Uncle Eckley
Extreme Member
This is my first time growing. My original plan was to germinate seeds (already started), then grow my plants in a south-facing windowsill until the weather warms. I've got one of those 15W Sansi LED lights to provide supplemental lighting in the windowsill.
Now I'm wondering how it would go for me if I kept some plants indoors with a really simple set up. What could I expect if I just stayed in the windowsill all season with soil in pots, an oscillating fan, and maybe a more powerful light? Something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C57J7XX/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_2?smid=A3OJY9E0ZY1FCH&psc=1
or this:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078XHHVKZ/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_3?smid=AR67XFOFVBYWM&psc=1
I've read in a couple places here that I'll need 3000lm per square foot of canopy to fruit indoors, but I've also read elsewhere that lumens isn't a meaningful measure and that PAR value is the real metric. I don't know how or whether they even relate to each other.. Based on the 3000lm/sq ft guideline, it would seem that the linked lights above might be overkill for what I'm trying to do, but then I don't know what I'm doing, either.
Would I even need to stay in the window with one of these or something similar? I wouldn't mind being able to move away from the window so I can black it out (worried about having my door kicked in, as the window faces the street).
Now I'm wondering how it would go for me if I kept some plants indoors with a really simple set up. What could I expect if I just stayed in the windowsill all season with soil in pots, an oscillating fan, and maybe a more powerful light? Something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C57J7XX/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_2?smid=A3OJY9E0ZY1FCH&psc=1
or this:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078XHHVKZ/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_3?smid=AR67XFOFVBYWM&psc=1
I've read in a couple places here that I'll need 3000lm per square foot of canopy to fruit indoors, but I've also read elsewhere that lumens isn't a meaningful measure and that PAR value is the real metric. I don't know how or whether they even relate to each other.. Based on the 3000lm/sq ft guideline, it would seem that the linked lights above might be overkill for what I'm trying to do, but then I don't know what I'm doing, either.
Would I even need to stay in the window with one of these or something similar? I wouldn't mind being able to move away from the window so I can black it out (worried about having my door kicked in, as the window faces the street).