Should I remove one of my lights?

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Tdogletssmokeboi

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My setup is one GSC fem and one auto GG side by side in a closet style grow. I’ve got a mini fan but it still gets a bit hot. My lights include a 2000w blurple (actual 390w), a 1000w blurple (actual probably 100w if lucky), and another 1000w blurple the same one but the bloom switch is broke so it’s only 50ish watts. Should I just leave the one big light since it’s pushing 390? Or remove the half a** 1000w that’s broken on the bloom side or both 1000w And when people say .5 or 1g per watt are they referring to per plant or strictly square meter? That’s always kind of confused me. I’ll attach pics. Thx
 

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MintyDreadlocks

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I'd say if you have them all than to use them considering that blurple is inferior led technology so theoretically the more the better...

As long as you're able to manage the temps and humidity ..
 
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Clay pots are also going to absorb a lot of the water you want your plants to drink and you're going to be watering to frequently which could lead to issues once you start using nutes.

(The nutes will be left in the soil while the water is absorbed by the pots. This will confused a noob and they will water there plant again with nutes thinking they need the water and the process repeats until you have to much nutes in the soil)

As the water evaporates from the clay they continue to retain moisture to make up for the post water.
 
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MintyDreadlocks said:
Clay pots are also going to absorb a lot of the water you want your plants to drink and you're going to be watering to frequently which could lead to issues once you start using nutes.

(The nutes will be left in the soil while the water is absorbed by the pots. This will confused a noob and they will water there plant again with nutes thinking they need the water and the process repeats until you have to much nutes in the soil)

As the water evaporates from the clay they continue to retain moisture to make up for the post water.
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Bunch of great advice one last question if you don’t mind, what’s the yield thing is it per sq meter or per plant say I’ve got roughly 500w total will each plant produce about a lb or since it’s about a meter area will it only be one? And I understand the whole one gram per watt is for pros but just for discussion sake
 
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Tdogletssmokeboi said:
Bunch of great advice one last question if you don’t mind, what’s the yield thing is it per sq meter or per plant say I’ve got roughly 500w total will each plant produce about a lb or since it’s about a meter area will it only be one? And I understand the whole one gram per watt is for pros but just for discussion sake
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Lb per is pretty unrealistic expectation indoors for the hobbiest.

Realistically expect 1-4 oz per plant depending on many variables.
 
xtsho

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You don't want to remove anything.

You need to readjust your lights. Spin the black one the same as the white ones and put it in between them. Position them in the middle of your grow area.

If anything adding more light would be beneficial.
 
GBAUTO

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The larger 400w blurple should have enough output to flower a 2.5x3 footprint, so the others shouldn't be needed.
I would work on correcting your ventilation so you can take advantage of the cooler temps outside of the grow space.
I would drop the fixture to about 24" above the canopy and see how the plants respond.
Most of the random closet auto grows I've done over the years yield 5-8 oz/plant.
 
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GBAUTO said:
The larger 400w blurple should have enough output to flower a 2.5x3 footprint, so the others shouldn't be needed.
I would work on correcting your ventilation so you can take advantage of the cooler temps outside of the grow space.
I would drop the fixture to about 24" above the canopy and see how the plants respond.
Most of the random closet auto grows I've done over the years yield 5-8 oz/plant.
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So your saying the working 1000w isn’t worth the 100w it’s putting off? Isn’t that a potential 50-100g extra yield?
 
J232

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Tdogletssmokeboi said:
Can anybody confirm the 1-4oz statement?
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There are too many variables and growing styles, I did a pound a plant in a 5.5 x 5.5, 1-4 oz a plant for you is realistic, you don’t have the light to pull pounds. 1g a watt Isn’t really something you count on. Could be half a gram, could be 1.5... just get as much light on them as you can, reposition them like mentioned. To me it looks like 2 heaters and one light setup like that.
 
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J232 said:
There are too many variables and growing styles, I did a pound a plant in a 5.5 x 5.5, 1-4 oz a plant for you is realistic, you don’t have the light to pull pounds. 1g a watt Isn’t really something you count on. Could be half a gram, could be 1.5... just get as much light on them as you can, reposition them like mentioned. To me it looks like 2 heaters and one light setup like that.
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the last sentence was so true
 
GBAUTO

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Tdogletssmokeboi said:
So your saying the working 1000w isn’t worth the 100w it’s putting off? Isn’t that a potential 50-100g extra yield?
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What I'm saying is that your 400 watt blurple will produce a sufficient ppfd for the size I specified.
Adding more light over what that fixture is capable of producing isn't going to add much/any yield unless you enrich the co2 concentration in the room.
 
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GBAUTO said:
What I'm saying is that your 400 watt blurple will produce a sufficient ppfd for the size I specified.
Adding more light over what that fixture is capable of producing isn't going to add much/any yield unless you enrich the co2 concentration in the room.
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I took your advice
 

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