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I used Matt's PAR meter to figure out my light intensity in my grow tent. Here are the number's I got:
12": 480PAR
18": 297PAR
30": 189PAR
34": 174Par

A good approximation for estimating light intensity (at least for my setup):
Light Intensity = 6085.5 * (height^-1.02777)

So I should be starting the seedlings at around 30" and when the first true leaf opens I can probably get away with going up to about 20"
 



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