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@@AndroidSamsung-qz9pl When plants flower when we don't want them to, we call that bolting. Annual cool season vegetables including lettuce and spinach will bolt as days grow longer in summer. Bolting usually brings on bitter flavors in the foliage as will the usually hot temperatures that come along with longer days. Hot temperatures also cause the flowers to come on more quickly as will dry soil. Some biennial vegetables bolting is induced by a cold snap during a plants normal vegetative stage. Prone to bolting include rhubarb, Chinese cabbage, and mustard greens. Some biennial vegetables, (those that normally produce only vegetative structures their first year, flower and seed their second year), may bolt during the first growing season in response to a cold spell. Most biennial vegetables, including onions, carrots, heading cabbage, have to reach a certain stage of growth before they are able to start the flowering process. But turnips are sensitive to cold as soon as they germinate. Bolting cannot be reversed once the flowering process has begun, so replace affected plants with heat-tolerant summer crops or wait until later summer to replant for a fall harvest.
I just love how you question things that may seem like they don't make sense at first and test it regardless. No question is a stupid question. I learn a ton from you.
you know, sometimes a person just plants their garden and lets it do its own thing ,but this experiment really makes you appreciate the true science involved in what we may take for granted. i really enjoyed the technical science, although i'll never remember the terms.
You should be a Professor! I learnt many concepts of lighting which i could not understand. The experiements were well designed and the resukts were explained clearly. Have you published your data? It has all the elemnents of a high impact publication.
Ps. I wanted to say that your your teaching style is great. I find that you explain complex things in a very basic manner that anyone can understand. Even as a scientist by profession who understands most of these concepts, I'm not even mad at your pace. They always told me in my studies that you only truly understand something when you can make a layman understand which I think you do great. Subbed. Keep up the good work sir and keep these interesting experiments coming!
I would love to test this in the other way. Increase light intensity to a huge maximum (with matching intense cooling), and shorten the light cycle as much as possible, to increase periods of darkness and growth. Perhaps we could condense the day light cycle into a 3 hour window for example, allowing for more frequent dark cycles and as such quicker crop growth.
Oh, that was so useful! I'm using 24h leds and got the same picture like yours, deformed leaves and burns. I definitely knew I made something wrong, but now I'm pretty sure I understand the reason.
So lettuce, at least the variety you grow, is not very sensitive to light cycle! Good to know! Thank you a lot for taking so much time doing this experiment!
Great experiment. I am growing lettuces with NFT system myself in Indonesia. The pH level that I always maintain for lettuces is 5.5 - 6.3. You may want to consider this pH aspect as well.
It gets cold but we don't get snow here, every year I appreciate the winter season more and surprise myself in what I am able to grow (although there are failures, to be sure, no luck with cauliflower). I only have one north facing window though and it's not a place I can set up an indoor garden, but I do grow on my north facing balcony in winter too.
I just started to learn about indoor growing and lighting. I have to say this is my favorite channel I've come across. Keep up the good work, and I cant wait to learn more from you.
I’m starting a microgreen channel soon and plan to replicate your experiments! I appreciate the science behind everything you do, reminds me of my gen bio 2 class! Well done
When looking at growth per watt, did you consider that with the 24 hour light cycle, the distance of the light means the coverage area is greater, so you may have been able to put more plants under the light than the other two?
Exactly, or as I mentioned in my comment just use a light that offers a dimming method to reduce the power usage instead of wasting light (as spread out light has greater chance of losses even if used for more plants like you mentioned.
In this world people who have an opinion are a dime a dozen. Those who put out the effort to find the facts are true gems. Albo Pepper... you sir are a gem! On a different note, have you ever watched my name is Earl? You could pass as his brother with that mustache. Wishing you the best Karrma for all your videos and work. Thumbs up!
You were So professional in your approach, I subbed right away. Thank you! It´s winter soon, and I can´t buy commercial veggies, so this is brilliant. Let´s Grow :)
What a good video, very useful thanks for sharing it. I think that if we use lights with less consumption (less lumens) and closer to the lettuce, we could get the same target DLI and with the same electric consumption per gram as lettuces 1 and 2 or maybe less.
