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i ve seen grows where people have reduce that watts in flowering and yielded just as much as they would of using X amount of watts the whole time...and coming to think of it isnt it kind of natural seeing the sun gets farther and less intense during winter times?!? what do u guys think?
If you're going to experiment you should be speaking in light intensities rather than wattages.
If we were to plot out a photon utilization graph (how many photons are absorbed by the plant per minute)--we'd find that the number is not a constant, nor is the relationship linear. The graph will have varied rates of change and the result will look something like peaks and valleys. During certain parts of the day photosynthesis will be going full swing--and these periods of high activity will be followed by periods of relatively low (or no) activity.
The photosynthetic pathway is a regulated biological pathway which means that it only works when:
A.) All of the necessary inputs are present in the cell in the proper concentrations (light, CO2, various proteins and cofactors)
B.) Cellular conditions promote formation of products (i.e. the products are immediately needed).
Most of these processes will be follow an equilibrium where the limiting factor (in this case) is the ability to diffuse photosynthetic products from their respective photosynthetic cells to the rest of the plant. Once a certain concentration of products is reached--photosynthesis will stop until the concentration of products falls back below the cutoff point.
Glucose and Sucrose actually do what is call feedback inhibition. This occurs when product in a metabolic chain inhibits a reaction catalyzed by an enzyme earlier in the chain (usually several steps back, in this case it's all the way back to the beginning of the chain).
thats not necessarily true that a 600w is less intense then a 1000w. A 600w 6 inches away from a plant is much more intense than a 1000w at 3 feet away. You should be talking about intensity and not wattage because wattage is just electricity and plants dont respond to watts
You keep saying watts have nothing to do with it and won't prove anything, so, could you please explain to me (in lamest terms) how more watts do not generate more light intensity when it comes to HID grow lights. Also, I honestly dont know how else to explain light strength in HID's other than watts.
Ok bro, you are pointing out the obvious...but with proper ventilation and cooling you can easily get a 1000w close enough to be more intense then a 600w. Now you are acting like squiggly and getting completely off subject, we are talking about lowering watts (light intensity) during flowering to save electricity without sacrificing yield. People need to stop making comments when they don't know what the FUCK there talking about...yeah a 600w is more intense at 6" compared to a 1000w at 3' but why would somebody use such a big gap inbetween light and canopy when it is NOT needed. Stop using these retarded examples when you know damn well nobody in there right mind would put a 600w 6" away from a plant then in the same room put a 1000w 3' from another plant...it makes NO sense.
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