I had a thought, and feel free to correct me if I am wrong, or if this is just inappropriate to the forum.
Grow testing, does it really have to be done with weed, I mean it time consuming, you want a great yield, you might be pissed off if it doesn't work etc.
Here’s a simple idea, you want to test LEDs, do they grow nicely or not, what is the correct wavelength etc.
So for those of you building your own LEDs or whatever why not simplify a bit, grab some fruiting plant that goes from seed to fruit really quickly, like mini peppers or something. Build a few kinds of small LED lights of differing wavelengths, don’t need to be powerful as we don’t really care about the yield, just that the whole test is relative, measurable and compared to a relatively, similarly low powered traditional system, just like a fair and true science experiment, ID the what is the factor that is to be investigated, keep all other variables the same.
Then on a small scale do the experiment using traditional lighting vs. various wavelengths or outputs of LEDs, as long as everything is equal, power, water air etc it should be a fair and quick science experiment, giving a clear outcome that can translate into better knowing what would work best for bud. I am guessing that the principles of flowering bud must be quite similar, if not the same as flowering tomatoes, or peppers or whatever. Once the test is finished pull the plants out of the ground, weight the entire mass, the pull of the fruits (peppers) weight them and you have a result.
My point to this is the cost of the test could be minimal as the power can be kept minimal as the actual smoke isn't the issue, its which small set up creates the greatest overall mass and fruit mass, no cash wasted on expensive nutrients, only need water for a fair test and no stress of “oh my bud is garbage” as you’re not risking your grow.
The outcome, a fair and balanced lighting testing, that could give genuine stress free results, which can then later once armed with genuine info, be translated to the 'real grow'.
Also if more than a few people do it the results would be even more accurate.
What do you think?
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