Silly question time: mirrors?

[tip top toker]

So we all know mirrors are shiteas a reflective surface on indoor grows.

Is this the same when used outdoors with the sun, considering it's rather impressive show of lumens and what have you.

The first thought you will most likely be why are you thinking mirrors outside, considering the whole plant will be receiving maximum lumelns, but there's method to my madness i'll have you know

 

[Corbat420]

there GREAT for reflecting light to get you noticed, say by helicopters and shit.....

BTW people use mirrors in the bush to signal RESCUE VEHICLES. do you realy want that?

 

[tip top toker]

there GREAT for reflecting light to get you noticed, say by helicopters and shit.....

BTW people use mirrors in the bush to signal RESCUE VEHICLES. do you realy want that?

I explicitly stated that there was method to my madness so all i'm really after is an educated reply on whether they are in any way usable for growing cannabis when paired with the sun.

I want to refrain from spelling out the plot prior to any real reply as well, chances are it's cannabis fuelled and daft as fuck, but hell, think eygypt

 

[RobbieP]

i think a mirror would reflect really well outdoor but you would have to be very carefull... the sun obviously moves and in doing so could reflect direct light onto the plant and destroy it .. think magnifying glass > sun > ants ... obviously depends on what ya plannin
Couldnt you get a sheet of wood and stick mylar on it ? lol

 

[tip top toker]

i think a mirror would reflect really well outdoor but you would have to be very carefull... the sun obviously moves and in doing so could reflect direct light onto the plant and destroy it .. think magnifying glass > sun > ants ... obviously depends on what ya plannin
Couldnt you get a sheet of wood and stick mylar on it ? lol

Haha, mylar could work, issue is it needs to relectt it over a certain distance.

Put simply i was stoend and thinking of Egypt and the tombs and such, an ountdoor indoor grow! Kinda dig yaself an underground grow room and insulate and whatnot, and then have a trixy array of mirrors bouncing the sun down into the grow room. The only issue i think in the movies there was often a big fucker of a crystal involved at the end or something For the more extreme guerilla grower

 

[woodsmaneh!]

with reflected light you will have degradation in the light spectrum they need and maybe elimination of some?

 

[racerboy71]

the same problems with using mirrors for an indoor grow would still be the same problems using mirrors for an outdoor grow, this should only be common sense honestly..
why we don't use mirrors for grows is that mirrors don't reflect but a small percentage of light that they receive, they absorb a larger percentage of light that they get, hence why they are no good for growing.. this is how mirrors work.. they absorb light..

 

[RobbieP]

good idea ttt , not sure how it would work though as the sun constantly moves lol , maybe employ indiana jones to help out lol

 

[tip top toker]

the same problems with using mirrors for an indoor grow would still be the same problems using mirrors for an outdoor grow, this should only be common sense honestly..
why we don't use mirrors for grows is that mirrors don't reflect but a small percentage of light that they receive, they absorb a larger percentage of light that they get, hence why they are no good for growing.. this is how mirrors work.. they absorb light..

I am aware of the logical reasoning, logical being that i never studied physics, biology or whatnot, but i was simply asking whether the same applied to the sun, considering the rather large contrast between sunlight and an HPS bulb over distance. Just thinkin outsidea the box, pointlessly it seems

You could calculate the movement of the sun, and then rig up some wheels and cogs so that when turned, the mirror moves in time to the suns, and then rig up enough hamster in wheels so that the mathmatical probability si that at ay one tme there will be a hampster running, bam, you're good until the suns angle changes on you then ya fucked

 

[Mort Fink]

Why don't mirrors work well for a grow room? Seems to me like they do a great job of reflecting anything including light? Somebody enlighten me.

 

[Monkeyfloss]

ok ... heres my 2 pence worth...
1. Not all mirrors are 'shite'. It depends on the material from which the material is made from. Mylar is v.reflective and used in many commercial/home growrooms.
2. Glass mirrors absorb or reflect the different wave lenghts of the electromagnetic spectrum in different levels. i.e Very good at reflecting visible light not so good (or even) at the I.R or U.V ends of the spectrum. Plants tend to need the full spectrum of light!
3. Assuming (wrongly) that the glass mirrors reflected the correct spectrum for the plants, the flat shape of a mirror would reflect and focus the light to a specific point on the plant. leading to 'hotspots' that could burn the plant. Most reflectors have this flaw to a greater or lesser extent. The designers of some reflectors make shades in a parabolic shape to reduce the heat spots and give an even spread of light.

Im no expert ... so no hating .lol

 

[d.s.m.]

this is how mirrors work.. they absorb light..

All the mirrors I've ever seen actually reflect light. Don't believe me? Stand in front of one, and you'll be able to see yourself, I shit you not.

For an even more advanced test, shine a flashlight at one. Try it, you'll be amazed.

 

[Dankster4Life]

All the mirrors I've ever seen actually reflect light. Don't believe me? Stand in front of one, and you'll be able to see yourself, I shit you not.

For an even more advanced test, shine a flashlight at one. Try it, you'll be amazed.

to your eyes yes.....to the plant no.

 

[Monkeyfloss]

All the mirrors I've ever seen actually reflect light. Don't believe me? Stand in front of one, and you'll be able to see yourself, I shit you not.

For an even more advanced test, shine a flashlight at one. Try it, you'll be amazed.

How about this statement ........All matter in the Universe both absorbs and reflects light ..... including mirrors. so technically youre both wrong.

 

[Dankster4Life]

How about this statement ........All matter in the Universe both absorbs and reflects light ..... including mirrors. so technically youre both wrong.

Okie dokie....ya got me.

Why don't some of ya do a bit of research on mirrors and reflection of USEFUL light to plants.

 

[d.s.m.]

I was making a funny. Because dude said that mirrors work by absorbing light, which is exactly the opposite of how mirrors work, and it made giggle. Ah, nevermind, it's not funny if I have to explain it.

And in all actuality, mirrors do reflect UV light, it's the glass the mirror surface is painted onto that absorbs it. So there.

 

[Monkeyfloss]

Okie dokie....ya got me.

Why don't some of ya do a bit of research on mirrors and reflection of USEFUL light to plants.

Ive not got you ... Physics 101 got you.
Dont need additional research, I paid close attention at school.... Im only making statements of facts on here, If you disagree youre welcome to point out any inaccuracies, I doubt youll find one though.

peace

 

[Monkeyfloss]

I was making a funny. Because dude said that mirrors work by absorbing light, which is exactly the opposite of how mirrors work, and it made giggle. Ah, nevermind, it's not funny if I have to explain it.

And in all actuality, mirrors do reflect UV light, it's the glass the mirror surface is painted onto that absorbs it. So there.

I got the humour

 

[Monkeyfloss]

I was making a funny. Because dude said that mirrors work by absorbing light, which is exactly the opposite of how mirrors work, and it made giggle. Ah, nevermind, it's not funny if I have to explain it.

And in all actuality, mirrors do reflect UV light, it's the glass the mirror surface is painted onto that absorbs it. So there.

I dont want to be a pedant but again, technically youre not precisely correct. IMHO. Both the paint AND the silicon in the glass is absorbing (and reflecting) the UV. The levels of reflection or absorbing of the UV will be dependent on the specific atomic structure of any said material.... blah blah blah

 

[Dankster4Life]

Get over yourself.....

They taught you all about what is being talked about here?Growing plants with reflective material?
I do not believe you were taught these things in physics.....blah blah blah