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Kelvin Rating

OROZCONLECHE

OROZCONLECHE

For those people who may wonder or ask Take a look, this will help alot

Sunlight

Red or pink (2000 Kelvin before sunrise)

Red or pink (2800 to 3000 Kelvin at sunrise)

Red or pink (3200 to 3400 Kelvin 1 hour after sunrise)

Red or pink (3900 to 4100 Kelvin 2 hours after sunrise)

White (5000 to 5500 Kelvin around noon on bright sunny day)

Blue (6000 to 8000 Kelvin due to overcast sky)

Blue (7000 to 9000 Kelvin due to light shade)

Blue (10,000 to 11,000 Kelvin at a high altitude on a bright sunny day)

Blue (8,000 to 12,000 Kelvin due to heavy shade or rainy day)

Blue (11,000 to 18,000 Kelvin at a high altitude on an overcast day)

Red or pink (3900 to 4100 Kelvin 2 hours before sunset)

Red or pink (3200 to 3400 Kelvin 1 hour before sunset)

Red or pink (2800 to 3000 Kelvin at sunset)



Firelight (structure fires, campfires, fireplace fires, candlelight)

Reddish light (1200 to 1800 Kelvin)



Artificial Light Sources

15-watt light bulb (produces a reddish light) (2450 Kelvin)

40-watt light bulb (produces a reddish light) (2600 Kelvin)

60-watt light bulb (produces a reddish light) (2800 Kelvin)

75-watt light bulb (produces a reddish light) (2820 Kelvin)

100-watt light bulb (produces a reddish light) (2900 Kelvin)

200-watt light bulb (produces a reddish light) (3000 Kelvin)

GE Reveal (produces a reddish light) (3200 Kelvin)

Tungsten (produces a reddish light) (2850 - 3200 Kelvin)

Tungsten/Halogen (produces a reddish light (3000 - 3400 Kelvin)

Clear Photoflood lamp (produces a reddish light) (3400 Kelvin)

Fluorescent (typically produces a blue-green light) (3000 - 7500 Kelvin)

Blue Photoflood lamp (produces a whitish light) (4800 Kelvin)

Sylvania Sunstick (produces a whitish light) (5000 Kelvin)

Carbon Arc (produces a whitish light) (5000 Kelvin)

Electronic Flash (produces a whitish light) (5000 to 5500 Kelvin)
 
Also depends on if you buy warm white, cool white, or daylight bulbs. Different Kelvins for each. Daylight is 5600.

If you want to mimic daylight look into Kino Flo 5600 balanced lights. Expensive though.
 
Interesting. A cool fact, hawaii has sunsets that reach 1700-1800 k it was, I am not sure. Way redder then most sun sets!!!


"Blue (6000 to 8000 Kelvin due to overcast sky)"


Thats an interesting fact.

Thanks for this.
 
Blue (11,000 to 18,000 Kelvin at a high altitude on an overcast day)

I thought this was interesting, never would of guessed this high.
 
Higher the K the more blue the light. Blue light makes plants grow out, Red light will make plants grow up.
 
OROZCONLECHE said:
Oh that's crazy, I want a bushy plant so I guess a red light would be better for me
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other way around, bushy like Capsicum said is from growing out (width wise) which is blue light.. red light is growing up/tall (which is why seedlings and plants get spindly sometimes when using the 2,700k flouro lights.. I personally prefer using the 5,000-6,500k lights and so far the plants look great, especially seedlings/month old or so plants get really bushy.. this is my first year growing indoors so early and I would have never thought plants would get this bushy being so small.. or ever really, based on looking at plants from the local nurseries.. which are taller and not very leafy
 
I saw some lighbulbs on a website that Ray at Praxxus recomended an Man the bulbs are cheap and look good http://1000bulbs.com/ im planting on getting a 5,000 - 6,00 if that is what it takes to make a bushy plant, im still waiting on my seeds to pop out so when they do ama get me a bulb I dont like tall plants that much so I try to make my plants as preferable for me as possible.

http://1000bulbs.com/product/7662/FC14-FEIISB50.html
 
well just to give you an idea of what the 5000-6,500k flouro lights give you for plants and leaves and all that, here is a pic of my first 14 plants I started this year with 3 CFL lights about 150w eq. for the 2 on the sides and 100w eq. in the middle and some random flouro strip in the back with an aquarium plant light, but that didn't really do much, and I would take it out if I did it again.

but as you can see, TONS of leaves popping out everywhere and really compact. came out much better than I could have hoped for
IMG_0063.jpg
 
Nice thank goodness I'm on my phone, I can zoom in close without loosing resolution, and that is nice, small still but great looking I seen one online that is about 1-2 feet bushy as h3// and making lots of peppers, that is what I'm going for
 
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