Thanks! Helped me a lot to understand things further. I would love to see such tests with Basil, as I'm struggling with my indoor setup and I'm sure I'm not watering to much / less and ferts should be good, at least in my opinion compared to outdoor gardening :)
This is really awesome and I would like more of it. Although I have to say that the cost comparison is a misleading conclusion. Instead of moving the light away from the plant, you could save energy by using a dimmer light, or increase yield by growing multiple plants.
Yes the suggestion of growing multiple plants was put forth in the 1st installment of this series: ruclips.net/video/gHWf4Hfi3hA/видео.html The lights I was using were not dimmible and I had to make due. The focus of the test is to show the relationship between PPFD levels and Light Cycle duration in calculating the photons received by plants. It explains DLI. That's the core concept.
@@Albopepper you did that and well by the way! I am 100% agreeing with 99,5% of the video ;-) I hope it's constructive criticism. I have seen the first video 👍👍
I'd love to see a continuation where you get to shorter and shorter light periods with same DLI. For lettuce, I'm curious where the watt/oz maximum is.
great video! It'd be really appreciated if you put a ruller in the back of each growing box, since you're using the same pots for all of them. the difference in height would be easier to differenciate between plants, and you could use that info for further analysis. It's just a detail! Greeing from Argentina!
Thanks for the 2 interesting videos. I've never had tip burn until I received an aerogarden as a gift. My kratky lettuce is fine but my aerogarden lettuce always has tio burn. I've tried over and over to experiment with same nutrients and same water and duration. The only difference is that light included on the aerogarden. So after watching your video I think my hunch is correct about the aerogarden light.
I agree with below- as I used to be a middle school science teacher.... You should be a Professor! I learnt many concepts of lighting which i could not understand. The experiements were well designed and the resukts were explained clearly. Have you published your data? It has all the elemnents of a high impact publication.
Good video. Maybe you can try applying the light intermittently. Does it affect the crops quality? And does it really save electricity? Maybe you can make (10 min on / 10 min off intervals) or maybe (1h on and 1h off intervals). Does long or short intervals matter?
The Inverse-Square Law of light This law states that for every foot below the reflector the light should loose 75 percent of it's energy due to dispersion. So 1000 lux at 1 foot is 250 lux at 2 foot. I have taken a lux meter and find that I am only loosing 50 percent per foot. I am thinking the reflective walls are keeping the numbers up. Also, if you are have multiple lights when you just below the reflector you only get light from it. As you move down you get light from multiple lights. This applies to HPS and Metal Halide due at the side bouncing of the wall is as bring as just below it. Where LED blow all their light down.
Very interesting. And how can we calculate the right distance from the light to the plant? I mean how did you get figures 10,5 and 12,5 and 21 inches? By using PAR-meter?
Fantastic work! Thank you for your well thought out mini experiments. I am fascinated with the idea of light intensity and light period. Have you tried any experiments with periodic darkness within a 24hr period? Say 12hr with 1hr on 1hr off. Or 4hrs on 4hrs off. Would more frequent pauses help with tip burn? Or will these pauses cause a different stress reaction?
Hi, like your informative content. Can you please specify the climatic conditions for lettuce to grow, ie the optimum humidity and temperature. Keep up the good work. Lots of love from Goa.
Hi, what was the starting pH and EC of your experiment ? Also, what nutrients did you use? Thanks so much for sharing this info. Also, have you done any experiments w shorter light cycles? 5 min on, 5 min off vs 5 min on 2 min off, etc ?
Thanks for the great video and test. Can you please direct me to what the composition of your grow buckets are? How are you watering these and what nutrients does it need as well?
Great science lesson. I'm really impressed! I already have a DIY aquaponics system and I'm trying to mimic your setup #3 (24hr). Is it a good Idea to add a diffuser on LED white lights instead of bringing it up? Just like an ordinary LED bulb with white plastic that covers it to diffuse. I have limited space and I can no longer move it up. Thank you!
Greate video. I'm so sorry, but could you tell me how did you get those values(0.0864, 0.0576, 0.0432)? Was it with a PAR sensor? Answer: The 0.0864 factor is the total number of seconds in a day divided by 1,000,000.
