light cycles and spectrum to finish faster

Some of the effects of UV may depend on the amount used and the length of time it's used and be strain dependent. I'm not the best at keeping track of my sources but I remember reading from a couple sources that too much UV can effect plant health and yield. I've use UV on and off for years now and have never had any problems but I was probably a little conservative in the amount and the length of time using it. With my strains I've never noticed any shortening of flower time when using UV,but it does make for a very resinous plant and increase potency.

hyroot said:

Nope, according the usda uvb reasearch program in Colorado via the link that RM3 posted. .

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seriously, just stop while you are behind. you are losing all credibility (if you had any to begin with)

rkymtnman said:

seriously, just stop while you are behind. you are losing all credibility (if you had any to begin with)

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Lmao what ever you say noob.

Just go on that site and read the data files and you will see for yourself. They're usda funded.....

hyroot said:

Lmao what ever you say noob.

Just go on that site and read the data files and you will see for yourself. They're usda funded.....

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dude seriously?

are you dyslexic or illiterate. cause my dog can read and comprehend better than you?

UVB is EVERYWHERE! noob my ass.

rkymtnman said:

dude seriously?

are you dyslexic or illiterate. cause my dog can read and comprehend better than you?

UVB is EVERYWHERE! noob my ass.

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Not year round. It's more prevalent during late summer. Barley around end of spring and not around during winter. If its cloudy even less. In highly polluted valleys even less. The facts are on that site and on nasa's.

You just want to argue

hyroot said:

Lmao what ever you say noob.

Just go on that site and read the data files and you will see for yourself. They're usda funded.....

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Dismissng a valid criticism with "noob" illustrates your childish & bloated sense of self importance. Your UVB claims are ridiculous.

"You just want to argue" there is no argument youre a mistaken fool.

BOBBY_G said:

take clones 3 weeks into flowering. they 'regen' and sprout like 8+ shoots. then as soon as they are getting back into normal veg leaves flower it. ill take some pics later of thsi dwarfing technique.

tricky to time it but awesome for making bushes out of stertchy strains

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Just finished a grow using this "monster cropping" technique. No joking, I had some monster buds off my "Cherry Pie". Need to find some some pics to upload.

hyroot said:

Not year round. It's more prevalent during late summer. Barley around end of spring and not around during winter. If its cloudy even less. In highly polluted valleys even less. The facts are on that site and on nasa's.

You just want to argue

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you're right i just want to argue. you obviously could spare 2 minutes during your day. please do me a favor and call a local elementary school in your town and ask to speak to the science teacher. ask him/her if uvb only occurs in Hawaii and PLEASE report what he/she answers. man, that would make my day. seriously, i'll give you a 5 star rating here if you do.

Man whats with all this UV talk? Just unreal......

a mongo frog said:

Man whats with all this UV talk? Just unreal......

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in summation, UVB is either everywhere or nowhere depending on which team you're rooting for! lol.

rkymtnman said:

in summation, UVB is either everywhere or nowhere depending on which team you're rooting for! lol.

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Are we still thinking it finishes bud faster? Its more resinous? Its more potent? Im completely confused. Hps has the UV? Cobs don't have the UV. All have the UV?

a mongo frog said:

Are we still thinking it finishes bud faster? Its more resinous? Its more potent? Im completely confused. Hps has the UV? Cobs don't have the UV. All have the UV?

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oh no. we are at the most basic discussion of UVB. one side says that almost everywhere on planet Earth. receives it pretty much all the time and one side says that the US does not receive any uvb or possibly hawaii does.

grab a chair. hope hyroot is still lurking.

rkymtnman said:

oh no. we are at the most basic discussion of UVB. one side says that almost everywhere on planet Earth. receives it pretty much all the time and one side says that the US does not receive any uvb or possibly hawaii does.

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Well at least you guys are in discussion!!!!! Do you know what the outcome is supposed to be? Is this an LED thing an every type of light thing? Beginning stages of personal research? Does it invole music in the grow room? Is Mountain Dew involved?

a mongo frog said:

Are we still thinking it finishes bud faster? Its more resinous? Its more potent? Im completely confused. Hps has the UV? Cobs don't have the UV. All have the UV?

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UV science from a stoner.

captainmorgan said:

UV science from a stoner.

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Interesting philosophy, he did say he's not certain. But dudes pretty cool. I wonder what percentage of thc he was referring to. For instance if we're already hitting high 27's almost 28's is the UV going to crack it up to 29-30? Greater? Guess thats why you guys were talking reptile lamps and such. So has anyone one here tested dudes theory with lab results? Good video thanks.

a mongo frog said:

Interesting philosophy, he did say he's not certain. But dudes pretty cool. I wonder what percentage of thc he was referring to. For instance if we're already hitting high 27's almost 28's is the UV going to crack it up to 29-30? Greater? Guess thats why you guys were talking reptile lamps and such. So has anyone one here tested dudes theory with lab results? Good video thanks.

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I quit using UV after I got GG#4 because GG#4 already has got a kick like a mule and was told by a few that it's too strong,don't need to boost the potency when it's already that strong. But I added UV back in recently and have a GG#4 that had UV for the whole flower cycle that's close to being chopped. I've had GG#4 tested for potency and terpenes by a very good lab and I think I'll go ahead and have them test a UV grown sample of GG#4 to compare to my other test.

captainmorgan said:

I quit using UV after I got GG#4 because GG#4 already has got a kick like a mule and was told by a few that it's too strong,don't need to boost the potency when it's already that strong. But I added UV back in recently and have a GG#4 that had UV for the whole flower cycle that's close to being chopped. I've had GG#4 tested for potency and terpenes by a very good lab and I think I'll go ahead and have them test a UV grown sample of GG#4 to compare to my other test.

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I look forward to hearing about the results!

caretak3r said:

@FranJan , I've seen 730nm induce stretch when I used a "full spectrum" vanq cob (the newer Pink looking ones). I've seen several others note the seeing stretch in flower when using 730nm. Did you see the same with illumitex?

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I've used F1 and F3s to veg with and I'm a heavy HST trainer who previously only used CFLs to veg. The amount of 730nm is about 1 to 2% of the total rad output on both models so in veg they don't stretch. They will stretch your plants a bit when you train heavy, the F3 especially since the blue content is lower, which was a big difference from my CFLs which never stretched anything. Now having said all that I have a SourD x SourOG and it seems to stretch to shit when grown, (flowering or vegging), with F3s as compared to COBs and Hans panels, so there's always that genetic/strain thing going on. IMHO, with flowering, it's really strain dependent, my Black Widow, which I've grown under many different LEDs, does not stretch under Illumitex.

Here's a Devil, started with CREE XPE and now hanging under ~24 watts of Illumitex. Is it stretched ?

Organic Miner said:

Just finished a grow using this "monster cropping" technique. No joking, I had some monster buds off my "Cherry Pie". Need to find some some pics to upload.

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after doing this i think it was almost too dense. was like a football shaped plant of 8 or 9 colas together

would rock face in a scrog i think if opened up a bit.

stonedhedge for real