Appreciate the tag @merlin44. I’m usually around 600 PPFD or a DLI of 32-35 for this growth stage 850-950 during peak flower or a DLI of 42-50 
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Not so good with LUX but there are several calculators with a google search. LUX to LED PPFD
Good advice given already! 
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Pardon my ignorance, but what is DLI?
Appreciate all the help guys!
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Daily light integral (DLI) describes the number of photosynthetically active photons that are delivered to a specific area over a 24-hour period. 
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This used to be my go to for calculating dli
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Hey thanks for the tag @merlin44
I have a meter but it lays in the drawer 99.9 percent at the time. About 1600 at The top of the canopy would be a good number for me. ( Par meter)
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Yeah, now that everything is dialed in, I only check the PAR values at the beginning of each grow and when I flip to flower.
When I replace or modify my lighting, I will use it to get things dialed in again.
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I don’t know these off the top of my head either, but 100k lux is a lot of light. I would expect the online conversion calculators to provide a ballpark figure.
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I moved the light away a little. Its in the 1700 range right about the canopy now.
If this is an example if how bright it is, this is a leaf off of each, and they look normal colored under these led shop lights.
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Hey guys! Another question about these grow bags!
I repotted them into 5 gallon cloth bags with new soil on june 27th. Will the feed them till harvest?
With water being sucked up from the bottom, will it lead to toxicity build uo in the plants?
What soil did you use?
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I blended espoma land and sea mix and their organic mix. Then just added a half handful of bloodmeal and bone meal to the 50/50 mix.
So far the plants seem to be loving it! There is a little bit of tip burn from nutrients being pushed through them i guess?
Im sure that mixture is very rich but probably won’t cover everything needed all the way to harvest. A lot of that will depend on your watering habits too.
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They have been sucking up about a gallon of water each, ever 42 hours out of the bottom of the self watering bases. I cant believe how much they drink up!
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They look healthy. Maybe could be a little bigger for 2 months old
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I started them in some soil i mixed from miracle grow and my soul from home, but it was making the plants look lime green, so i switched to the different soil, and i had to break up the root ball to get the old soil off. Then after a few weeks in the new soil mixture i transfered them to 5 gallon fabric pots with the new soil also, but i didnt break up the root ball that time, i judt filled the new pot up, sat them on the soil and filled the edge gaps with new soil. I probably have stunted its growth some…
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Here is a current picture of them today.
Given that these are a little over 2 months old, how long can i actually veg them for before i flip the lights to 12/12?
I dont want to miss a window, by trying to add some height to them. I was hoping to let them veg another foot taller before i flipped the lights. Im not sure how that works.
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