SimonD
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FWIW, my 1Ks hang about 18" above the center of the canopy and ~12" near the sides. The plants are setup in a coliseum-like arrangement. Sometimes, when a plant is bigger than expected, it actually touches the glass. One could say its flowers are 0.1" away. There's are a couple of example below of plants that literally sat touching the glass, albeit setup for relatively indirect light:im in the same boat , i have a 4x4 tent with a 600w system, i hear everyone saying 1000w is better, but how low can u get that 1000w to the plant? and we not even going to talk about venting, ok
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This isn't to say that one can't grow big buds with a 600. It just requires a slightly different approach:
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As you can see above, the 600s can hang literally inches from the canopy, given sufficient cooling. All this being said, I see significantly more yield per square foot under the 1Ks and the quality of the flowers, themselves, is a bit better. YMMV
Simon