Hey guys Well I am about to jump my plants into my flowering room in the next few dayz. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the microgrowery community. Gavita Pro 900e LED 120-277V The Pro 900e LED is the solution for indoor growing environments where ceiling height and distance from canopy are paramount. what everyone said. It clear… Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Featuring the same performance and 8-bar configuration of our bestselling Pro 1700e LED, the 900e is a great fit for use in vertical racks, low rooms, over benches, or even in tents. The right light for any space will cover the required area while remaining a safe distance from the top of your plant’s canopy. i also noticed the plants (although they looked great) only really produced large mail colas, and the lower buds didn't really produce as much as they could/should have. Most are also set up on movable tables that can be positioned anywhere in the room with only about a spare 18" at any given time to walk and do maintenance on the plants. Rather than a long cord. Those are Gavita's and they have a 5 foot spread, but when you light the room you are a bit closer together. If these guys are actually growing with the lights that high in the air, they are losing production because of it. hope you have ac. The Pro 900e LED is the solution for indoor growing environments where ceiling height and distance from canopy are paramount. Gavita recommend hanging it at 60cm to 90cm (24" to 36") above the canopy to cover a 1.2m x 1.2m area. my son has 4 600w gavita and temps were in the 90's till he got an air conditioner. View Details. This allows you to place it closer to your canopy than other lights, cut down cooling costs, and maintain a perfect grow environment. i like my nodes nice and tight. Gavita recommends placing the LED's at 18 inches in flowering.....you're not going to lose much light at that distance anyway. Gavita E-Series LED Adapter. Gavita’s PAR output is around 1700 μmol/s, hence the name 1700e. Full instructions are included with this Gavita LED. But there is more interesting stuff you can read from this data: Over 2 ft distance you lose 181 μmol s-1 m-2 in the small room (5 ft intensity minus 3 ft intensity). This was the best height we found for central intensity and best spread in this size space: View Details. I keep my 600 watt hps 18 inches away from my plants 2 inches closer and I get burning 2 inches further away they stretch too much ( I also have my lights on boost so they are actually between 660-700 watt iv read that 1000 watts need to be 2 foot away to stop bleaching. If it's any higher than that, wont it cause really bad stretching? They are hot because they are not air cooled and the ballast is attached. Those are the Gavita Pro 1000 E-Series... very high intensity, not so much heat. Light decreases with the square of distance as you move away from a source, ANY source. my son has 4 600w gavita and temps were in the 90's till he got an air conditioner. Gavita Pro 1000e DE Complete Fixture for 400V Lamp . It's true that these are brighter than a normal 1000w HPS, but that doesn't mean that they defy the laws of physics. JavaScript is disabled. It's true that these are brighter than a normal 1000w HPS, but that doesn't mean that they defy the laws of physics. def 36 inches I have a few and they produce heat. hope you have ac. Menu. (I.e. I bought. Here are our PPFD measurements of Gavita 1700e LED at 18 and 24 inches in a grow tent. How much area can it cover? Gavita Lights. Services. Featuring the same performance and 8-bar configuration of our bestselling Pro 1700e LED, the 900e is a great fit for use in vertical racks, low rooms, over benches, or even in tents. I have some that are a few inches and some that are about a foot. Until recent innovations in technology, there were technical and practical limitations that discouraged some growers from using DE grow lights. Full spectrum commercial LED lighting will offer intense lighting for your plants with a 50% reduction in electricity cost over traditiona I’ve had success with my 315 using it around 18″-24′ over the canopy. And he got a mega yield as well, I'm almost certain it was his first grow too. From £439.95. Metal Halides/HPS Lights; Metal halides and High Pressure Sodium lights are important because the former provides a ‘cool spectrum’ of lights and the latter provides the ‘hotter spectrum’. So they are much more intense. Even 10-15cms makes a WORLD of difference on the lumen output, another thing to remember is to clean your reflector often, a dusty sheet of glass or dusty aluminum backing ABSORBS lumens, every lumen counts! i saw that the lights stayed in one place. In this video I am testing out the new Gavita Pro 1650e LED ML. i think he would have done much better if he moved the light down closer to the plants, and did some tying down. Click the link below for a copy of the instruction manual. One big problem has been that increased light intensity and PAR generated by DE bulbs may be too strong for your plants, especially when bulbs and their fixtures are placed the same