I've been reading through the doctor skunk website and I came across this page http://www.drskunk.com/GREENLds.htm I was always of the belief that as green plants are green that ALL green light is reflected off. Apparently this is wrong, and the article ascertains that green light is beneficial in photosynthesis. peace n pot, my friends
which would assert the thought that green light is reflected off of plants, and that was disproved by that article.. so dont do that.
It is even believed, at least by me, that cannabis could adapt and even photosynthesise in a full green spectrum environment. Cannabis truly is an amazing plant.
DUH, but they chloroplasts do not effectively go through their normal photosynthetic cycles under only green light. the strength of the light is not the proper wavelength/frequency to disrupt the molecules in the cycles.
Green doesn't really fall into photosynthetically active radiation. You'll see there's a very sharp drop where ~510nm is. Also, Does that sound like anything that we as marijuana cultivars want to do to our plants?
No, not the normal photosynthetic routines... Phototropins react to green light (and blue). Phytochromes react to red. Cryptochromes react to blue. Cannabis can vegetate or flower in either just a red or blue environment. In fact cannabis could quite happily (well, it survives) vegetate and flower in a pure UV environment, of an intensity not found on this earth. This is about an adaption process, from the moment cannabis is a little seedling and it feels/sees that green environment. What's it going to do, just die? That isn't the cannabis I know. The cannabis I know is a survivor, and can adapt very quickly to alien environments. If ever there was a plant worthy of scientific study, then it is cannabis.
I'm not suggesting that the ordinary grower grow in a pure green spectrum environment... merely that the green spectrum is of benefit to photosynthesis and that it is indeed recognised by the plant. Plants vegetated under red, green and blue grow bigger and mature faster than plants vegetated under red and blue. The pure environment is speculation. I try to find a balance between experimentation and my medicinal needs...
it could be possible that there is a perfect balance of light between the greens and the reds and blah blah for mj to grow. Maybe experiments need to done Maybe our plants would like a little bit more green over the usual artifical lights we putting them under. Im just guessing, but its possible. Anyone know the reason why leaves are green?
chlorophyll. Or you could also call it 'plant blood'. chlorophyll works by absorbing light in cetrtain wavelengths, except the scale 500-600nm... which is the green part of the spectrum. As a lot of green light is reflected (due to an abundance of the other spectrums, I must add) then this is the reason plants appear green.
Im confused Ive read this whole thread and I still dont think green lights do anything to MJ. Only way ive every seen green used was at lights out to check on things
Geez Captain Obvious....Read the rest of what i said. Having a bit more of a certain colour could maybe boost growth beyond what *points up* that bright thing up there can push out. Not every plant grows perfectly under direct sunlight. Some obviously grow differently according to which spectrum they prefer. So it aint like the sun was made in perfect combination to produce mj. Get what im saying??
Where green light is of particular (or at least, more certain) importance to photosynthesis is at the point before the actual vegetation stage begins... or before the seed casing has popped off. The red and blue light irradiation actually inhibit growth to a certain degree, and green light can be used to negate these effects. Monochromatic green light (GL) has been shown to act as a signal in regulating specific facets of plant physiology, inhibiting seedling mass, plant cell culture growth, and light-induced gravitropic root elongating. I believe the above quote was taken out of context earlier in the thread... through no fault of the poster i might add, but more down to the punctuation used in the quote. If you read the first sentence it clearly states that GL works as a regulator in specific facets of plant physiology... after the comma goes on to explain these facets.
and the fact that it was taken out of context now begs the question... how do you feel about not using GL to (at least) vegetate your plants?
Not sure what you mean... Yes, cannabis can vegetate in either a blue, red, blue and red, and a blue, red, green environment. So if you veg under blue alone, then adding the green will help your plants grow better. Likewise if you veg under red, or red and blue... using the green will benefit the vegetation process. By not using the green we are actually harming the vegetation process.
ok kewlies hmmm So whats your opinion on using both a HPS and MH together for vegging? Do you think it would really increase growth by a HUGE amount, or is it just a waist of electricity for the amount of extra growth you get?