Live Stoner Chat Live Stoner Chat - Oct-Dec '25

[420Forever]

I was thinking about trying to grow out a single plant with nothing but flashlights

that would def earn u cool kid status, fer sur ppp

 

[Mike20132]

You know this may sound unfathomably stupid but I was thinking about trying to grow out a single plant with nothing but flashlights

Ok, let's extrapolate that...

Lets start with the light spectrum...

Well, you can do a great job of isolating a set of colors through selection of LED cores and phosphorus mixtures... And when you look at the spectrums of flashlights that offer cold and warm white colors, a lot of that is already covered.

I can see a combination of "generic" LED/COB powered flashlights and a few specialty devices with specific colors being a very effective application.

It will be tedious to point certain spectrums at certain parts of the plant, but for someone with a compulsion to finely control the lighting it could be really flexible.

It comes down to lumens and area distribution.

Maybe by the time I can grow again that might be a thing....

 

[Mike20132]

I mean when you really think about it, the only real difference is form factor.

 

[Cannaficionado]

Ok, let's extrapolate that...

Lets start with the light spectrum...

Well, you can do a great job of isolating a set of colors through selection of LED cores and phosphorus mixtures... And when you look at the spectrums of flashlights that offer cold and warm white colors, a lot of that is already covered.

I can see a combination of "generic" LED/COB powered flashlights and a few specialty devices with specific colors being a very effective application.

It will be tedious to point certain spectrums at certain parts of the plant, but for someone with a compulsion to finely control the lighting it could be really flexible.

It comes down to lumens and area distribution.

Maybe by the time I can grow again that might be a thing....

My baton runs at 4500 Kelvin so I figured it should be pretty balanced just need enough of them, but at 85 bucks a pop it might get a little pricey, but after the grow I could sell most of em and get most of my money back.

 

[Mike20132]

My baton runs at 4500 Kelvin so I figured it should be pretty balanced just need enough of them, but at 85 bucks a pop it might get a little pricey, but after the grow I could sell most of em and get most of my money back.

Ya know, for me the idea of being able to direct specific spectrums to specific area of a plant sounds like it has significant potential, as long as the cost and hands-on maintenance is disregarded,

 

[Cannaficionado]

Ya know, for me the idea of being able to direct specific spectrums to specific area of a plant sounds like it has significant potential, as long as the cost and hands-on maintenance is disregarded,

True the other problem is making sure they stay on all 12-18 hours and that they stay charged.

Edit, I think laser diodes and a wide angle lenses might be more effective at delivering very specific spectrums though.

 

[Mike20132]

 

[420Forever]

(idly wonderz if either of theze guyz have considered the amount of batteriez it would take to grow a plant for 3 mon under nothing but flashlightz.....i mean, jus wonderin ppp)

 

[Cannaficionado]

(idly wonderz if either of theze guyz have considered the amount of batteriez it would take to grow a plant for 3 mon under nothing but flashlightz.....i mean, jus wonderin ppp)

Rechargeable. Mine can be used while its charging too, so Im really wondering if it would work.

 

[Mike20132]

Rechargeable. Mine can be used while its charging too, so Im really wondering if it would work.

Agreed. Sourcing power is probably the least challenging aspect of this.