Thanks for watching Julio! This resource is a definitive reference for DLI: www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/ho/ho-238-w.pdf I have a PAR sensor (Quantum Light Sensor) that I use to measure my PPFD.
I am using cheap shop leds to grow both microgreens and plants that I am going to transplant to the garden when at proper height. Can you tell me if the CRI of the light matters? I think I have the worse at 85 CRI. Thank you so much and love your videos!
Awesome and super informative video! I noticed your plants grew super fast as well. Would you mind sharing what grow medium/wattage LED/fertilizer you use in you setup (I’m assuming DWC)? I’ve been working on my own but my plants don’t grow as quickly. Thanks!
Great video! I would like to know how micro cycles might affect the growth. Specifically *1* 12 hours on / 12 hours off *2* 1 hour on / 1 hour off *3* 5 minutes on / 5 minutes off Do you think there might be a difference?
@@Albopepper try this, I hope this is the one I already forgot the details www.researchgate.net/publication/316429356_Optimization_of_Light-Dark_Cycles_of_Lactuca_sativa_L_in_Plant_Factory Also maybe this one www.researchgate.net/publication/289762154_Identifying_the_optimum_light_cycle_for_lettuce_growth_in_a_plant_factory
I realize that this is a very old video at this point, but a quick question about your setup. Did you calculate the distance to achieve the PPFD for each plant, or did you actually use a meter? I ask because if you were relying on just the math, your setup could have resulted in an actual PPFD at the canopy that significantly deviated from the theoretical due to your use of reflective enclosures. As I am sure you are aware, it doesn't matter how far away a light source is if you can manage to somehow get all the photons to still hit the canopy, be it through the use of beam angle or some other method. Yes, you will likely lose at least 10% of your photons each time they bounce off the walls of your tinfoil wall reflectors, but having those reflectors could increase your square root law-derived PPFD by a significant amount. Additionally, the 3rd experiment is going to see a larger proportional drop off in delivered photons than between the first and second. The first 2 have the fixture entirely within the enclosure but the 3rd is well outside the enclosure. As the light fixture has a beam angle under 180 degrees, far more of the emitted photons will hit a wall and bounce down to the canopy in positions 1 and 2 than in position 3, with at least some proportion of the photons from position 3 spilling outside of the grow chamber entirely. of course, all of this would be a moot point if you've used a light meter, but I never saw any reference to that in the video. I enjoy your videos, and the knowledge is on point, I'm just concerned your results may be skewed.
Interesting exercise. What I don't understand is why people choose to move the light over dimming. Is it a grow light limitation? Moving the light keeps the electricity consumption the same, while dimming it should reduce it, right? Thanks!
Correct, some lights aren't dimmable, especially the ones from a few years back. Also when you raise lights, you can cover more area and thus you can grow more plants. But I agree, dimming is a great option!
Could you do a test on growing the same crop at 24/7 vs 18/6 vs 12/12 and compare root development between them. I want to see if the majority of plants root development happens during daylight rather than night.
awesome, i just finally started using a grow light, i got fed up with the weather...this is exciting, first off..the led full spectrum is just a beautiful light, it makes me feel better just being in the light, haha, just feels natural, maybe I have SAD..I don't know this all makes perfect sense, I think leaving the lower intensity light on 24/7 at a greater distance, which allows for more plants to receive it, should be best, for what I'm trying at least, you proved that 12hr is ultimately the overall most sensible way to grow but I'm going to experiment first, honestly I'm more worried about constantly powering on/off the grow bulbs, should I not be?
