# HLG Blackbird Putting in WORK **URL:** \ **Category:** Flowering\ **Tags:** lighting, flowering, hlg, photoperiods-feminiz, indoor-grow\ **Created:** [January 24, 2025, 12:06am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/hlg-blackbird-putting-in-work/117294 "2025-01-24T00:06:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Uccellogrifone](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/uccellogrifone/32/1083241_2.png) [@Uccellogrifone](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Uccellogrifone)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 12:06am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/hlg-blackbird-putting-in-work/117294/1 "2025-01-24T00:06:12Z")
I have to say I freaking love this light. Only at 75% now 15 days since the flip, sans CO2, positioned about 30 inches above the canopy. Anyone else crazy about the production you get from the Blackbird? ![IMG_20250123_125001547_HDR](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/b/b/7/bb7ae6b76d15b93f88ff6ca3e73bd11e475826ac.jpeg) ![IMG_20250123_124949242_HDR](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/5/e/3/5e36a6492c07373b7c8f9e1f071ef7a7fb1413b5.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Uccellogrifone](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/uccellogrifone/32/1083241_2.png) [@Uccellogrifone](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Uccellogrifone)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 12:06am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/hlg-blackbird-putting-in-work/117294/2 "2025-01-24T00:06:59Z")
![IMG_20250122_182933_953~2](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/5/e/e/5eef940ed5ab6fd96a7f117e59db83264839602d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![BWoods](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/bwoods/32/672878_2.png) [@BWoods](https://ilgmforum.com/u/BWoods)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 2:34am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/hlg-blackbird-putting-in-work/117294/3 "2025-01-24T02:34:59Z")
I’ve had mine for about two years now, it does grow great weed! ![IMG_0932](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/6/5/a/65aae87592aa87198a4abe01bf94bb869b0fae02.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Uccellogrifone](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/uccellogrifone/32/1083241_2.png) [@Uccellogrifone](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Uccellogrifone)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 3:46am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/hlg-blackbird-putting-in-work/117294/4 "2025-01-25T03:46:09Z")
What sort of schedule do you follow for incrementally increasing the light, and how high up to 100 do you go? @BWoods ---
**Author:** ![ChittyChittyBangin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/chittychittybangin/32/1095484_2.png) [@ChittyChittyBangin](https://ilgmforum.com/u/ChittyChittyBangin)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 1:11pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/hlg-blackbird-putting-in-work/117294/5 "2025-01-25T13:11:26Z")
I have the blackbird, 600r, 350r, and a 300l bspec. Love HLG and their customer service. ![1000010726](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/3/e/9/3e98370cb3a69a51b2c30e71a3dda3a940f537a7.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![BWoods](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/bwoods/32/672878_2.png) [@BWoods](https://ilgmforum.com/u/BWoods)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/hlg-blackbird-putting-in-work/117294/6 "2025-01-25T16:01:10Z")
I blast my plants with light pretty much the whole grow. Start it at around 80% and use Photone app to set height when they’re small then bump it up to 100% all the way till the last 3 or so weeks of flower then I start backing it down. I run fans on each side of the driver to keep her cool. ---
**Author:** ![ChunkyMonkey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/chunkymonkey/32/930749_2.png) [@ChunkyMonkey](https://ilgmforum.com/u/ChunkyMonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/hlg-blackbird-putting-in-work/117294/7 "2025-01-29T20:37:37Z")
It fits perfectly in my 3x3 and all my plants since have been rock hard. Love that light. ---
**Author:** ![DEEPDIVERDAVE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@DEEPDIVERDAVE](https://ilgmforum.com/u/DEEPDIVERDAVE)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 11:09pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/hlg-blackbird-putting-in-work/117294/8 "2025-01-29T23:09:45Z")
> [@ChittyChittyBangin](#): > > Love HLG and their customer service. YUP. and they use less electricity. I would add, HLG lights dont heat the winter tent very well. ---
**Author:** ![Uccellogrifone](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/uccellogrifone/32/1083241_2.png) [@Uccellogrifone](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Uccellogrifone)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/hlg-blackbird-putting-in-work/117294/9 "2025-02-04T14:27:11Z")
Day 26 since flip, just after defoliation… ![IMG_20250202_210015593_HDR](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/2/f/3/2f30e607d87faecc2ad44ee29919494f6e450f9b.jpeg)