mrcryce

sorry nope, I have not. I will definitely post about it if i do though.

Just came across this and was curious if you have found someone trying this. sounds interesting....

I was thinking instead of having a full 12 hour dark cycle, it may be possible to run a flowering period with cycles of 2 hours of "darkness" with 730nm far-red emitters, 10 hours of lights on. 730nm light is supposed to convert Pfr to Pr, which stimulates flowering, while red light (~660nm, predominant during the day) converts Pr into Pfr, which inhibits flowering. If exposing a plant to constant 730nm far-red during the "dark cycles" is enough to trigger flowering in plants, then it might be possible to get many more hours of photosynthetic activity over the 12/12 cycle. Have you ever heard about this? I was interested in trying it in one of my project boxes but I can't find 730nm leds, nor do I have the expertise to make my own array..