An apogee Epar would work in a well controlled environment but I imagine you would need a large amount of plants to have validity.
Indeed. Any meaningful test would need a large amount of plants for reliable data.
An apogee Epar would work in a well controlled environment but I imagine you would need a large amount of plants to have validity.
Hypothesis, not theory. Yes, you are saying if you use a superior light that it will outperform an inferior light on 18/6. That does not mean the 12/12 light schedule will equal or out yield the 18/6 schedule given the same equipment. Plants can only take so much light intensity before you are harming them. Once you hit the sweet spot of intake, all that's left is duration of exposure. The light schedule argument is as old as autos appearing on online forums. Take some time to search around this site and other popular ones to see people do experiments with auto time schedules and output.
Everything on paper goes away the minute that seed hits the soil. The plants aren't wrong.
I get your point completely, I just think you're wrong. You're not talking about running different light cycles for the same yeild, you're simply saying a high quality light run 12/12 will outperform a mid to low quality light run 18/6. What I am saying is yeah no duh.
If you run your autos 12/12 you are going to get a reduced harvest, period. If it is advantageous to run your lights 12/12, then grow photos.
There's nothing new or special about that revelation, and I honestly am not concerned with what doctor youtube has to say about plants. Get a few grows under your belt and get to understand autos better, then revisit this.