Hello Dude, Scotty, Guru & Global DGC!
Living in prohibition land, so have been watching discretely for a year or more but have been very hesitant to post anything or ask questions. Hope to become a patron soon. Still a bit apprehensive but getting over it slowly. Love the chemistry you all have together! Thanks for doing what you do!
I have an HLG300 v1 3000k. Works great for small 3x3x7 flowering area. Only need enough personal/medicinal for myself, & wife.
Flowering in 3 gal nursery pots (separate veg area) with my own ammended soil mix, AC Infinity 6 inch with carbon filter & passive intake. Water with plain water or AACT every 3-4 days. 82 degrees lights on (could raise or lower a few degrees no problem), 68 lights off year round – house has central AC. Rotating 2 plants/mo (2 out, 2 in, 4 in flower at all times).
With all the hype about Emerson effect, etc, I’m wondering if it would be worth upgrading/swapping out v1 boards to rspec boards or possibly adding supplemental lights with far/deep reds & maybe blue.
HLG QB 18’s look VERY interesting as add ons, but would one be enough? Two? Leaning toward this option if would be worth it.
What would I gain…Would there actually be a noticeable difference? Seems to work pretty well as is, but always looking to improve. More interested in improving quality than quantity, but more yield never hurts!
I’m kind of thinking that upping pot size to 5 gal (overkill for 3×3?), or getting 3 to 5 gal radicle bags might be my best & most economical option(s) to upgrade the grow, if it even needs anything.
Sometimes it’s better to leave well enough alone. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Been working so far. Your thoughts, gentlemen?
Rspec board’s don’t have the far red 730nm leds needed for the emerson effect. They just supplement additional red. Looks like 1 hlg 18 would work pretty good, 2 might cover the space better but not necessary. Pot size depends how long you veg. Do your roots look like they are running out of room after harvest, if so bigger might be better.
Let me start off by saying I understand your concerns as I to am a prohibition land grower I’ve been long time lurker going on about 2 years now and let me tell you I have never felt for safe in a community or group of people as I do here. It just an awesome group of people and everyone here is honestly just trying to help everyone else out.
As far as growing and emerson effect board I understand “leave good good enough” but I’m also always looking to improve as far as my understanding goes to achieve the emerson effect u need both red and far red spectrums at the right times it increases photosynthesis over and above what just the light produced in red and far red rates would be if they were just merely added together like most spectrums. Dont quote me on this but I think with far red running after lights out your plants go to sleep quicker which means with some photo periods you could stretch the day cycle from 12 hours to maybe 13 or more annoying for more light absorbtion which should lead to more growth unless your DLI is being met in 12 hours
Looking for quality? There’s some evidence that UVB helps increase terps, THC/CBD levels, alot of this is still in testing. Seems that manipulating spectrum outside of that changes plants morphologicaly and can increase yield a bit.
I use Arcadia 12% UVB reptile bulbs. I’ve also added HLGs qb3 far reds.
This was featured on EP 993. Thanks for the post!