The very strong smell permeates throughout the house, love it, free air freshener. Not smelling any lavender so far, right now it smells .... Very citrusy, almost like White Widow when I disturb the nugs.
Reduced dosage of UV to 6 hours
Did you know?
People often call simple carbohydrates "sugars".
In plants, the opposite of photosynthesis is cellular respiration. Cellular respiration is a series of chemical reactions. They convert glucose back into water, carbon dioxide, and energy. This energy is used for basic metabolic processes as well as growth. Different cell organelles are responsible for photosynthesis and respiration. Photosynthesis takes place inside chloroplasts. Respiration takes place inside mitochondria.
Light Factors Affecting Photosynthesis
Organisms that can photosynthesize are a very important part of all ecosystems. Photosynthesis is a chemical process in green plants. In it, light energy is converted into chemical energy. Plants use energy from light to combine water (H2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2). The products of this reaction are simple carbohydrates and oxygen (O2). An example of a simple carbohydrate is glucose.
In plants, the opposite of photosynthesis is cellular respiration. Cellular respiration is a series of chemical reactions. They convert glucose back into water, carbon dioxide, and energy. This energy is used for basic metabolic processes as well as growth. Different cell organelles are responsible for photosynthesis and respiration. Photosynthesis takes place inside chloroplasts. Respiration takes place inside mitochondria.
Organelles and processes involved in cellular respiration and photosynthesis. Both photosynthesis and cellular respiration occur within plant cells. During the day, photosynthesis is the dominant process. At night, or in the absence of light, photosynthesis in plants stops. This is when cellular respiration becomes the dominant process.
For a green plant to survive, grow, and reproduce, the rate of photosynthesis must be greater than the rate of cellular respiration. In other words, the plant must produce more glucose than it consumes.
There are two ways to increase the amount of glucose a plant can produce.
Increasing the intensity or brightness of the light.
This can increase glucose production, but only up to a certain point. Beyond that point, the extra light energy can damage plant cells. Increasing the intensity of light can also increase transpiration. This can cause leaves to wilt.
Increasing the duration of the light. It is generally not possible to increase the number of sunlight hours in a day. Increasing the length of time beyond this requires artificial light.
Light Compensation Point
There is a specific intensity of light at which the rate of CO2 uptake is the same as the rate of CO2 production. We call this intensity the light compensation point.
If you are interested in the plant's circadian clock, then check out Far-Red photons:
"The R:FR ratio of direct sunlight is about 1[.]5 during most of the day, but it approaches 0[.]6 or so during twilight when the atmosphere preferentially scatters blue light and the sky turns yellow and red. This only lasts for half an hour or less, but it is important because plants use these changes to synchronize their internal circadian clocks both with the24 hour day and the seasons. This involves a burst of gene expression activity that is controlled by phytochrome.”
“Far-Red Lighting and the Phytochromes”, Ian Ashdown, Maximum Yield, maximumyield․com/far-red-lighting-and-the-phytochromes/2/17443
@Ultraviolet, Sometimes I forgot to plan out the best photoperiod schedule and suddenly find myself dramatically shifting the timer once flowering begins. I wonder if hitting them with sunrise/sunset R:FR would alleviate any circadian confusion.
@Natrona, this was my 2 year old dragon willow bonsai, I placed it outside a few weeks back on a sunny day, forgot and it got smoked in a snow storm, thought I'd lost it. Plonked in a copper rod and she came back to life, frankentree.
@Metatronix, Well that's optimistic :)! Every little helps. I found with such a big pot it would allow for unrestricted growth of rootzone, but the water was sitting deep in medium and with the pot taking up so much space it was very hard to keep the medium warm & with very little air getting to where the roots needed it. Prime breeding ground for some bacteria & fungi.
Always been fond of the idea of automating a grow tent for the entire grow, start to finish, the challenge with auto watering was over-watering, this could also dry the medium enough within a timeframe to prevent the conditions for the bacteria n fungi in the first place.
Originally had some ideas for regular-size pots with airstones but then I got stoned and bought a 100-gallon fabric and here we are.
@Ultraviolet, I 💚 the idea ...it really could increase the yields IMO. It would revolutionize the flowerpot industry kind like the Autopot but for soil.