UVb an experiment

[salmayo]

Yeh, the ballast comments were stuck in my head, someone posted or implied that Far Red was more complicated, dangerous and/or expensive and the cost of a clear Inc. just keeps sticking in my head on that one.

"Last thing I need now is more, or stronger buds.
Tough life, yah?" -- If only more people were sensitive to our plight.

I got kind of eclectice doing this one in three parts of jumping back and forth. Mixed me up a bit. Feel free to indicate anything I'm not touching upon.

Man I need a vacation other than sitting court!

[salmayo]

I had not planned on using CFL'S . Do you suggest that ratio with HPS's? I am a little concerned about the lack of blue if I use an HPS/CLEAR INC combo......ok real damn nervous about it.......I've been using a MH to finish the crop for app 15 years,,,,,hard to let go.....anywho...should i be concerned about the lack of 420nm during flowering ??

Equal wattage of Inc. to HPS.

Lack of Blue tends to be pro flower.

[Dogznova]

I had not planned on using CFL'S . Do you suggest that ratio with HPS's? I am a little concerned about the lack of blue if I use an HPS/CLEAR INC combo

Seventh... I do use a few 27k cfl's on my clear inc side of the 6/6/12 flowering schedule.. I have done it both ways. All clear inc's and a clear inc/27k cfl's mix. My strain likes the clear inc/27k cfl/HPS mix best.. It gives the flowers of this strain a better Calyx to Leaf ratio for what ever reason.. I have put other strains in the clear inc/27k cfl mix and it did not change the Calyx to Leaf ratio.. So IMO it's worth checking both ways to find out what your strain likes..:thumbsup:

BTW... I put all clear inc's in my air cooled hood....

[seventhchild]

ok , ya'll have eased my worries, Thank You. it seems such a simple thing adding red/farred .........it's about time............to add some incandescents.

[seventhchild]

but it shifts to less desirable shady as is travels down paste the first layer of leaves.

wouldn't this cause uneven ripening?

[Dogznova]

wouldn't this cause uneven ripening?

Yes just like any other top lighting setup would..That why he was talking about putting inc's low in canopy as well. But low inc's are much trickier to cool IMO..

[Dogznova]

ok , ya'll have eased my worries, Thank You. it seems such a simple thing adding red/farred .........it's about time............to add some incandescents.

Ya I had to see this with my own eyes as well.. If you would of told me that using 6 hours of HPS then 6 hours clear inc's and I would get better results then using 12 hours of HPS. I would of told you "ya right"... But I'm afraid it's true. Better taste,smell,high,looks ect.... Give it a try I think you will agree...:thumbsup:

[salmayo]

wouldn't this cause uneven ripening?

You mean like Mother Nature does when the bottom of the plant is shaded and the plant follows Sunset with the bottom moving faster than the top's clocking!

Yes, it causes a wider Genetic Bandwidth in the plants responses, which is why if you check examples of Rauber Enhancement, you see only Red spectrums combined with Far Red spectrums to reduce the bandwidth effect across the grow space volume.

Take care, Sal.

[salmayo]

If you can post a McCree curve, I can show you a thing or two in terms of relative responce, as opposed to the regular absolute concepts.

Might be next week though.

Take care, Sal.

[Dogznova]

This was all I could find.. Hope you can use one of these for your demo..