Trapper
Rocky Mountain...High
Hi AFN'ers!
I'm setting up for my second grow and I have come across a theory for setting up my lights and I would appreciate some input as to why it WOULD or WOULD NOT produce what I'm looking for.
First the data on the set-up...
Tent - 48 x 24 x 60
Lights - 1X 135W (90W actual) Full Spectrum UFO
1X 180W (110W actual) Full Spectrum UFO
1X 288W (185W actual) 96x3 Selectable Spectrum Reflector Series
We'll leave it at that since that's all that pertains to this discussion....
As to the grow set-up...3X plants in 2gal. equivalent Airpots.
I plan (obviously) on hanging the Reflector Series in the middle and a UFO on either side, angled in, slightly (10º-15º)
Now....
I have read articles that discuss "Night time growing" (pertaining to photo plants) where in they assert that the red spectrums in LED's replicate
the sun's rays and that the presence or absence of the red spectrum is the stimuli for informing the plant as to whether it is day or night.
The article then goes on to posit that the non-red spectrums can be used in the "dark" or "night" period while still giving the photo plant the
indicators necessary to induce and maintain flowering.
I have also read that using veg spectrum (on autos), rather than bloom or full spectrum, can help keep plants shorter and denser during veg..
Okay, finally...the theory:
If I run the Reflector Series, on veg only (no bloom spectrum) for a cycle of 24/0
and...
I put the UFO's (full spectrum) on a timer for a cycle of say, 20/4...
Would I be getting partial benefits, exhibited in better internodal spacing and secondary branch development, that outweigh simply blasting
it with everything (all on full spectrum), all the time, for say, 20/4 and allowing complete darkness for 4 hours?
I know that AF's don't "need" darkness and can go 24/0 if desired and that's not really the point of my query...
just wondering if a 24/0 veg only cycle on the Reflector Series, in conjunction with Full Spectrum from the UFO's with a 4 hour break on those
sounds like a good idea as it relates to attempting to keep overall height down and density up....like I said...partial benefits...perhaps equaling
more desired control than simply turning everything on full blast....and giving the plant a rest from most of the red spectrum.
I feel, at least romantically, like this spectrum set-up could be similar to what Siberian Ruderalis experiences in it's natural habitat...
In Alaska (similar latitude I imagine) the longest days of the year have a couple of hours of incomplete darkness, where the sun isn't
directly visible on the horizon but the light level never gets beyond "dusk"....I feel like my lighting theory emulates that reality to an extent.
Okay, AFN'ers.....Tell me what a moron I am
I'm setting up for my second grow and I have come across a theory for setting up my lights and I would appreciate some input as to why it WOULD or WOULD NOT produce what I'm looking for.
First the data on the set-up...
Tent - 48 x 24 x 60
Lights - 1X 135W (90W actual) Full Spectrum UFO
1X 180W (110W actual) Full Spectrum UFO
1X 288W (185W actual) 96x3 Selectable Spectrum Reflector Series
We'll leave it at that since that's all that pertains to this discussion....
As to the grow set-up...3X plants in 2gal. equivalent Airpots.
I plan (obviously) on hanging the Reflector Series in the middle and a UFO on either side, angled in, slightly (10º-15º)
Now....
I have read articles that discuss "Night time growing" (pertaining to photo plants) where in they assert that the red spectrums in LED's replicate
the sun's rays and that the presence or absence of the red spectrum is the stimuli for informing the plant as to whether it is day or night.
The article then goes on to posit that the non-red spectrums can be used in the "dark" or "night" period while still giving the photo plant the
indicators necessary to induce and maintain flowering.
I have also read that using veg spectrum (on autos), rather than bloom or full spectrum, can help keep plants shorter and denser during veg..
Okay, finally...the theory:
If I run the Reflector Series, on veg only (no bloom spectrum) for a cycle of 24/0
and...
I put the UFO's (full spectrum) on a timer for a cycle of say, 20/4...
Would I be getting partial benefits, exhibited in better internodal spacing and secondary branch development, that outweigh simply blasting
it with everything (all on full spectrum), all the time, for say, 20/4 and allowing complete darkness for 4 hours?
I know that AF's don't "need" darkness and can go 24/0 if desired and that's not really the point of my query...
just wondering if a 24/0 veg only cycle on the Reflector Series, in conjunction with Full Spectrum from the UFO's with a 4 hour break on those
sounds like a good idea as it relates to attempting to keep overall height down and density up....like I said...partial benefits...perhaps equaling
more desired control than simply turning everything on full blast....and giving the plant a rest from most of the red spectrum.
I feel, at least romantically, like this spectrum set-up could be similar to what Siberian Ruderalis experiences in it's natural habitat...
In Alaska (similar latitude I imagine) the longest days of the year have a couple of hours of incomplete darkness, where the sun isn't
directly visible on the horizon but the light level never gets beyond "dusk"....I feel like my lighting theory emulates that reality to an extent.
Okay, AFN'ers.....Tell me what a moron I am
