Thats interesting. I have low ceiling space in flower and need to scrog. I will have to try to shape the plants with the side light source.

I was hoping for better results under the ebs and then be able to run straight to flower. But the time lost in veg isnt worth it.

Luckily I doubled up on drivers when I ordered and need some side lighting in flower. I will try the 5k strips.

I have been using the eb gen 2 3500k in veg for a couple of weeks and some atreum 144.2 boards (which are 4000k) in a seperate tent. I'm not sold on 3500k being as good of a vegging spectrum. I've run plants of different sizes,ages in both and the 4k gets better results. Healthy plants, with faster ...

Light should be fine.

Better off with a scrog.
Is he training the plants?
He didnt use too much nitrogen?
Too much will cut yields in half.
Could be a hundred reasons...

I have a 2x7 area that I could use some opinions on. I have a bunch of bridgelux eb gen2 2 footers I was thinking of running 2 or 3 across, with 3 rows. It was just going to be for veg. Do you think I would get away with 2 strips across 2 foot, and with 3 rows across the 7 feet? What driver should I...

I have a bunch of odd shaped areas to light up.
Ones roughly 4x3 to flower in.
Another 2x4.

Just wanted to make sure I understood how it was calculated.

Thanks to everyone for the advice as well.

Whats the target watts for veg?

How is the minimum number determined?

Is it the number of strips divided into the rated current?

For the cookie cutter 4x4 Bridgelux eb gen 2 strips, how was the driver selected? I understand a wattage over area was calculated, but having trouble with how many strips used and that type of thing I think its 12, 4 foot strips with a meanwell 480H 42A driver. So the strips: 39V max current 1.4A An...

Is there much difference using the 3500k or 4000k strips for veg?

Where do you get the eb gen 2 strips from?

560mm strips for veg