Side-by-side is at least better than consecutive grows. Or having no control at all. Especially the latter seems to be very popular. "Oh look the plants look nice. See it works great" - is what you can read in just about every Mars Hydro grow report.
Of course not growing two plants next to each other, but two grows (in separate) spaces where you try to control all the other variables to be as similar as possible.
If the difference is big it will show. If not then who cares, or do the test more than once to average out other influences..
Boom! Welcome to the clubHey all, just finished up a grow testing out 730nm Far Red for flower triggering (15mins on after lights off) and it worked.
I harvested on day 55 (*from the flip) and I have never harvested that early, almost always I harvest around day 63-68 on average and my indicator is cloudy trichomes.
So just as others have mentioned, I reduced my flowering time by about 1 week, and it seems to me that no weight was sacrificed which I will know in about a week and a half when they are dry.
Anyhow just wanted to report back to you guys that yes, 730nm does in fact work to speed up flowering. I also had 7 different strains/cultivars running ranging from indica dom, sativa doms and hybrids and all seemed to finish up right at the same time which also was odd.
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Nice! Please don't forget to let us know your thoughts on yield after weigh in. That 730 puts em to bed for a good nights sleep, gaining hours, therefore, like Captian said, should be able to extend lights on a bit.Hey all, just finished up a grow testing out 730nm Far Red for flower triggering (15mins on after lights off) and it worked.
I harvested on day 55 (*from the flip) and I have never harvested that early, almost always I harvest around day 63-68 on average and my indicator is cloudy trichomes.
So just as others have mentioned, I reduced my flowering time by about 1 week, and it seems to me that no weight was sacrificed which I will know in about a week and a half when they are dry.
Anyhow just wanted to report back to you guys that yes, 730nm does in fact work to speed up flowering. I also had 7 different strains/cultivars running ranging from indica dom, sativa doms and hybrids and all seemed to finish up right at the same time which also was odd.
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I'm running 6 3590s @ 50 watts over three plants... I've been studying far red all day.. Can't really find how much I need..I've been using 730 nm for years and did so to increase yield with a longer schedule, discovered the shorter flower time along the way.
When using it as a trigger a little goes a long way, 10 watts can cover a 8x8 area.I'm running 6 3590s @ 50 watts over three plants... I've been studying far red all day.. Can't really find how much I need..
Any recommendations would be appreciated.. Thanks ...... 10% or 30 watts?
I would just run them for 15mins at lights out, but the jury is still out on whether there's much benefit running them through the day. Some report extra stretching but I am not sure.As soon as my QB gets here I'm going to rebuild my cob light.. I have a couple citizen 1812s @ 54 I'm adding and was thinking about adding some of these... http://www.rapidled.com/solderless-cree-xp-e-far-red-led/.... Anybody try far red
12 hrs on all thru flower? Or just as a trigger at lights out? lights on also? Thanks...
Running them through the day decreases the ratio of Red:Far Red which will cause more stretch.I would just run them for 15mins at lights out, but the jury is still out on whether there's much benefit running them through the day. Some report extra stretching but I am not sure.
I ran 660nm and 730nm during lights on and did NOT notice the stretch everybody keeps talking about. The plants seemed to grow normally or even a tiny bit shorter than I'm used to. The 660 : 730 were in 3:1 ratio and only accounted for about 8% of the total light being created. The rest was a mix of 4000k and 3000k. FWIW.Running them through the day decreases the ratio of Red:Far Red which will cause more stretch.