Light upgrade?

I think you made the right choice with the light that you got, the efficiency will be significantly better with your EVO diodes on the SF2000 Pro vs the Bridgelux-equipped G3000 with minimal coverage loss on the sides and corners, like 100-150 PPF less. There’s a few steps of quality difference between those LEDs, nothing wrong with Bridgelux but the LM301H EVO are the latest in spectrum and efficiency, your light has a system efficiency of 2.7 umol/j (the diodes are higher rated but the system is what matters, look out for that marketing trick) and Spider Farmer tellingly doesn’t give a system efficiency for the G3000…

We can work it back though, from the total lumen numbers:

G3000 = 53,481 lumens @300w 120VAC
178 lumens per watt

SF2000 Pro = 40,415 lumens @200w 120 VAC
202 lumens per watt

So your light is 13% more efficient overall besides whatever benefits improved spectrum gets you. I have used a hot centered R-Spec 550 from HLG for years now and honestly just rotate the plants every few days through the middle, either shuffling them around or just spinning them in place on saucers or lazy susans and don’t SCROG, use stakes and ties and netting attached to the pots or yo-yos from above, which can stand to be rotated back and forth if left a bit slack.

You got this man don’t stress the choices you made! That light will do you well and you can use the space around it to put supplementals if you wanted to, but give this a try for a few rounds first, I’d say.

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