LED growing- An instructional grow log

[physicsnole]

Oh man, that link is to a grow RIDDLED with powdery mildew... not particularly good advertising! This thread shows FAR healthier plants!!!

Ya I was only using it as a comparison for SnS's grow, considering his plants are much healthier than the link I found. It was just to show minimum results from a 60W LED grow.

[SnSstealth]

ha..thanks stinky, i take pride in loving my plants wont be any icky mildew on these girls...instead of molasses try succanant..at least for organic people..i dont really know shit about dro though, lol...i am but a dirty boy
thats pretty good yeilds jerry...600w 6 plants 12oz?...wow, and we got all 6 of fox farms nutes...now they have sledgehammer...its a flusher for salt build-up and nute intake....might get that one
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whikseytango

[SnSstealth]

ew...our plants look way better!!! those things look whimpy and thin too!! damn i cant wait till we harvest, we already got plants thicker and bushier than theirs at harvest!!! not to dog them, but i think we will have way better results
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whiskeytango

[physicsnole]

ew...our plants look way better!!! those things look whimpy and thin too!! damn i cant wait till we harvest, we already got plants thicker and bushier than theirs at harvest!!! not to dog them, but i think we will have way better results
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whiskeytango

Ya thats why I posted the picture so people could see how much better your plants already look and they haven't even started flowering yet.

[maspino1]

hey, did some googling
the 3 leaf branches are called whorled phyllotaxy
you can read more at this link
whorled phyllotaxy - Google Search

[SnSstealth]

http://boards.cannabis.com/growing-i...led-phyllotaxy

poof........theres a thread on it
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WT

[physicsnole]

I found something interesting on this web page The spectrum

about half way down it says this
Sunlight contains 4% ultraviolet radiation, 52% infrared radiation and 44% visible light.

I wonder if plants use Infra Red light to grow?

[physicsnole]

Never mind....didnt read the line right below it....I got so excited thinking it was the missing link in LED growing...:rastasmoke:...too much vaporizer

[physicsnole]

Blue light is primarily responsible for vegetative leaf growth. Red light, when combined with blue light, encourages flowering.

Found that on this site Colorado State University Master Gardener - Plant Growth Factors: Light

So I wonder if having alot more blue light during the vegetative phase would make even healthier and bigger plants as SnS' (not dissing your plants look amazing-just dreamin here:smokin and then in the flowering stage we will provide red light....

[physicsnole]

Im sorry for all these threads but Im finding some good information I thought you guys would enjoy:

From this website http://www.iupac.org/publications/pa.../6301x0123.pdf

Carotenoids are involved in several aspects of photosynthesis, notably light absorption and energy transfer to the reaction center (RC) complex and protection of the photosynthetic apparatus from damage by strong illumination.

LIGHT ABSORPTION BY CAROTENOIDS IN THE COMPLEXES
The location of the absorption maximum of carotenoids depends on the number of conjugated double bonds; in the case of 9 double bonds (p-carotene), it is located around 4 5 0 ~ min non-polar organic solvents. In the photosynthetic apparatus, the maxima are usually shifted to the red by ca. 30 nm (-1500 cm-l) (ref. 3). One possible explanation of this red shift is the presence of a point charge on _the_ po lypeptide (ref. 3)

There are several clear pieces of evidence for a protective effect of carotenoid against damage due to high photon density.

So having the additional 450nm(450-490nm) wavelength for the carotenoids would help plant growth in many ways.