Take any series of calculus courses and you will actually learn why you are wrong. It's all based on parabolic curves, and their ability to concentrate light energy. This is actually the foundation of the invention of the telescope.... The chances of creating this condition accidentally are small, but that's not to say it's an 'old wives tale'. It's a mathematical fact, and the foundation for many applications you use every day (for instance if you are using a reflector on your light, chances are it is a parabolic design who's shape is based on the math behind focus points of parabolas)
This sounds very much like mythbusters tbh, sure in a certain application it is plausible, but only when they rent a minigun. I have not found any horror stories of tin foil hotspots yet, searching around it seems that people being told to be cautious of hotspots, well they'd been using tin foil for years prior to learning about them. I don't doubt that it might be possible, but i wouldn't have thought it would be an occurence under standard conditions, i mean foil is designed to dissipate heat to minimize hotspots. I just don't really care less about the "issue" until someone shows me lots of pictures of hotspots on a regular basis to make me worried, the only thing that would put me off using foil as a reflective material would be the reflective quality.Take any series of calculus courses and you will actually learn why you are wrong. It's all based on parabolic curves, and their ability to concentrate light energy. This is actually the foundation of the invention of the telescope.... The chances of creating this condition accidentally are small, but that's not to say it's an 'old wives tale'. It's a mathematical fact, and the foundation for many applications you use every day (for instance if you are using a reflector on your light, chances are it is a parabolic design who's shape is based on the math behind focus points of parabolas)
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pruning your fruit trees and taking off foliage always and will produce bigger fruits and veggies as will a MJ plant.
Considering the buds need fan leaves to grow, explain how removing the fan leaves will increase the yield? certianly it might allow more light down to the lower fan leaves, but it will be a seesaw effect in that you are no longer getting as much light and energy to the top of the plant.
it is if used correctly. if you start a plant off as a seedling in MG soil thats bad. but transplanting after a plant is 3 or 4 weeks old is just fine and they will trive like no 2morrow
im am only talking the leafs that come strait off the main stalk. most of the time they are the ones with the purple stem. cutting any more then that and yes your just hurting your plant, and yeilds
Fan leaves? :S
i now what they are called, but many out there still don't..LOL
I would agree with you 100%. It requires a very particular situation that is very unlikely to arise by accident. I like to think of it as any other time you are playing the odds. When you fly, there is a chance your plane is going to crash, but the odds are slim, and you weigh that risk and decide to fly anyway. Foil dissipates heat because it is not a good reflective surface, so more light energy is absorbed in the form of heat. It is also a good conductor, so that heat easily radiates through the surface. It does still reflect though. Another way to put it in perspective is to think of how much care must be taken to grind a mirror perfectly for use in a telescope, it is unlikely you will create this situation accidentally, however knowing this is a far cry from just blatantly saying that it's a myth with no foundation (which was what I felt the original post I was responding to was saying). You could also create a perfect parabolic surface to focus your light on a .1"^3 area (or smaller if you like), but if you're light source isn't strong enough it still might not burn a plant...This sounds very much like mythbusters tbh, sure in a certain application it is plausible, but only when they rent a minigun. I have not found any horror stories of tin foil hotspots yet, searching around it seems that people being told to be cautious of hotspots, well they'd been using tin foil for years prior to learning about them. I don't doubt that it might be possible, but i wouldn't have thought it would be an occurence under standard conditions, i mean foil is designed to dissipate heat to minimize hotspots. I just don't really care less about the "issue" until someone shows me lots of pictures of hotspots on a regular basis to make me worried, the only thing that would put me off using foil as a reflective material would be the reflective quality.
Question, qhy does mylar not create hotspots? I mean mine has to be the worst applied mylar to exist, it waves around, is crinkled and creased, causes spears of light to dance around when the fan is on etc, no hotspots from that, is it the light from the light or the heat from the light that is the apparent issue with foil (just feel like learning something new tbh
the thread topic lol