when to hit em with uvb?

Gquebed

Gquebed

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So i've been researching uvb because my Solar Storms have them built it. What i haven't been able to find is when to use the uvb. I've read early on in flower uvb will bring early trich development. And i've also read that it should be used in the "finishing phase". What is the finishing phase? Last 2,3or 4 weeks?

Also, i thought the built in uvb would be convenient, but not really... i will have to flip the switch on and off on the light rather than use a timer. :/
 
Gquebed

Gquebed

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Ahhh...well that helps a lot guys. I guess i just need to look at the stats on my leds to find out what the % is on the bulbs...
 
fishdeth

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When you look at the places on earth where some of the best outdoor weed comes from, they are in a belt that is rich in UVB.
This comes on every day, veg or flower.
I use a CFL "lizard" bulb (in addition to HPS) and it is on always, I just move it around every day.
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Canon

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fishdeth said:
When you look at the places on earth where some of the best outdoor weed comes from, they are in a belt that is rich in UVB.
This comes on every day, veg or flower.
I use a CFL "lizard" bulb (in addition to HPS) and it is on always, I just move it around every day.
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Have you noticed any significant difference with the little Lizard's Bulb,, or could this be the first grow with it?
Had one gifted to try. Only a couple days with it. So...
 
fishdeth

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Canon said:
Have you noticed any significant difference with the little Lizard's Bulb,, or could this be the first grow with it?
Had one gifted to try. Only a couple days with it. So...
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First grow, period.
The blizzard bulb isn't real strong unless it's close, that's why I move it every day.
Couldn't hurt... Right ?
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Canon

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Thanks. I've the "UVB200" same company. I'm not very confident that I'll actually see anything significant. But the bulb was a donation to try.. then report.
Guess time will tell.
 
Gquebed

Gquebed

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Detroit J420 said:
You wanna follow nature where higher levels of uvb uva etc.. Are in veg/ spring time if you blast them late in flowering your not gonna get a natural high effect...it will make it stronger uvb causes rapid maturing and aging in the tricromes not just trichromes but everything car paint your skin everything...
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This might not be a bad thing. I have to hids in the same room and from what i have read the leds will tKe longer to mature....maybe the uvb will speed that up a bit and they will all finish at the same time? Depends on genentics i guess...

Anyway, so you are saying uvb should be on all the time...just like the sun?
 
Detroit J420

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The parts of the plant that were hit with uvb in veg will be stronger, UV will make your plant darker green more plastic looking, you gotta be real careful when hitting them late in flowering especially with indica dominant strains you can turn everything amber quick not so much with hazez or Sativa's. I played around with some zooalogist uvb lights before it changes the high makes it stronger sometimes it can be a weird high though, now all I use is a nice 400 M/H for veg. But I'm glad I experimented and you should too. You can learn from them bulbs
 
cannawizard

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Detroit J420 said:
The parts of the plant that were hit with uvb in veg will be stronger, UV will make your plant darker green more plastic looking, you gotta be real careful when hitting them late in flowering especially with indica dominant strains you can turn everything amber quick not so much with hazez or Sativa's. I played around with some zooalogist uvb lights before it changes the high makes it stronger sometimes it can be a weird high though, now all I use is a nice 400 M/H for veg. But I'm glad I experimented and you should too. You can learn from them bulbs
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I have also noticed that too with indica-dom strains were more prone to UVB (500+ u/cw2 levels) than pure sativas (landrace/asia).. I guess even with higher levels of UVB exposure, sativas won't mature faster-- but more research needs to be done with ultraviolet & cannabis, that whole (enzymatic trich changes) under the microscope is still fuzzy~
 
Detroit J420

Detroit J420

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cannawizard said:
I have also noticed that too with indica-dom strains were more prone to UVB (500+ u/cw2 levels) than pure sativas (landrace/asia).. I guess even with higher levels of UVB exposure, sativas won't mature faster-- but more research needs to be done with ultraviolet & cannabis, that whole (enzymatic trich changes) under the microscope is still fuzzy~
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Could it be that UVB levels are high at the equator where hazes and sativa dom evolved that's why there less prone to rapid tri maturation? Imma look it up
 
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