12/1 lighting--Any truth or banana in the tail pipe?

[little-soldier]

best way to save money would be study and gather some data on how much of direct and indirect sunlight the plant really needs in a day outdoors and apply it to indoor lighting instead of going the lazy 12/1 route. Would be cool to walk in a grow room and have the lights slowly dimming every now and then. lights would probably last longer that way too so it would be a positive double whammy!
maybe i should patent my idea

 

[Weezard]

Very cool indeed. Also toying with the fact that photon absorption. happens in microseconds, it is not continuous
There is a recovery time when supplied photons can not be used.
So dappled light works well.
And the very frugal, (read cheap), might want to save energy by supplying light in very short pulses, yah?
Have fun with that.

 

[CocoNut 420]

Has anyone seen the bbc documentary "The private life of plants"?

There's macro footage somewhere of plant cells (iirc chromatophors?) when light shines on the leaf they jostled around each trying for the prime spots.

 

[little-soldier]

Very cool indeed. Also toying with the fact that photon absorption. happens in microseconds, it is not continuous
There is a recovery time when supplied photons can not be used.
So dappled light works well.
And the very frugal, (read cheap), might want to save energy by supplying light in very short pulses, yah?
Have fun with that.

exactly what i thought. we need more studies on this.where did you learn about the recovery time?

 

[RequiredUsername]

Very cool indeed. Also toying with the fact that photon absorption. happens in microseconds, it is not continuous
There is a recovery time when supplied photons can not be used.
So dappled light works well.
And the very frugal, (read cheap), might want to save energy by supplying light in very short pulses, yah?
Have fun with that.

Some controllers offer cloud simulation. Of course you need compatible lights. I would think cloud simulation would save a little money but it's not enough to take seriously. If you take novelty out of the equation, you are left with a cloud simulation that does stimulate the cells of the plant. I would equate it with playing nice music for the plant. It will respond to the stimulation in some small way. If you can, why not? If you can't, don't mind it.