i key thought , i've watched numerous videos and one thing no one seems to pay attention to point out either is the light spectrum versus plant growth of long or short day cycle plant, , as an example a long day plant with have a higher exposure to blue and greens in the 460 to 560 Nm wave length during day where as morning and evening light has a higher level of of 600 to 750 and higher IR spectrum. so all gathered this would also affect over all plant characteristics of growth determined on actual light make up for long or short day cycle plants and neutral cycle so as you go into long day plant the higher photo flux increase and slightly less red spectrum looks to be the curve. there have been studies done for solar cells that actually break down the light spectrum for full day versus time of time. so we know certain plants prefer a set time of year for growth both due to light and temperatures, we know nature doesn't always duplicate the ideal condition but we try as growers so maybe we need to look at those spectrum and intensities not just as a broad band but as a cycle so we need to look at it on an hour buy hour cycle also. as example what is the intensity of the light at 6am and its light spectrum versus what is it at 10am noon 2pm 4pm ...... all thing that will vary with a short day versus long day cycle plant. oh yes and one additional note light spectrum analysis done by labs to test for solar cell efficiency ( 300 to 1000nm tested spectrum) showed a fair spike at 410nm and extreme spike at the 740 to 760 nm light ( this is based off a full day sunrise to sunset recorded data ) and the spectrum between almost a dead flat level within the band from 410 to 740 nm
Hello, thank you for the information, very helpful. I'm looking to buy a few grow bulbs similar to the ones you are using in this video...can you please recommend a good bulb for me to grow my plants indoors.
OMG omg OMG. So I just ran my lights at 24 hours as an experiment. Deformed! 18/6 seems to be the cure. Also I agree with broad spectrum white light being better for growth. The PAR argument sounds good but LEDs makes my plants wonky unless they are already strong. Excellent novel research design.
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► To avoid Tip Burn: ruclips.net/video/gHWf4Hfi3hA/видео.html
Excellent!!!
it looks hard to do but hate the bugs outside
What is bolting?
@@AndroidSamsung-qz9pl When plants flower when we don't want them to, we call that bolting.
Annual cool season vegetables including lettuce and spinach will bolt as days grow longer in summer. Bolting usually brings on bitter flavors in the foliage as will the usually hot temperatures that come along with longer days. Hot temperatures also cause the flowers to come on more quickly as will dry soil. Some biennial vegetables bolting is induced by a cold snap during a plants normal vegetative stage. Prone to bolting include rhubarb, Chinese cabbage, and mustard greens.
Some biennial vegetables, (those that normally produce only vegetative structures their first year, flower and seed their second year), may bolt during the first growing season in response to a cold spell. Most biennial vegetables, including onions, carrots, heading cabbage, have to reach a certain stage of growth before they are able to start the flowering process. But turnips are sensitive to cold as soon as they germinate.
Bolting cannot be reversed once the flowering process has begun, so replace affected plants with heat-tolerant summer crops or wait until later summer to replant for a fall harvest.
@@Albopepper Wow. Thanks for the though reply! :)
More power to you.
I just love how you question things that may seem like they don't make sense at first and test it regardless. No question is a stupid question. I learn a ton from you.
you know, sometimes a person just plants their garden and lets it do its own thing ,but this experiment really makes you appreciate the true science involved in what we may take for granted. i really enjoyed the technical science, although i'll never remember the terms.
Thank-you for your kind words! The videos are here, so you always have this resource available to you!!! xD
You should be a Professor! I learnt many concepts of lighting which i could not understand. The experiements were well designed and the resukts were explained clearly. Have you published your data? It has all the elemnents of a high impact publication.
Ps. I wanted to say that your your teaching style is great. I find that you explain complex things in a very basic manner that anyone can understand. Even as a scientist by profession who understands most of these concepts, I'm not even mad at your pace. They always told me in my studies that you only truly understand something when you can make a layman understand which I think you do great. Subbed. Keep up the good work sir and keep these interesting experiments coming!
I would love to test this in the other way. Increase light intensity to a huge maximum (with matching intense cooling), and shorten the light cycle as much as possible, to increase periods of darkness and growth.
Perhaps we could condense the day light cycle into a 3 hour window for example, allowing for more frequent dark cycles and as such quicker crop growth.
You should test it out and share your results!
Oh, that was so useful! I'm using 24h leds and got the same picture like yours, deformed leaves and burns. I definitely knew I made something wrong, but now I'm pretty sure I understand the reason.
Another great experiment that very simply explains a complex theory. Thanks.
Thanks so much for watching! :-)
So lettuce, at least the variety you grow, is not very sensitive to light cycle! Good to know! Thank you a lot for taking so much time doing this experiment!
Thanks for taking time to watch!
