My 1st grow....

hotrodharley

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Ok. What could i do to increase my yield? Just curious what you saw that made you say that it didn’t look like it get much?
More light. Better light than a blurple. Add your other light and keep going. They look good. Do not screw it up now. Consider more light for the next round. Veg under your blurples and buy a real quality LED or go with a digital ballast HPS. 600 watts or more. Or add some CFL as another poster said. Cheap and effective.
 

CaseyJones84

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More light. Better light than a blurple. Add your other light and keep going. They look good. Do not screw it up now. Consider more light for the next round. Veg under your blurples and buy a real quality LED or go with a digital ballast HPS. 600 watts or more. Or add some CFL as another poster said. Cheap and effective.
Ok. Added the second light which was an awesome idea because instead of hanging from the top, i put on ground and it lit up the bottom portions of plants. The LED comes with a veg switch and bloom switch. It says to use both for Bloom. I feel like I should just have the bloom switch on. Which just seems to be all red.
 

hotrodharley

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Ok. Added the second light which was an awesome idea because instead of hanging from the top, i put on ground and it lit up the bottom portions of plants. The LED comes with a veg switch and bloom switch. It says to use both for Bloom. I feel like I should just have the bloom switch on. Which just seems to be all red.
Turn both switches on.
 

pthobson

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I believe something was said about yield because those blurples state they are a certain wattage but a lot of times actually only put out a quarter of the stated wattage if they’re lucky. Looks good though
 

CaseyJones84

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Turn both switches on.
Done. Did a lot of reading and YouTube watching. Thanks. Just confusing the directions tell you to use just the bloom for flower and then it says we recommend using both. So new to this and just trying to soak up all the info i can.
 

CaseyJones84

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I believe something was said about yield because those blurples state they are a certain wattage but a lot of times actually only put out a quarter of the stated wattage if they’re lucky. Looks good though
Yea they labeled the light I bought to be “1500w LED” its actually less than 300w at least from what ive noticed.... vipraspectra, sunraise, king plus lights that are definitely affordable will say they higher wattage when they really aren’t.
 
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