Sticky Grows

Or_Gro said:

Thanks man, keep sending em...no disrespect intended in the following....

Read that one, and others, before.

Imo, while true, the elephants in the room are not discussed:
1. What besides ‘overall plant photosynthesis”, does green add to the mix.

2. The benefit above, occurs at a higher efficiency at the canopy bottom (“deeper penetration”)...but does it really matter given that overall ppfd at bottom of canopy is so much less than middle and top?

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In other words, do you value a few more grams of larf, or would another oz or two at top (from red) be better?

3. As with everything, there is a price, a benefit, and the ratio of benefit to price (called “value”). If you have a limited budget, which colors provide the most value?

4. The article is focused on hid not white led, which is obvious when you look at white led spectra, in the nm range 450-550:

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Eyeballing it, looks like somewhere between 0.3-0.4 average relative intensity for 450-550 nm range...a substantial amount of green

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Eyeballing the 3000K, same, if not more.

If i spend anymore time on spectrum, it’ll be on uv-blue end of spectrum, which are already known to be critically important to prop/veg, photosynthesis, and terps/thc/other cannabinoids.

When i see reports of a green supplemental light driving signif yield increases or other gotta-have benefits, i’ll take it more serious.

I am doing one more smackdown focused on lights, then i’m focusing on other things related to growing reef; mostly, growing as many diff strains as possible.

These white leds are fuckin great, and can be specifically supplemented with other colors. I think that they have already maxed their photosynthesis potential, and future improvements will primarily be efficiency, mixing, and controllability.

Adding more green to white leds is a waste of $’s if all they do is add to “overall photosynthesis” or “penetrate deeper”, that can be done cheaper and with added benefits by blue or red light positioning and/or intensity.

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StickyBudHound said:

Today is flower day 6. They got fed last night and I took these shots. Man, lots of stretch over night! At least 3 inches.

I'm surprised the canopy is staying so uniform on them all. They're all at about the same height.

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MHM - She might not be filling the scrog like the others but, I bet she has the biggest colas overall. Her branches at the top are nearly the same thickness as the other girls' at the bases of their branches.
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LHZ - She going bonkers! Thick and full.
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PYC - Hard to tell her and LHZ apart anymore...
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StickyBudHound said:

Today is flower day 6. They got fed last night and I took these shots. Man, lots of stretch over night! At least 3 inches.

I'm surprised the canopy is staying so uniform on them all. They're all at about the same height.

JH
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MHM - She might not be filling the scrog like the others but, I bet she has the biggest colas overall. Her branches at the top are nearly the same thickness as the other girls' at the bases of their branches.
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LHZ - She going bonkers! Thick and full.
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PYC - Hard to tell her and LHZ apart anymore...
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And the room
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Steakbomb said:

Goddamn looks so good. Can't wait to see them in a month!

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StickyBudHound said:

Thanks Steak! Me too. Should be seeing pistils in about a week.

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Steakbomb said:

That was a quick week huh?

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Steakbomb said:

That was a quick week huh?

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Or_Gro said:

Well, when you dissect a bud and use your electron microscope..,

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StickyBudHound said:

Here we go boys! Received this gem today. Oh yeah!

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I'm gonna make some real good tincture in about an hour after my Dosidos is done decarboxylating. I have 3.5 oz in the oven at 245° for 55 minutes. 48 minutes left. Whew! The kitchen is starting to have quite an aroma. Mmmmm mmmm!

The tincture will be made with about 4 cups of fractionated coconut oil and about 2 ounces of the DOS. I'll be trying some out tomorrow after work as soon as I get home. This shit is gonna be evil!

I'll give a good report about this machine and the tinc quality it produces at some point Saturday after my flight to the moon and back.

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StickyBudHound said:

Son of a bitch!!!!!!!!! My Mount Hood Magic is a male. I'm removing it from the room right now.

Damn it!!! These balls weren't there just 2 nights ago. I was out last night so didn't see them.

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Or_Gro said:

They don’t like awol growers, when they get truly pissed, that is what happens...

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StickyBudHound said:

Lol, thank you. Good suggestion and followed.

I have a bunch (20 or so) of these MHM seeds left. I'm thinking maybe I can complete another room, germ all of my remaining MHM seeds, toss the males, use colloidal silver on one of the remaining females and pollinate the rest with it to produce fem seeds. Is my logic correct on that?

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Or_Gro said:

You check your mail today?

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