Chronikool
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I put the cool white (i class cool white as 5000-8500k (or higher)...this differz between whoever you talk too) in the middle of my flowering enclosure. (week 4-6) My thinking is that it actz as a 'veg boost' to my plantz to help replenish their leaves so they can store nutes for the 'final push' of flowering....this is untested by me as of yet. As my plants are under this cool white i also do a 'nitrogen boost'.so help me out. I'm still reading and researching but you've said a few things in this thread that I'd like to understand better. You said something about a cool white push at some stage of your grow (within flowering). I've heard about 660 deep reds for finishing, and I've read about 730 far reds used to help the plants flip faster allowing for 14/10 light schedule in flowering. I've also seen SDS claiming 660 wasn't necessarily needed and might be harmful. Is there any consensus? So if I were making my LED setup configurable, I might consider pushing CW when? 660 when? And has anyone used 730nm besides the induction guys with the pontoons?
Right...so the 660nm at the end of flowering.....yes i am working on 2 x 660nm bars which are made up of 5 x 3w 660's on each...so 30 theoretical watts total. Im still waiting for my driver to turn up. So the way i plan to use them is as a supplement...i dont want to bombard them with 660nm (it is around 10-12% of my total flowering watts) These bars will be placed at weeks 8-10...or maybe sooner depending on what the plants are doing.
I dont have much thought on the 730nm.
So yeah this is what i am doing....and i think it is working so far.
Yip... (nuff said)SDS decided to put osram oslons 660nm in his new panels that he built, so that may say something NW(4500-5500k)/630/660 should be a good combo for veg->>flower, if going for minimal wattage I would dump the whites and add a "few" 460nm blue.
Running 730nm is tricky because it needs to be on a separate timer IMO.....but you could just use a FR led bulb on the cheap.