Thanks! You provide important information! These experiments should be repeat by some national labs!
Great experiment. I am growing lettuces with NFT system myself in Indonesia. The pH level that I always maintain for lettuces is 5.5 - 6.3. You may want to consider this pH aspect as well.
totally different light set ups with very similar results. thanks for the science lesson!!!
Thanks Kramer! This was the most scientific method I could come up with to demonstrate DLI in practical terms. :-)
Good video.
I asked my self about that for a while already, nice to see your experiment results.
Thanks
Thanks, I appreciate your support! :-D
I love these experiments! Thank you. During the winter I am an avid indoor grower and this info is so helpful. :)
It gets cold but we don't get snow here, every year I appreciate the winter season more and surprise myself in what I am able to grow (although there are failures, to be sure, no luck with cauliflower).
I only have one north facing window though and it's not a place I can set up an indoor garden, but I do grow on my north facing balcony in winter too.
Same here, I absolutely love Albo's experiments!
xD Thank-you for your support!
Thanks Punky! I'm glad that this info was helpful. :D
Grub's Garden It sounds like you are having success despite having some limitation. :) Very cool!
Very much enjoying your process.
Just getting started in indoor gardening and until now, haven't found anything this data driven. Thank you!
Excellent presentation of all the information!! And really well thought out experiment. Very much enjoying these.
Thanks Nigel!
I haven't even watch the first video to the end but a fan already
I just started to learn about indoor growing and lighting. I have to say this is my favorite channel I've come across. Keep up the good work, and I cant wait to learn more from you.
I’m starting a microgreen channel soon and plan to replicate your experiments! I appreciate the science behind everything you do, reminds me of my gen bio 2 class! Well done
Very interesting experiment (ofc accounting for the limitations of the case)! Keep it up!
Thanks for your support! :-D
I love how you are bringing science into your videos. It would be awesome if you could have triplicates of each treatment :D
Wow, he just came up with a new variable that was hided out of sight all this time... amazing!
Very insightful, the only factor is missing is the humidity.
Admit it, your real name is SUPER MARIO....ISNT IT ;)
It'sa me!
*i knew it!*
Such a cool experiment! All the sort of things I'd love to try. Thanks for sharing.
-Hank
Thanks Hank! I appreciate your support. :-)
When looking at growth per watt, did you consider that with the 24 hour light cycle, the distance of the light means the coverage area is greater, so you may have been able to put more plants under the light than the other two?
Exactly, or as I mentioned in my comment just use a light that offers a dimming method to reduce the power usage instead of wasting light (as spread out light has greater chance of losses even if used for more plants like you mentioned.
In this world people who have an opinion are a dime a dozen. Those who put out the effort to find the facts are true gems. Albo Pepper... you sir are a gem! On a different note, have you ever watched my name is Earl? You could pass as his brother with that mustache. Wishing you the best Karrma for all your videos and work. Thumbs up!
You were So professional in your approach, I subbed right away. Thank you! It´s winter soon, and I can´t buy commercial veggies, so this is brilliant. Let´s Grow :)
What a good video, very useful thanks for sharing it. I think that if we use lights with less consumption (less lumens) and closer to the lettuce, we could get the same target DLI and with the same electric consumption per gram as lettuces 1 and 2 or maybe less.
Thanks Max. Any little bit of extra efficiency is worth it! :)
Glad you did this comparison. I sure don’t put in the time/effort to find it out for myself
Great experiment, thank you for creating informative and entertaining content to share with all of us - awesome work!
Thank-you Hobes! I appreciate it. :)
That was very informative mate. Nice and straight forward.
Lovely channel ! All you need to know about plant grow lighting, explained cristal clear 👍 Albo!
Your experiments are always appreciated so much, sharing knowledge like this is extremely valuable. Ty so much for what you do.
Thanks! Helped me a lot to understand things further. I would love to see such tests with Basil, as I'm struggling with my indoor setup and I'm sure I'm not watering to much / less and ferts should be good, at least in my opinion compared to outdoor gardening :)
Thanks a lot for explaining the complex concepts with such clarity. It will surely help my plants grow better.
