So im just trying to get as much out of my lights as possible. I know someone has tried this before. I was just wondering if it is gonna burn the plants? 600 hps about 15"s away. 400 hps 15"away.
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Someone has to have tried this before.
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troutman
Seed Whore
Maybe he can set an inline fan 6" from the ground pointing upwards and use the natural thermals to get rid of the heat.
While creating bat signals on his ceiling.
Sometime in the mid 90s I played with reflectors like that.
It was about the time I went perpetual and they quickly became too much of a pain in the ass.
Harvesting a few plants every week meant rearranging plants to manage canopy way too often to mess with side reflectors.
I went with correctly sized rooms and white walls.
If you don't rearrange your plants often and/or operate in a larger room I think reflectors like that would be very much worth using.
It was about the time I went perpetual and they quickly became too much of a pain in the ass.
Harvesting a few plants every week meant rearranging plants to manage canopy way too often to mess with side reflectors.
I went with correctly sized rooms and white walls.
If you don't rearrange your plants often and/or operate in a larger room I think reflectors like that would be very much worth using.
I think you'd be better off using pieces of white poster board, or white plastic. Your light is hanging horizontally up above the plants right? If it was me, I would try and set it up in the corner. Cover the walls with white paint/poster board/plastic.
From my own observations over the years, the less "open" your space is, the more usable light that will reach your plants. No science, just what I've seen. If the light doesn't have anywhere to go, even if it's being reflected onto the plants, that's better than it just shooting off into space without plants.
From my own observations over the years, the less "open" your space is, the more usable light that will reach your plants. No science, just what I've seen. If the light doesn't have anywhere to go, even if it's being reflected onto the plants, that's better than it just shooting off into space without plants.
What varieties are you growing? They look like nice plants.
Thanks for the info. Think im gonna try the corner route soon. Its a big room 12x12 and the plant could get up to 5' i got 2 good citculating fans and a 4"hurrican to suck the air out.
Its funny i feel like i got to much room. I just wanna fill with light and roll.
GODDAMN REGULATION!!!!!!!
Its funny i feel like i got to much room. I just wanna fill with light and roll.
GODDAMN REGULATION!!!!!!!
Plantlovers
New member
White plastic
White plastic
Is white poster board or plastic better than using milar or emergency blankets?
White plastic
Is white poster board or plastic better than using milar or emergency blankets?
St. Phatty
Active member
I do the same thing.
Have used -
* hanging glass mirrors
* mirrored Stainless Steel sheet
* mirrored anti-stat paper that is used for shipping flammable materials
I understand wanting to capture the light that goes past the buds, and reflecting it onto the underbuds.
But like someone said - Ventilation.
I would allow a little more room around the plants and maybe add some fans, blowing primo inlet air at the plants (not the mirrors).
Have used -
* hanging glass mirrors
* mirrored Stainless Steel sheet
* mirrored anti-stat paper that is used for shipping flammable materials
I understand wanting to capture the light that goes past the buds, and reflecting it onto the underbuds.
But like someone said - Ventilation.
I would allow a little more room around the plants and maybe add some fans, blowing primo inlet air at the plants (not the mirrors).
