Second Martian Method attempt

[Mother]

Dog: Yeah, those are the numbers that I got too. You're probably right about it being shy of a full 12 hours SID. I'm going to keep it where it's at right now to see how the plants respond. Since it's right at the edge (or seems to be, from the estimates) it should be a good test to see if the plant response falls more on one side (vegging) or the other (flowering) which should tell us how close the estimates are. :thumbsup:

Mother Reviewed by Mother on 06-06-2009. Second Martian Method attempt This thread is my second attempt at using the "Martian Method" or "Artificial Darkness" lighting technique developed by SalMayo and associates. For full disclosures and disclaimers, see my first attempt: http://boards.cannabis.com/grow-log/165934-first-attempt-24-hour-martian-method.html#post1945600 but to summarize: I didn't invent this lighting technique nor do I claim to fully understand it. I'm just testing it to see for myself what it can do. This time I'm going with one Heavy Duty Rating: 5

[Dogznova]

Mother your time factor is too high IMO. You want to run a PAD time factor that you can run alot of and get a good SID equivalent.

With an estimated PAD time factor of 5.2 you need to run 12 hours of your PAD lights just to get 2.5 hours of SID, plus you also need 10 hours of SID to make a total of 12.5 SID. This only leaves you with 2 hours of blue light (PAL) on time.

Just tryng to help :thumbsup:

[Dogznova]

Sorry this should of said.

With an estimated PAD time factor of 5.2 you need to run 12 hours of your PAD lights just to get 2.3 hours of SID, plus you also need 10 hours of SID to make a total of 12.3 SID. This still only leaves you with 2 hours of blue light (PAL) on time.

[Mother]

You're probably right, we'll see if the plants agree. :thumbsup:

[Dogznova]

Pull some of the 660 and the spectrum will fit the schedule. :thumbsup:

[Mother]

I was actually thinking about doing the opposite: doubling the red incandescents from 2 to 4, but I'm wondering if that would get things a little too warm... I'll see what the plants tell me they need, and I'll figure out the plan from there. :-)

[Mother]

Hey Dog I changed my mind about waiting. I thought about it and realized that I don't have time to wait (I have a deadline that this crop needs to be done by) so I changed the lighting schedule to a simple 4/9/11 which should give me about 1.73 hours of SID-equivalent PAD time if the factor of 5.2 is correct. That would be a total of 12.73 SID-equivalent hours, which should be solidly flowering. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Dogznova]

Hi mother that looks good.

[Dogznova]

Mother if we were playing the hot and clod game I would now be saying your hot LOL....Let's play a little game. If you were to remove your SID in that schedule and replace it with PAD. What time factor would you need to be running? :thumbsup:

[salmayo]

Just got an email from Dog and found this new Martian Method thread.

I'm a little behind due to a rist sprain, but should be back up to speed and posting soon.

Till then.

Take Care, Sal.