I had a really long, well thought out and witty post to make here that I just spent about 30 minutes writing, and my f-ing computer froze-- I literally looked to the heavens, pointed my finger and said: this is bullshit and you f-ing know it!!!
OK, I decompress and digress. This version is going to be way slimmed down.
First, huge respect and love for Uncle Ben and what he brings to the table (+ rep for sure)
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Second, big ups to everyone else keeping this thread going with different ideas
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I came to this community for the technical threads. I have plenty of experience growing, but I need to produce the best quality herb possible as a family member was recently diagnosed at an early age with an aggressive form of colon cancer.
Most everyone here is talking about diffusion of light emmitted from HID's. I would like to propose a different method of "diffusion" that is basically a direct hybrid. My idea comes not only from the knowledge that I have gleened here, but also from this thread:
https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/358190-led-without-leds-my-first.html
In a rcdw/scrog setup I am thinking about putting a ring of lights at site level ( I am even thinking about running a couple broad spectrum T5's throughout the sites underneath the canopy), in an effort to encourage thick flowering below canopy level. Given how cool these lights run I think it's feasible, and would act to marry the benefits of both direct and diffuse lighting.
I know that this approach may seem that it's not in the spirit of this thread because you just end up packing your growing environment with so much light that it's akin to growing inside one big ass light bulb, but I would argue that the sun is kind of like the element in a light and earth would definitely be within it's "bulb". Anyways, I know I am a noob here, but I'm not going anywhere anytime soon and would love to discuss just about anything technical so we can all help each other learn.
