and just me screwing with the lights, so the buds are all short because of it), but this was an experiment to prove exactly that; when you give them lots of blue you get more compact growth (which can be good depending on what you are trying to do), seemed slower growth to me as well, but that could be an illusion. I didnt log this run and should have so time frames on the scrog are difficult to estimate, but the idea for the next run will be 3000K on for the entire veg scrog period until its ready to flip to 12/12 (lets call this 'fast n loose' vegging), then use a combination of the two colour temps to control stretch while initially flowering and then back to the 3000K full until the last couple weeks and then back to the 5700K at finish as I hear it can improve terps, flavours etc. So basically I built two lights in one to do this little experiment, but for most people, 3500K from start to finish works. I will have more definite results after a couple more runs.
at the end of the day you have about a 3500k spectrum. using equal amounts of 4000k and 3000k is the same as using 3500k
I made my light modular because I liked the idea of playing with light recipes too. I can swap out the bars in minutes. The Idea of using 5700k to control stretch intrigues me.
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That is the idea, and the point, controlling growth characteristics through variations in the light spectrum, BUT the variations cannot be simultaneous, uh oh I smell burning toast..lol.. mixing whites just averages them out. Swapping out bars is added work, my solution was to double the wattage required, I am actually at about 440 watts total; for a 27x27 tent, the upside for me is I can split this into separate lights later on or for the next experiment etc. So IMO the only reason to have two different white colour temps in the same panel is to be able to switch between them or to use them simultaneously with dimmers to create a range of colour temps on the fly. Just mixing a bunch of 5000k and 3000K's isn't doing anything the same wattage of 4000Ks wouldn't. Its nonsense.
I should have noted that I cannot use all 440 watts at once. about 250 is the max for that tent. So I can just use the 5700K up to 220 watts or the 3000K up to 220 watts or some combination of both that doesn't exceed 250 watts. Plus with the EB strips being so cheap I was able to get the cost in at just under $2 per watt, which isnt too shabby imo. I mean for that capability.
doing all that as well. LOVE my sonoff, holy crap I love that thing! I am adding reds next and UV after.
Is that the RapidLed far red puck?
