Well i’m trying to pull off my first big grow in like 6 years, i’m broke as a joke and have been scrounging materials together,wish I could buy a real grow light but it is what it is….I based my conclusion of choice in lighting by the kelvin scale.My plants all pray to it when exposed to what i have.
Question#1: IS THIS ENOUGH TO CARRY MY PLANT THRU VEG? (removed plastic globe to expose diodes: I’m using 4- 2700k(800 lumen) led bulb style/2-3000k (950 lumen) flood light style/2-5000k (840 lumen) led bulb style/6500k (100 watt equivalent-1650 lumen) cfl’s/3-5000k led bulbs/2-fiet full spectrum led grow bulbs
Question #2: WILL USING MY LIGHTING ALONG WITH THE SUN INCREASE PHOTOSYNTHESIS BY SUBJECTING IT TO MORE OF THE SPECTRUM?
Question #3: IS THIS ATRIUM/LEAN TO GREEN HOUSE ENOUGH NATURAL LIGHT WITH FULL SUN FROM 8AM-3PM?
Usually 6hrs of direct sunlight is enough.
Love the build. You might want to consider changing out the CFLs for LEDs or the other way around. CFLs work best a few inches away from the plant where LEDs usually require a little more space. The distance you’ll have to keep the board from the plants with the LEDs will make the CFLs ineffective.