black light and bud

jackthenipper said:

i heard from some friends that putting my plants under blacklight will force them to bud early. does anyone know if this is true or not?

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nasd90 said:

Bump... I'd love to see an answer to this one.

I did a little research because this is a great question and I found this on another thread:

"...Current studies suggest that pot creates trichomes as a means of defense against UV light. While you could never use it for growing, another approach to this would be to apply it to your plants in addition to the grow lights.

The results are amazing. After the plants are around a month old you can begin. Blast em with the UV for five minutes, twice a day. After a week make it three times. You want to gradually increase this until you reach thirty min three times a day. All the way through flowering. Any more time each day and you risk burning the plants. This will cause trichomes to develop ALL THE WAY ACCROSS EVERY LEAF. Can you say BUBBLE?

So....... Yes, you can use that UV light...."



Hopefully an expert may chime in or someone who has real life experience with them. I got that quote off of GrassCity...


Peace.

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