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jfaunda · 11-12-2021, 09:20 AM

Correct on the lighting for winter months and only 1 plant. The foot print at the canopy is closer to 1'x1'. After reading up on spectrums of LEDs and CFLs, I switched from the household style 35 W LED 5000K which wasn't PAR38 to a set up of 2 13W CFLs at 5000k at 8.5 inches away following the inverse square law with the light on for 10 hours as I have added on 30 minutes every day for the past several days to ease it into hopefully "better" and more intense lighting. For whatever reason the hardware stores around me don't carry 6500K lights in E26 sockets. Currently looking at a 200 W CFL 6500K and horizontal reflector, just need to find a source without wild shipping prices. Will try to upload pics soon.

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jfaunda Location: Dayton, OH Zone: 6A Join Date: Nov 2021 Posts: 4 BananaBucks : 3,386 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 0 Times Was Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: Dwarf Cavendish Indoor Growing Setup Issues Correct on the lighting for winter months and only 1 plant. The foot print at the canopy is closer to 1'x1'. After reading up on spectrums of LEDs and CFLs, I switched from the household style 35 W LED 5000K which wasn't PAR38 to a set up of 2 13W CFLs at 5000k at 8.5 inches away following the inverse square law with the light on for 10 hours as I have added on 30 minutes every day for the past several days to ease it into hopefully "better" and more intense lighting. For whatever reason the hardware stores around me don't carry 6500K lights in E26 sockets. Currently looking at a 200 W CFL 6500K and horizontal reflector, just need to find a source without wild shipping prices. Will try to upload pics soon.