Hey Dude,
I don't mind hitchhikers at all. When it comes time for you to start a full grow, I'd recommend a separate grow log if only for clarity's sake, but until that time, more info is always welcomed here!

As for the Far Red emitters from Marubeni (or Epitex, or Roithner, or whomever) keep in mind that you're going to pay about $150 for an emitter that takes 5.4 Watts (electricity) and emits 1 W (light energy at 735 nm). I've been holding off on buying one of these or building some of my own until I know what level(s) of FR I'm going to need. Meaning a 1 W emitter is great until you need 10 Watts of emitted light. :-) That's my only caution there. I certainly think FR from LED is a good idea. I just don't know how good of a value it is for the time being.

And if you're a hobbyist/experimenter with electronics, you can build better arrays than the Procyon for cheaper by buying the LEDs yourself, can you not? I haven't built any LED arrays myself (yet) but it seems that buying 52x2W Cree LEDs and a driver is probably way cheaper than buying a Procyon and taking it apart. Just a thought.

Quote Originally Posted by thedudeman
Am I mistaken in thinking that a 89% Red to 21% Far-red would be good during the day and inversely perhaps 89% Far-red to 21% Red during the Martian night time on a 24/12 flowering schedule. I could be way off here but i'm just postulating a bit. We know that the absence of the light in the blue (<500nm) has to do with making the trigger to flower happen. It seems like all that really leaves us to play with is our Red/Far-red ratios during day and night.
89+21=110. You mean 79:21 or 89:11? Either way, reversing it between day and night seems a reasonable guess. Considering blue light, I am working from a different assumption though. I believe that the presence of blue light triggers vegging rather than the absence of it triggering flowering. I'm not sure I'm right, but consider it both ways and see what you come up with. :-)