Would it be a good idea to mix LED blue/red strip lights with LED warm/cool strip lights.

CBGgrower

New Member
After doing research on ideal LED light color spectrum, it seems like cannabis plants need mostly red and blue lights, but also benefit from other colors as well. I want to do a plant racking system with a 2 week veg time straight from clone (sea of green), then 8 weeks of flowering. It seems like the best way to go for DIY strip lights would be to use mostly blue, small amount of red, and a smaller amount of cool white strip light combination for veg; and then mostly red, small amount of blue, and a smaller amount of warm white strip lights for flowering. That way the white light used (cool or warm) would still be optimal for the plants growth stage, while still getting a small amount of the rest of the spectrum. What are your thoughts on this? Do you have a rough idea on red:blue:white light ratio for each stage of growth?
 

coreywebster

Well-Known Member
Despite many claims of ideal spectrum , mostly perpetuated by grow light manufacturers , we really don't know the ideal spectrum yet.
I would suggest watching or reading any of the work by Bruce Bugbee.

Quantity over quality seems to be the way to go until we get the definitive "ideal" spectrum.
 
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