I like to tinker, and was thinking it might be fun to play with the dimming on my new lamp.
I know what I'm about to write could (should?) be classified as bro-science, but speaking in generalities, everything typically does better with a warm up before pushing to full potential, could that apply to Cannabis? Knowing nothing just applies across the board, it has at least given me an idea to present here for confirmation or ridicule.
I was considering that rather then acclimating my plants to 100% output of my LED lamp, and then once acclimated, flipping it on every day at full blast, I might experiment with a raspberry pi/arduino, and using PWM to slowly bring the light up to 100% over a reasonable amount of time. I'm not sure I need to consider dimming off for night as going from bright to dark seems much less stressful, but was thinking of easing the transition from night to day?
Does anyone think or know if plants getting hammered at lights on go through a daily stress and re-acclimation to intense light?
Does anyone think or know if "warming" the plants up over some period of time would lower stress and help transition from night to day?
I still want to play with the dimming contacts on my HLG driver, but was curious if the above is a worthwhile experiment once I get it working?
I know what I'm about to write could (should?) be classified as bro-science, but speaking in generalities, everything typically does better with a warm up before pushing to full potential, could that apply to Cannabis? Knowing nothing just applies across the board, it has at least given me an idea to present here for confirmation or ridicule.
I was considering that rather then acclimating my plants to 100% output of my LED lamp, and then once acclimated, flipping it on every day at full blast, I might experiment with a raspberry pi/arduino, and using PWM to slowly bring the light up to 100% over a reasonable amount of time. I'm not sure I need to consider dimming off for night as going from bright to dark seems much less stressful, but was thinking of easing the transition from night to day?
Does anyone think or know if plants getting hammered at lights on go through a daily stress and re-acclimation to intense light?
Does anyone think or know if "warming" the plants up over some period of time would lower stress and help transition from night to day?
I still want to play with the dimming contacts on my HLG driver, but was curious if the above is a worthwhile experiment once I get it working?
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