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Originally Posted by DankCloset
just because your stacking light bulbs doesnt mean you wont will have wasted light, there is nothing in the phototron to direct it. concept holds true to light as well, just because you have more bulbs, doesnt mean you have more lumens, by adding more bulbs you dispurse the lumens, and or concentrate the lumens, take for example fluoro's. adding fluoros to a grow with a 1000watter is like pissing in the wind. i may not be making myself clear. i should have waited on those bong hits before giving advice lol.
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Absolutly incorrect.
1. There is no light lost in a phototron. The inside of the unit is basically one big mirror. including the top. Additionally, they suggest you use tinsil (like the stuff you put on your christmas trees) on top of the soil to reflect light up from the bottom.
2. As you can see in the photo attached, the plants don't stretch. The first one did simply because I kept it under my germ light 2 days too long. The reason they don't stretch is because the bulk of the light is coming from the sides, rather than the top.
This is about 14 days growth. This was the last of the 3 seeds I planted. After speaking to the people at pyraponics, I was told that the unit is designed to handle up to 6 plants. (Phototron Series 8 and 9) I decided to go with 3. 1 Ice, 1 Grapefruit, and one seed I got from a dispensory in an 1/8th of some purple urkle I got. The streched one is about 2 days ahead of the other 2..
The first plant which was the ICE, stretched because after it germed, I hadn't received the phototron on time and it stayed under the germ light too long. However, the pyroponic people tell me thats fine, because the first 45 days, the light cycle is 24/0 and by the time it hits day 46 and the 12/12 cycle the stem will be more than thick and strong enough enough to hold it upright.
Also, you don't pull your plants at harvest time. You simple pinch off the buds and when they are all done, you go back to 24/0 for a set time, then back to 12/12 and they rebud. After each "cycle" the next buds are supposedly stronger in potency.
I have also introduced a small 4" fan on top of the unit which is producing a mild breeze inside to move the plants around which strenghtens the plants as they mature. The feeder also has an oxygen ring, which when I move these plants from their current 3/4 gallon pot to the phototrons built in 5 gallon base I will place it in the bottom. This sends oxygen up through the soil for the plants..