On another forum, my friend Weezard commented:
730 nm. will cause stretch.
635 nm. will make buds.
652 nm. will make large, tight buds.
Those of you that know him I'm sure respect him as much as I do. With respect to his comment about 730, he's referring (not reefering) to constant 730, not to its use as AM / PM burst.
Here's what Supra did: (I added the wavelengths)
Oslon SSL80 deep red 3T bin (ISLED) 4T bin available possibly this fall 645nm
Luxeon ES deep red EX6 bin (stevesLEDS) 660-670
Luxeon ES deep blue M4R bin (stevesLEDs) 450nm
Cree XPE red P3 bin (Cutter or LEDGroupbuy) If there is a red XPE2 P4 bin that would be awesome 630nm
Cree XTE 3000K R3 bin (Cutter)
Other posts by serious growers show that thoughts on the 600-700nm area are all over the board. Clearly there's some awesomeness happening, and it ain't happening enough with straight whites, at least the Cree XM-L's. So it would seem that the Halogen lamp again looms as a contender for me. Yes, the 700+ red can stretch. Looking at the previous images of my buddy's grow, he probably could have used a tad more stretch, anyhow.
The red is so comprehensive with a lamp, and there's just not a broad 600-700 LED LED solution that doesn't leave out a potentially good wavelength. So that's what I'm noodling over while eating...