I also run multi spectrum lighting with CFL's. I like threads like this. I also keep an LED with blues and reds shining too... Soon I will do a full power multi spec led and implement my cfos as added spec instead of the other way around.
Lighting Cfl lighting specrtum, and how you could improve your end product.
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Can't help but mention spectroscopy at this point. If you want to see what colors you're feeding your plant you can build a diy spectroscope for nothing. I bet you've got a box and a CD lying around. Mix them together like this: cut a slit for a lens at the top and a window at the bottom for viewing. Cut a 45 degree slit for the CD and tape it in place. Yer done.
Now take a picture of the spectrograph (the cd acts like a diffractive grating, breaking up light into its' constituent colors) and study it. Maybe you want more blues, or maybe you're a little light in the reds, no pun intended. Maybe one portion of your grow room isn't getting any mid-range PAR or see what it looks like under the canopy - you can test for light penetration the same way.
Anyway, hope you guys dig this. It can really help and it definitely changed the way I thought about light.
Now take a picture of the spectrograph (the cd acts like a diffractive grating, breaking up light into its' constituent colors) and study it. Maybe you want more blues, or maybe you're a little light in the reds, no pun intended. Maybe one portion of your grow room isn't getting any mid-range PAR or see what it looks like under the canopy - you can test for light penetration the same way.
Anyway, hope you guys dig this. It can really help and it definitely changed the way I thought about light.
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