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I just want to add, if people are upgrading to LEDs they will have a drop in yield unless they raise room temperatures to 80F or more so there is still a temper
by AngryData 5y ago
I just want to add, if people are upgrading to LEDs they will have a drop in yield unless they raise room temperatures to 80F or more so there is still a temperature differential, although to me it seems relatively minor especially using heat exchangers. The high efficiency of LED grow lights means leaf temperatures are much lower so room temperature must go up to compensate.
- cwkoss 5y agoI wonder if the root zone needs the warmth too, or if its just the aerial parts of the plant that needs the warmth for optimal growth. Maybe plastic with holes for each stem could be used to insulate the aerial airspace from the root airspace and then a small heatpump could make that 10F differential with relatively low power cost.
- samstave 5y agoSuper interesting. I wonder what the baseline is btwn the two ; How dependent on heat is the "fruitful" nature of the plant vs the subsitance livability of the plant? i.e. Min temp for survival vs min temp to fruit and the balance between... What is the coldest one can keep a plant while maintaining max fruiting output?
- samstave 5y agoholy crap. Just hear me out ; --- What if the human genome code diffs based on pro-longed temp differentials in host biology (meaning if the in-utero mother was in a prolonged colder climate, which altered the passed on DNA) So"cooking" dna is a real thing, May one be able to "calcify" information into DNA based on temp? Science fiction galore!