distances from the plant canopy as regular single-ended HID bulbs are placed. BUT from reading and chatting with a few it seems that quite a lot veg under HPS and have no issues. Gavita Pro 1700e ML LED Grow Light - 645 Watt. How high should you place your grow light? Some thrive in a lower light situation and some want it right on top of them. I think the most likely explanation is they wanted a good photo so they raised the lights all the way up. Someone gotta have answer I'm about to invest in couple. I keep my COBs at least 18" away. The All New Gavita Pro 900e LED Grow Light The Pro 900e LED is the solution for indoor growing environments where ceiling height and distance from canopy are paramount. From £169.95. Gavita 1700e LED lights in a 10" x 20" Gorilla Grow Tent (October 2019) Aside from feeling like I was helming up a state of the art grow operation, I had to see how my vegging plants would react. (Anyone with LED grow experience would be much appreciated) 1.How far should the distance be from the canopy to the light? LED Lighting has come a long way over the past 10 years. Gavita Pro 600e SE Complete Fixture for 400V Lamp. but i also noticed the internodal spacing was pretty big. You must log in or register to reply here. We love pictures of your plants & harvest, discussing growing methods, and helping with grow problems. Really depends on strength of light and what the plant is capable of withstanding. View Details. It's a unique collaboration between two industry leaders (TSL Horti Tech and Grower's Choice), and one which dominates its competition. And if you look for @@blanket diary you will see his grow using gavitas. There's no way the lights are where they are in the pic during normal growing because the spacing on the plants is way to tight for that. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. These are Gavita DE (double-ended) fixtures. From £1,499.95. Then they are reccommended to be 3 to 4 feet away from your canopy. Gavita also redesigned the LEDs to have one heat fin instead of two. When you first introduce plants to your grow space, if using a 600W light, you need to keep them at least 3 - 4 feet away from your plants to begin with, just while your plants climatise to the heat. And should I change the distance during the life cycle of the plants? The fixture consists of 8 LED light bars, and this open design prevents heat build-up over the canopy. Featuring the same performance and 8-bar configuration of our bestselling Pro 1700e LED, the 900e is a great fit for use in vertical racks, low rooms, over benches, This way we can see all the plants and the hps light doesn't mess with the camera too much. To assess the grow light’s performance with plants, we must look at and interpret its PPFD at different distances. ML stands for Multi-Layer, as the array of LEDs provides a uniform spread of light at a short distance to the crop. That example picture though, they most likely have them raised for the picture since they are all the way up to the ceiling. Log in to Reply This number is very high compared to most other grow lights. Much more efficient than a traditional HPS. Dec 20, 2013 #5 UOENO said: Hey guys Well I am about to jump my plants into my flowering room in the next few dayz. http://www.gavita-holland.com/index.php/contact.html, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1PWUu3Hncs. Silky Shagsalot Well-Known Member. Gavita Pro 900e LED The Pro 900e LED is the solution for indoor growing environments where ceiling height and distance from canopy are paramount. I've def bleached and caused the serrated tips to curl from being too close. I've heard same thing hang it high leave it there. Some CMH models need to be kept 3 feet away from the tops of plants! They are hot because they are not air cooled and the ballast is attached. View Details. These are Gavita DE (double-ended) fixtures. Hang the grow light a few inches higher if the light is powerful, or a few inches lower if it’s not too powerful (cost under $130). Just make sure you have a clip fan or small oscillating fan directing heat away from the tops of your plants. Maybe those are 1000's so it doesn't matter? I've seen a lot of pictures like these on Instagram of people's legit grow rooms, but I've always kept my 600watt HPS around 2 feet away. Now that you know what the ideal distance of the LED grow lights from the marijuana plants is, you also need to know the distance between non-LED grow lights and your cannabis plants. Push plants to the They burn at 4000 btu of heat and produce 15% more light. Of particular note is the Growers Choice ROI E-680 fixture. I think he vegged his under them too if I remember correctly. Looks like you're using new Reddit on an old browser. Generally speaking, LED grow lights can be kept at 24-26 inches during the seedling phase of growth (first 3 weeks), and 18-22 inches during the vegetative and flowering phases. I didn't buy a Gavita for that reason. The 1700 µmol/s fixture results in an impressive efficiency of 2.6 µmol/s per wat. Manufacturer reco is to keep these approx. 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