Thanks for watching Nisarg! I appreciate your positive feedback. :-)
I found that lettuce tip burn is greatly reduced on indoor plants by growing them in half-strength nutrients.
always, or introduce gap weeks.
Thank you for serious and academic content, and for using PPFD and DLI!
You're videos are awesome, bro.
Keep it up. Quality content. Cheers.
I use read a study about this , crazy your experiment matches the test
elo do u still remember the study name?
this was quite an interesting study. I'd like to see it replicated on a larger scale.
So would I Mr Gracian. Hmm... looks like you have a busy Winter ahead of you! Let me know how your test turns out! ;-P
Great video, sir. Thank you very much. Greatings from Argentina.
This is really awesome and I would like more of it. Although I have to say that the cost comparison is a misleading conclusion. Instead of moving the light away from the plant, you could save energy by using a dimmer light, or increase yield by growing multiple plants.
Yes the suggestion of growing multiple plants was put forth in the 1st installment of this series: ruclips.net/video/gHWf4Hfi3hA/видео.html The lights I was using were not dimmible and I had to make due. The focus of the test is to show the relationship between PPFD levels and Light Cycle duration in calculating the photons received by plants. It explains DLI. That's the core concept.
@@Albopepper you did that and well by the way! I am 100% agreeing with 99,5% of the video ;-)
I hope it's constructive criticism. I have seen the first video 👍👍
I'd love to see a continuation where you get to shorter and shorter light periods with same DLI. For lettuce, I'm curious where the watt/oz maximum is.
great video! It'd be really appreciated if you put a ruller in the back of each growing box, since you're using the same pots for all of them. the difference in height would be easier to differenciate between plants, and you could use that info for further analysis. It's just a detail! Greeing from Argentina!
Thanks for the 2 interesting videos. I've never had tip burn until I received an aerogarden as a gift. My kratky lettuce is fine but my aerogarden lettuce always has tio burn. I've tried over and over to experiment with same nutrients and same water and duration. The only difference is that light included on the aerogarden. So after watching your video I think my hunch is correct about the aerogarden light.
I agree with below- as I used to be a middle school science teacher.... You should be a Professor! I learnt many concepts of lighting which i could not understand. The experiements were well designed and the resukts were explained clearly. Have you published your data? It has all the elemnents of a high impact publication.
Thanks Devin! I greatly appreciate your positive feedback. :-)
Good video. Maybe you can try applying the light intermittently. Does it affect the crops quality? And does it really save electricity? Maybe you can make (10 min on / 10 min off intervals) or maybe (1h on and 1h off intervals). Does long or short intervals matter?
You always have exactly what I'm looking for... Thanks
I'm glad I can help Chris. Thanks!
Just found your channel but im hooked..... thank you from.the UK !
This was a glorious experiment
The Inverse-Square Law of light
This law states that for every foot below the reflector the light should loose 75 percent of it's energy due to dispersion. So 1000 lux at 1 foot is 250 lux at 2 foot. I have taken a lux meter and find that I am only loosing 50 percent per foot. I am thinking the reflective walls are keeping the numbers up. Also, if you are have multiple lights when you just below the reflector you only get light from it. As you move down you get light from multiple lights. This applies to HPS and Metal Halide due at the side bouncing of the wall is as bring as just below it. Where LED blow all their light down.
Very interesting. And how can we calculate the right distance from the light to the plant? I mean how did you get figures 10,5 and 12,5 and 21 inches?
By using PAR-meter?
Fantastic work! Thank you for your well thought out mini experiments. I am fascinated with the idea of light intensity and light period. Have you tried any experiments with periodic darkness within a 24hr period? Say 12hr with 1hr on 1hr off. Or 4hrs on 4hrs off. Would more frequent pauses help with tip burn? Or will these pauses cause a different stress reaction?
Yeah I would like to know that aswell
Hi, like your informative content. Can you please specify the climatic conditions for lettuce to grow, ie the optimum humidity and temperature. Keep up the good work. Lots of love from Goa.
Hi Clinton. I would recommend checking out this resource from Cornell: www.cornellcea.com/attachments/Cornell%20CEA%20Lettuce%20Handbook%20.pdf
Hi, what was the starting pH and EC of your experiment ? Also, what nutrients did you use? Thanks so much for sharing this info. Also, have you done any experiments w shorter light cycles? 5 min on, 5 min off vs 5 min on 2 min off, etc ?
