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Thank you. I was waiting for someone to reply regarding node spacing and allowing a plant to grow WHILE MAINTAINING that tight spacing to produce better. Stretching does nothing except cover more area with less dense buds. Typically, are lower branches that are farther away from the light...

Thanks, Hyroot! I have looked over growershouse's articles more than several times, and it was what initially led me to seek similar data regarding bare bulbs without a reflector. I hope I wasn't misleading you in thinking I was specifically debating using bulbs rated at varying lumens/watts as...

Definitely true that those bulbs are much more efficient at the wattage they run. I wish I had the capacity to run identical grows, save one variable: the area covered by the light. It'd be very interesting to know several strains' ability to produce (or not produce) at certain w/m2 and height...

Hey there growers! I've been debating with others regarding optimal distance plants could be from a bare 600W HPS (specifically the diameter of a vertical grow using 2 600W HPS bulbs). Lumen numbers and the inverse square law are often cited by both sides, but one side believes that the...

Nice! Overall g's, not just g/W, yeah? What bulb ran at 430? Also, may I ask what were your yields per 830 watts? I don't want to prove your wrong, I'd just like to know if my assumptions are incorrect or not, and could show evidence that could discredit their info IF your veg time was...

That is true. Ballasts consume power at the same rate/wattage as their specified lights, right? If so, efficiency just got thrown out the window; I'll stick with a vertical SOG using 2 600 HPS bulbs in a 4'Wx5'Lx5.5'H (potential max canopy specs; box is about 1ft larger on each dimension to...

Hey there, Northerner! Sorry for the confusion, but that article states (check out the link, and their graph on page 3) that their lower light intensity grows yielded better per watt, so that being said I'm curious if others have found this to be true, find it worth the savings in electricity...

Also, sorry to double post, but I'm unsure of the connotations regarding GW Pharmaceuticals. I know they make Sativex (cannabis based treatment for MS), but what would you say the benefits of this article would be for them? Again, no accusations from me, I'm a simple curious conversationalist...

They are saying that the yield per watt is improved for their lower intensity light test grows, while the larger ones covering a larger area (and maybe at the distances they had the lights less power in light, again more missing data in this study) produced more overall amount of buds, but NOT...

Anyone have any opinions on necessary (or when one does not need to use X amount of light) light for comparably sized grows? I've looked around this forum and many others as well as article/blog sites, and my vote goes to using 2 600W's, but other vested individuals in this project seem to...

Not an accusatory question or anything; Are you talking about their claim of increased weight (not weight per watt though) using the higher intensity lights? I definitely agree that (surprisingly, as they mention veg/flower time for THEIR plants) they seem to overlook the importance of veg time...

Thanks for the rep; Glad you enjoyed the scientific article!

Not to be defensive, as I couldn't care less how pro these researchers are, but their intent is to look at one effect upon yield, which is based upon conflicting reports in their source of knowledge. They only present this widely varying data as cited material from other sources, and they do...

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByW-RytTeYMQMTc3M2MxYzMtNjUxZi00ZGZhLTg0YWMtYjAzMzNjNGY5NDEw/edit I will quote the abstract from the article and sum up what I can interpret from it. TL;DR Plants were grown at 270, 400, and 600W/square meter. 3 week veg, 8 flower. THC production in flowers...

Hey there, everyone on RIU looking to create space/power efficient gardens! I've been arguing with myself a lot lately over whether certain changes to a previously horizontal grow box that will now be used vertically will be sufficient. Feel free to skip my specs and go to the TL;DR For...