I found some new bulbs that I'm super happy with. The Giesemann Actinic Plus and the Giesemann Midday 6000K bulbs. They are awesome. I got 4 Flora Suns, 1 Giesemann Actinic Plus, 1 UVL Red Sun, 2 Giesemann Midday 6000K in my fixture now. The plants are even happier than they were before. I might add some red 660nm LEDs to boost the ratio of red to blue. The Giesemann Actinic Plus is like an Actinic and a Blue bulb in one! Makes it nice to have 1 free spot for another bulb having the 2 in
Ok, so I switched one last time to try and accommodate these lovely ladies. So now I am rockin 4 Flora Suns, 2 Coral Waves, and 2 C.A. Plant Grow bulbs. I will keep these the rest of the flower cycle. When the flowers are almost full size, I will add the UVb lights for 4 hours during the mid part of the day cycle. Here is a photo of what they look like under this light mixture,
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Well, 24 hours later and they look like shit. These Red Suns have to go!(at least for this variety for now)
I'm switching back to what was working so well before. 50/50 Flora/Full spectrum. For the full spectrum lights I'm using a new type of plant grow bulb that has a really nice blue range around 470nm. Should work. I will post results tomorrow.
I will be using this for flower up until I add the UVb unless they start to look like shit.
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At some point I will be needing to switch out or add some bulbs to get a heavier red mixture