Great information. I also experimented with 12 varities of lettuce. Tom Thumb suffered tip burn.
you are the best mate! keep it going!
Great video man!
Super awesome video. Helpful for understanding my aquarium lighting a bit better too
Awesome Test! Thank you for doing this.
I don,t know any body that has a lettuce shirt. You could be the new and improved Mr. Green Jeans.
Exactly what i was searching for. Thanks
Awesomeness work, dude! You're the best! You're considered everything! Thanks much!
Thanks so much for watching Andrej!
Great experiment guys 🤗
DLI wonderfully simple explained, new sub
Cool! Welcome to my channel!!! xD
Thanks for the great video and test. Can you please direct me to what the composition of your grow buckets are? How are you watering these and what nutrients does it need as well?
Great science lesson. I'm really impressed!
I already have a DIY aquaponics system and I'm trying to mimic your setup #3 (24hr).
Is it a good Idea to add a diffuser on LED white lights instead of bringing it up? Just like an ordinary LED bulb with white plastic that covers it to diffuse.
I have limited space and I can no longer move it up. Thank you!
Great video, thanks.
Great experiment.
There appears to be some additional light exposure on the plants due to short walls. Could this influence the results?
Great Experiment Bro !
Thanks man!
nice experiment
I dont know what you just said but I enjoyed it 😂😂😂
Cool experiment, I may dial mine back a bit. More is not always better.
Greate video.
I'm so sorry, but could you tell me how did you get those values(0.0864, 0.0576, 0.0432)?
Was it with a PAR sensor? Answer: The 0.0864 factor is the total number of seconds in a day divided by 1,000,000.
Thanks for watching Julio! This resource is a definitive reference for DLI: www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/ho/ho-238-w.pdf I have a PAR sensor (Quantum Light Sensor) that I use to measure my PPFD.
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Very informative video as usual. Thank you very much.
Great information! Love the video!
Found a small typo on 7:14 with the slide title
Thank you, my lettuces are growing very fast and I have tipburn. I will try reducing my light cycle.
Thanks so much for this video!
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I am using cheap shop leds to grow both microgreens and plants that I am going to transplant to the garden when at proper height. Can you tell me if the CRI of the light matters? I think I have the worse at 85 CRI. Thank you so much and love your videos!
Awesome and super informative video! I noticed your plants grew super fast as well. Would you mind sharing what grow medium/wattage LED/fertilizer you use in you setup (I’m assuming DWC)? I’ve been working on my own but my plants don’t grow as quickly. Thanks!
Interesting, Matanuska produce in Alaska is huge, 18-22 hours of daylight.
Good point! Thanks for watching. :-D
Great video! I would like to know how micro cycles might affect the growth. Specifically
*1* 12 hours on / 12 hours off
*2* 1 hour on / 1 hour off
*3* 5 minutes on / 5 minutes off
Do you think there might be a difference?
There is a paper about this and it was using lettuce too. The conclusion is 16/8 cycle yield the best plants.
ngentotsemua - I'd love to read it. You have a link?
@@Albopepper try this, I hope this is the one I already forgot the details
www.researchgate.net/publication/316429356_Optimization_of_Light-Dark_Cycles_of_Lactuca_sativa_L_in_Plant_Factory
Also maybe this one
www.researchgate.net/publication/289762154_Identifying_the_optimum_light_cycle_for_lettuce_growth_in_a_plant_factory
this was awesome love these vids bro!
Thanks man!!! :-D
This was amazing. Thanks.
Thanks for watching Scott!
I realize that this is a very old video at this point, but a quick question about your setup.
Did you calculate the distance to achieve the PPFD for each plant, or did you actually use a meter?
I ask because if you were relying on just the math, your setup could have resulted in an actual PPFD at the canopy that significantly deviated from the theoretical due to your use of reflective enclosures.
