KDiaz
Active Member
I was researching trichome production, and as everyone one knows UV-B increases resin production. But they mentioned that glass and plastics absorb UV light so I googled "does UV penetrate glass?" and found this on Wikipedia
"Ordinary glass is partially transparent to UVA but isopaque to shorter wavelengths, whereas silica or quartz glass, depending on quality, can be transparent even to vacuum UV wavelengths. Ordinary window glass passes about 90% of the light above 350 nm, but blocks over 90% of the light below 300 nm."
And The UV-B spectrum is 315nm-280nm. So wouldn't it be more beneficial, especially during flowering, to remove the glass lenses from our panels? Granting there are no heat or other issues?
"Ordinary glass is partially transparent to UVA but isopaque to shorter wavelengths, whereas silica or quartz glass, depending on quality, can be transparent even to vacuum UV wavelengths. Ordinary window glass passes about 90% of the light above 350 nm, but blocks over 90% of the light below 300 nm."
And The UV-B spectrum is 315nm-280nm. So wouldn't it be more beneficial, especially during flowering, to remove the glass lenses from our panels? Granting there are no heat or other issues?