I have a theory about light distance and plant growth. This theory pertains to the field of epigenetics. Epigenetics is, in its most basic concept, the idea that external influences can and do impact internal genetic expression. Think of switching to flowering nutrients to halt growth and produce buds, or light cycles to change from veg to flower.
So, after having performed no tests, I hypothesis that you can trick a seedling into thinking it has grown taller than it really has by slowly lowering the light towards it. This could potentially induce closer node spacing. My hypothesis is based on the observation that plants will stretch to get closer to distant/weak light sources and you can stunt the stretching by lowering the light. In this way, if we slowly lower the light, so as not to induce stress or damage to the plant and to allow the plants systems to react and send chemical signals, perhaps we can reduce vertical growth faster and induce tighter node spacing. On the other hand, in terms of autoflowers, perhaps this could induce flowering earlier? Or perhaps it will just induce node creation faster and the response to flowering is a timed event as opposed to a proximity event. Maybe this has already been done.
I don't have the space for this kind of experiment but I'll be doing it anyway, without any control groups or variable isolation so no really data will be formed but I'll be interested none the less.
As with all good research... one should do research before pursuing an Idea... I didn't do any so who knows maybe it's already out there... I want those tight nodes on my sativa grows!
Budz
So, after having performed no tests, I hypothesis that you can trick a seedling into thinking it has grown taller than it really has by slowly lowering the light towards it. This could potentially induce closer node spacing. My hypothesis is based on the observation that plants will stretch to get closer to distant/weak light sources and you can stunt the stretching by lowering the light. In this way, if we slowly lower the light, so as not to induce stress or damage to the plant and to allow the plants systems to react and send chemical signals, perhaps we can reduce vertical growth faster and induce tighter node spacing. On the other hand, in terms of autoflowers, perhaps this could induce flowering earlier? Or perhaps it will just induce node creation faster and the response to flowering is a timed event as opposed to a proximity event. Maybe this has already been done.
I don't have the space for this kind of experiment but I'll be doing it anyway, without any control groups or variable isolation so no really data will be formed but I'll be interested none the less.
As with all good research... one should do research before pursuing an Idea... I didn't do any so who knows maybe it's already out there... I want those tight nodes on my sativa grows!