As I am sure you are aware, it doesn't matter how far away a light source is if you can manage to somehow get all the photons to still hit the canopy, be it through the use of beam angle or some other method. Yes, you will likely lose at least 10% of your photons each time they bounce off the walls of your tinfoil wall reflectors, but having those reflectors could increase your square root law-derived PPFD by a significant amount.
Additionally, the 3rd experiment is going to see a larger proportional drop off in delivered photons than between the first and second.
The first 2 have the fixture entirely within the enclosure but the 3rd is well outside the enclosure.
As the light fixture has a beam angle under 180 degrees, far more of the emitted photons will hit a wall and bounce down to the canopy in positions 1 and 2 than in position 3, with at least some proportion of the photons from position 3 spilling outside of the grow chamber entirely.
of course, all of this would be a moot point if you've used a light meter, but I never saw any reference to that in the video.
I enjoy your videos, and the knowledge is on point, I'm just concerned your results may be skewed.
Thanks bro, love these experiments!
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Interesting exercise. What I don't understand is why people choose to move the light over dimming. Is it a grow light limitation? Moving the light keeps the electricity consumption the same, while dimming it should reduce it, right? Thanks!
Correct, some lights aren't dimmable, especially the ones from a few years back. Also when you raise lights, you can cover more area and thus you can grow more plants. But I agree, dimming is a great option!
Extremely informing
Could you do a test on growing the same crop at 24/7 vs 18/6 vs 12/12 and compare root development between them. I want to see if the majority of plants root development happens during daylight rather than night.
great video..it's so informative..well done
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Great video, thanks for sharing
Did you use same NPK amount ?
Was it soft / hard water ?
Thanks
awesome, i just finally started using a grow light, i got fed up with the weather...this is exciting, first off..the led full spectrum is just a beautiful light, it makes me feel better just being in the light, haha, just feels natural, maybe I have SAD..I don't know
this all makes perfect sense, I think leaving the lower intensity light on 24/7 at a greater distance, which allows for more plants to receive it, should be best, for what I'm trying at least, you proved that 12hr is ultimately the overall most sensible way to grow but I'm going to experiment first, honestly I'm more worried about constantly powering on/off the grow bulbs, should I not be?
Wow, great job
Thank you sir your content soo helpfull until this day ❤
i key thought , i've watched numerous videos and one thing no one seems to pay attention to point out either is the light spectrum versus plant growth of long or short day cycle plant, , as an example a long day plant with have a higher exposure to blue and greens in the 460 to 560 Nm wave length during day where as morning and evening light has a higher level of of 600 to 750 and higher IR spectrum. so all gathered this would also affect over all plant characteristics of growth determined on actual light make up for long or short day cycle plants and neutral cycle
so as you go into long day plant the higher photo flux increase and slightly less red spectrum looks to be the curve. there have been studies done for solar cells that actually break down the light spectrum for full day versus time of time. so we know certain plants prefer a set time of year for growth both due to light and temperatures, we know nature doesn't always duplicate the ideal condition but we try as growers so maybe we need to look at those spectrum and intensities not just as a broad band but as a cycle so we need to look at it on an hour buy hour cycle also. as example what is the intensity of the light at 6am and its light spectrum versus what is it at 10am noon 2pm 4pm ...... all thing that will vary with a short day versus long day cycle plant. oh yes and one additional note light spectrum analysis done by labs to test for solar cell efficiency ( 300 to 1000nm tested spectrum) showed a fair spike at 410nm and extreme spike at the 740 to 760 nm light ( this is based off a full day sunrise to sunset recorded data ) and the spectrum between almost a dead flat level within the band from 410 to 740 nm
Thank you, very informative :)
Thank-you for watching, as always!
Hello, thank you for the information, very helpful. I'm looking to buy a few grow bulbs similar to the ones you are using in this video...can you please recommend a good bulb for me to grow my plants indoors.
OMG omg OMG. So I just ran my lights at 24 hours as an experiment. Deformed! 18/6 seems to be the cure. Also I agree with broad spectrum white light being better for growth. The PAR argument sounds good but LEDs makes my plants wonky unless they are already strong. Excellent novel research design.
Good to know John! What type of plant were you growing?
@@Albopepper Cannabis.
A Super Plumber turned Gardner. I dig it.
beautifully explained!