PetFlora
Well-Known Member
the sun -The Sun -THE SUN. Come on people. The Suns is a constant. It's the RELATIONSHIP between Mother Earth, the sun (and the moon) that guides farmers.
Why do you think farmers plant in early Spring and harvest in the Fall? Yes, the weather plays a big part, but so does the Sun's varying spectral intensity due to earths' elliptical path around it. Since we grow indoors, weather is less of a factor and can be controlled. What does that leave? LIGHT, or more specifically, the ability to simulate natures' Spring-Fall spectral cycle.
Fixed spectrum lights (even with excellent PAR) fail to provide the varying PAR intensity required at the 2-3 different stages of a plant's cycle. That goes for Plasmas too!
I have grown with 400watt MH/HPS, LED, CFLs. The only lights that can simulate the Spring-Fall spectral cycle at a reasonable cost is T5s/ Coral bulbs.
Since flipping to 12/12 just 5 days ago (and with one barely performing Red Sun) and no Actinic to speak of (though the Quantum Grow has a short peak) the inter-nodal growth is exploding. Bud site branches are already 2"+ long at the top nodes, and 4-6" near the bottom, all with stout stems. I have never experienced anything like this. Viva la HO T 5 + Coral Bulbs! hth
Why do you think farmers plant in early Spring and harvest in the Fall? Yes, the weather plays a big part, but so does the Sun's varying spectral intensity due to earths' elliptical path around it. Since we grow indoors, weather is less of a factor and can be controlled. What does that leave? LIGHT, or more specifically, the ability to simulate natures' Spring-Fall spectral cycle.
Fixed spectrum lights (even with excellent PAR) fail to provide the varying PAR intensity required at the 2-3 different stages of a plant's cycle. That goes for Plasmas too!
I have grown with 400watt MH/HPS, LED, CFLs. The only lights that can simulate the Spring-Fall spectral cycle at a reasonable cost is T5s/ Coral bulbs.
Since flipping to 12/12 just 5 days ago (and with one barely performing Red Sun) and no Actinic to speak of (though the Quantum Grow has a short peak) the inter-nodal growth is exploding. Bud site branches are already 2"+ long at the top nodes, and 4-6" near the bottom, all with stout stems. I have never experienced anything like this. Viva la HO T 5 + Coral Bulbs! hth
