Gas Lantern, How Much Supplemental Light Does it Take?

bigboerboel

bigboerboel

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I need to move my early vegetative plants outdoors a month early. Just how bright of supplemental light does it take to keep them from flowering. I only need two hours tops. We're at 13 hours of daylight now in Zone 8 Central Coast, CA.

Will one 250W Par (40W actual) LED floodlight pointed right at them from 15' away do the trick, or do I need more?

Thanks.
 
bigboerboel

bigboerboel

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rkymtnman said:
when we were looking at rescue dogs, we had never even heard of a boerboel!! what's his/her name? ours is Egypt. she's 9 and a half .
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Ours is Tank. He's close to the same age. We had a rogue mountain lion eating dogs in my area...the biggest a German sheppard. When our last dog died I did a bunch of googling and found that Boerboels guard sheep from leopards and hyenas in Zimbabwe, so I got him. No issues with mountain lions. He's even killed a coyote :wall: He's been a handful for sure, but wonderful with my grandchildren.
 

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rkymtnman

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bigboerboel said:
Ours is Tank. He's close to the same age. We had a rogue mountain lion eating dogs in my area...the biggest a German sheppard. When our last dog died I did a bunch of googling and found that Boerboels guard sheep from leopards and hyenas in Zimbabwe, so I got him. No issues with mountain lions. He's even killed a coyote :wall: He's been a handful for sure, but wonderful with my grandchildren.
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she has developed quite the taste for deer shit since we've had her. then randomly she decides to roll around in it too. maybe that's telling us she wants a bath??? lol. but yeah, i feel bad for whoever decides to mess with our daughter if she's around. she'd tear them a new one.


great to see another Boerboel owner!!! i would get another one in a heartbeat.
 
bigboerboel

bigboerboel

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rkymtnman said:
she has developed quite the taste for deer shit since we've had her. then randomly she decides to roll around in it too. maybe that's telling us she wants a bath??? lol. but yeah, i feel bad for whoever decides to mess with our daughter if she's around. she'd tear them a new one.


great to see another Boerboel owner!!! i would get another one in a heartbeat.
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Haha. Same with Tank, only he prefers horse shit. We're going to get another one too. I love that dog.
 
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waterproof808

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bigboerboel said:
I need to move my early vegetative plants outdoors a month early. Just how bright of supplemental light does it take to keep them from flowering. I only need two hours tops. We're at 13 hours of daylight now in Zone 8 Central Coast, CA.

Will one 250W Par (40W actual) LED floodlight pointed right at them from 15' away do the trick, or do I need more?

Thanks.
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I just use regular led bulbs in the 10-15w range and it works fine. My timer is set from sunset to midnite. If your light is off to the side a bit, you might get some branches on the shaded side wanting to flower, i'd try to get the light more directly above your plants.
 
buckaclark

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waterproof808 said:
I just use regular led bulbs in the 10-15w range and it works fine. My timer is set from sunset to midnite. If your light is off to the side a bit, you might get some branches on the shaded side wanting to flower, i'd try to get the light more directly above your plants.
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20230419_150511.jpg20230419_150520.jpgI'm using a 5.00 solar path light.Hoping 10 lumens is enough, will post when I find out.
 
Mason Jar 92705

Mason Jar 92705

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rkymtnman said:
if you want to run the real GLR, it's this:
12 hours lights on, followed by 5.5 hours of lights off, one hour of lights on, and then 5.5 hours of lights off


so 2 hours of ON should be plenty
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Exactly! This is also my veg cycle indoors and my veg plants are kicking butt! Staying in veg, growing just as fast if not faster compared to 18/6, more bushy + saving money on electricity.
 
mountaint0p

mountaint0p

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make string lights or buy them. they are easy to make and you can space the bulbs as you wish. I recommend a minimum of 60w equivalent led bulbs over your plants/canopy no more than 5 ft away from plants. I have done this many times for years. Some plants will trigger if the light itsnt bright enough. I do midnight till sunrise. If for full term outdoor ill dial the light back slowly before killing it in mid june
 
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