LIGHT THEORY

I was looking at lights and accessories and had a thought come to me. Though I doubt I'm the first, I thought I'd drop a new thread on it.

The purpose of a light mover is to mimic sun movements, right? With regard to the area that a light mover could be used. Could the same effect be achieved with better efficiency by using 2 lights within a space in respect to light efficacy? Following a A-AB-B schedule, based on a 12/12 cycle. light A turns on for a set number of hours, followed by light B turns on for a set number of hours (AB), and finishing with light B for the remaining set of hours.

Using the above light pattern what hour schedule would be best suited to achieve optimum quality and yield? 2-8-2, 3-6-3, 4-4-4, 12?

since plants follow the light, plants would grow in this pattern
A AB B
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the purpose of a light mover is to be able to put more plants under one light, not to mimic the sun. i suppose you could try to use one that way, but i don't see why you would. there's no point in trying to replicate nature inside, you can't do it, and most things that people try are detrimental. there's no benefit to using less light for part of your cycle. all that does it get you smaller yields. so both of them on for 12 hours a day, every day. i run a 600 and a 400 hps in a 4x7 flower room, the 400 kicks on 5 minutes before the 600, so it doesn't overload the circuit, otherwise, they're on the same every day.

i thought heath robinson did some grows with a bunch of small hps lights kinda like a super slow blink. maybe 12 of them, but ony 3 or 4 were on at one time. iirc he killed it.

i'm not familiar with that. i'll check it out. i'd be surprised if the three or four that were on at one time didn't equal at least 400 watts..