Clsmooth415
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Ok so I have seen the tests results at the growers house website where they showed par readings from an air cooled xxl magnum, galaxy, and horti vs the various double ended combos such as the gavita. Now my question is why even bother taking readings with the gavita de at 24 inches when you have to keep a 3 ft minimum from the canopy? I run unvented Ochos with lumatek 1000's on super lumens and 1000 hortilux and can always get my bulb within 18 inches of the canopy, if not closer. As long as I have a fan blowing the heat away, the plants are fine. So common sense would tell me that par readings would be better in my setup as I can get the bulb so much closer to the canopy whereas gravitas need 3ft. Anyone test this theory or have opinions?
I am currently testing a gavita de dimmed down to 600 over a 4x4 tray at 18 inches above the canopy vs a xxxl magnum, 1000 hortilux bulb, and a 750 lumatek ballast on super lumens also over a 4x4 tray. Everything brand new, same strain, same room, etc. 9 animal cookies per light. I will have real results in 6 more weeks.
I am currently testing a gavita de dimmed down to 600 over a 4x4 tray at 18 inches above the canopy vs a xxxl magnum, 1000 hortilux bulb, and a 750 lumatek ballast on super lumens also over a 4x4 tray. Everything brand new, same strain, same room, etc. 9 animal cookies per light. I will have real results in 6 more weeks.