My backyard porch light problem..

[b4df15h]

I have a 250w halogen with a motion sensor for a porch light in my backyard. Now, for my garden to get the most sun in the summertime, i have to position it no more than 15 ft from this light, which is, to say the least, inconvenient during flowering time. when that time comes, i completely turn it off so its not a problem..

heres my question, can it work as a light supplement in the early spring?

Its only 4000 lumens, and I already know that halogens dont provide the right spectrum for growth, but would it be enough to keep them awake for the couple of hours needed to supplement light?

 

[eighty9concentr]

depends on the size of your garden but i wouldn't trust it being that far away. We use either t5s or 2 tube 4' florescent shop lights for our supplemental lighting. We stagger them in our greenhouse with 3' spacing in between them. 1 small light that far away might confuse them imo.

 

[sacramental]

It might work for say keeping your seedlings or clones from flowering early. My buddy keeps his outdoor clones out on his porch and turns his porch light on a dusk with no problems. Plants dont need much light to stay in veg from what I hear. He's not trying to supplement a whole garden in big pots though just say a group of clones in 1 to 5 gal pots then we take clones out to final transplanting spot when timing is right of course.