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Plant life goes nuts for blue photons. Blue photons are the premium octane fuel for plants. That's why they bend over backwards to reach it.
They do no such thing in the red. I've seen video of plants under LEDs growing away from red. To plants, red light is just simply there...they are not drawn to it as they are blue spectrum. (thats strictly an observation)
Indeed...more and more LED growers are stumped when they switch on the red bloom LED and begin wondering why the plant stops thriving. When just a hint of blue is added to those LEDs, the plants get back to business.
Plant's chemical engines are set-off by blue spectrum and ultraviolets...the only good red spectrum is doing a plant is the sheer wealth of it in the sky.
Consider MJ plants grown at altitude...where they are closer to the scattered wavelengths of blue & ultraviolets. Those are the strains that have become legendary in our culture.
Wavelengths...longer wavelengths penetrate better in any given media. Consider harmonics. A 100dB long wavelength hits your ears, seems like a massage. When a 100dB short wavelength hits them, it feels as if your head is in a vice. Short wavelength sound waves are absolutely brutal as they head toward ultrasonic. We've all seen what happens to glass when blasted with high pitch short wavelengths eh.
Short wavelength blue spectrum is vastly more critical, and hella more stimulating to a well balanced healthy plant than long wavelength reds. Why ya think grow light manufacturers have taken to putting blue into their higher end lamps?
Frig'n HPS...the best way to make sense out of the widespread use and dumbness of HPS grows...next time you drive past one, take a look at how many burgers McDonalds has served.
Get it?
They do no such thing in the red. I've seen video of plants under LEDs growing away from red. To plants, red light is just simply there...they are not drawn to it as they are blue spectrum. (thats strictly an observation)
Indeed...more and more LED growers are stumped when they switch on the red bloom LED and begin wondering why the plant stops thriving. When just a hint of blue is added to those LEDs, the plants get back to business.
Plant's chemical engines are set-off by blue spectrum and ultraviolets...the only good red spectrum is doing a plant is the sheer wealth of it in the sky.
Consider MJ plants grown at altitude...where they are closer to the scattered wavelengths of blue & ultraviolets. Those are the strains that have become legendary in our culture.
Wavelengths...longer wavelengths penetrate better in any given media. Consider harmonics. A 100dB long wavelength hits your ears, seems like a massage. When a 100dB short wavelength hits them, it feels as if your head is in a vice. Short wavelength sound waves are absolutely brutal as they head toward ultrasonic. We've all seen what happens to glass when blasted with high pitch short wavelengths eh.
Short wavelength blue spectrum is vastly more critical, and hella more stimulating to a well balanced healthy plant than long wavelength reds. Why ya think grow light manufacturers have taken to putting blue into their higher end lamps?
Frig'n HPS...the best way to make sense out of the widespread use and dumbness of HPS grows...next time you drive past one, take a look at how many burgers McDonalds has served.
Get it?
