Off setting lights in your flower room for greater yields

So I have an 8'x11' flower room. My original idea was to evenly spread out 4 1k lights over 12 plants. Giving me 45w per square foot or 333w per plant. After much thought and talking to other growers Ive decided to put 3k on one half of the room in late bloom and 1k on the other have of the room effectively separating the room into two 4'x11'. Since plants in early flower actually use much less light and are going through more of an hormonal change the 1k will provide plenty enough light for early bloom( weeks 1-3) and will provide some over cast for mid flower(weeks 4-6). Now for late bloom(weeks7-9) are under 3k and bumps my watts per square foot up to 68 or 375w per plant including the over cast of light into mid flower. Hopes this helps for anyone running a perpetual grow.


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never heard of early flowering plants wanting or needing less light. doesnt make much sense to me. my plants get max lumens from when they are established clones till the day i chop em

maximum lighting is necessary in the early stage of flower, it really sets the pace for flower production. My plants usually double or triple their size within the first 20 days and without maximum lighting, you are losing out on many MANY bud sites.

one I thing I do is I use less light for the last 2-3 weeks of budding as the flower have almost reach their maximum size and it allows me to start more plants.