered this. I hear if you produce more electricity than you use that it get put into the grid and you get paid for it.
Is that true?
Also curious as to how much something like that would run a guy haha
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It depends they were paying people in Nevada but they stopped because too many folks had it. I had my house setup to run my whole house with over 6000watt overhead for my rooms that and my geothermal ran me close to 50k. With everything running I still get them paying me 4 bucks every month. since it's was paid for rather than financed my roi is pretty high. It's worth spending the money on.
 
Budsonwheels

Budsonwheels

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Shugglet said:
If they are not burning from it, more light will equal more growth aka faster veg times. Quite simple.

Some interesting logic in this thread...
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I actually found some information on this recently. I would post a link but I don't want to post a link to a site I'm not allowed to, so here goes the explanation. I'll copy paste like a cool kid. Haha

That being said, there is definitely a desirable range when it comes to the amount of light a cannabis plant receives. Although that range varies depending on the type of plant (Indica vs. Sativa) and strain, most plant's ideal light levels fall into the range below:

Vegetative: 35,000 - 70,000 lux
Flowering: 55,000 - 85,000 lux

Note: Lux is the measure of how much light is being received at a specific point in space. You can measure the amount of lux at different places in your grow tent using alux meter. Using a lux meter gives you the power to accurately position your lights so you get the biggest yields out of them.
 
Budsonwheels

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Apparantly. Too much light and the plant will take in more water and nutrients. Leading to nutrient deficiencies and or light/Nute burn
 
friedguy

friedguy

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It's all about keeping the right level light, co2, water and nutes. More of one should have more of the others to keep things in balance. There is a point where it's too much or anything, but you should be able to tell from looking at your plants.
 
Budsonwheels

Budsonwheels

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friedguy said:
It's all about keeping the right level light, co2, water and nutes. More of one should have more of the others to keep things in balance. There is a point where it's too much or anything, but you should be able to tell from looking at your plants.
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Damn you make it sound difficult
 
Gaz29

Gaz29

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Budsonwheels said:
Also apparently the more co2 (oxygen to a cannabis plant) the more light the plant can actually use.
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That's coz co2 helps plants cope with excess heat etc.. Keep what you have as they're autos so don't fix if isn't broke Good luck happy growing
Gaz
 
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