its all about the penetration imo iv read that denser buds are coming from 400hps than a single 315cmh. i have the hydrofarm 315 setup used it in veg but i would trade it for two 400hps ballast anyday.
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It's a proven fact that there's a direct relationship between UV exposure and potency. Some hps have a little UV but they can't touch halides or led.
Each individual diode produces its own single specific frequency of light. You can get diodes that produce UV and there are quite a few commercial led grow light manufacturers that include UV diodes in their fixtures. I'd just suggest that you look into it since you obviously don't know what you're talking about.leds dont have UV....
They actually have some side by side grows where a guy runs 3 - 315 cmh hoods. ( 945w.) Vs 1000w.hps on a mover. Guy ended up yielding roughly the same if not, a bit more then the hps side. Thc analysis came back higher on cmh side. One of the only downsides was a higher leaf to bud ratio. The idea is there is so much unusable light in a pure hps spectrum. With the CMH spectrums, the plant is actually able to photosynthesize more of the light being emitted to it with a much better match to the sun's spectrum. Which is probably people see an increase in terps and bud color. I have a couple harvests under my belt and decided to grab a Nanolux 630cmh. After 2 weeks , buds are turning vibrant colors for the first time ever. My death star og is becoming covered in purple calyxes ( no , not from nitrogen tox) and my blueberry kush is beginning to show blue hints. I'm going to be starting a grow journal here soon of trying to scrog 4 different strains in my 4x4 again . Blue Dream. Purple Urkle x GSC. Purple Diesel. And a Gorilla Glue #4 cut that I took during flowering . It took a while to start tooting. But my oh my she is growing sooo fast now after her first transplant
Name one good LED that uses UV LED diodes. I'd suggest you look into it cause you are clueless kid.
BlackdogName one good LED that uses UV LED diodes. I'd suggest you look into it cause you are clueless kid.
Here's a chart of a popular brand of LEDs, tell me where the UV light is
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1538/8585/products/QB288_388_spectrum_5328c697-3746-465d-8e1f-5bc9834e5378_1024x1024.png?v=1492988517
Those are pretty much some of the worst LEDs on the market besides fluence and fluence fixtures contain no UV light, pretty sure the rest of them may claim they do but do not have UV either. You might want to do some research about LEDs and not run your mouth to someone that has run LED's for over 5 years.
Fluence has a UV specific supplemental fixture. Regardless of the brand's quality there are UV led's, they are used in agriculture, and if you have no UV in your gardens spectrum you're missing out on an important biological function that influences quality and yield.
UV LEDs are garbage, if you got an LED that has them in it your LED is garbage. You might want to do some research into how inefficient those are and how you are using technology from 2008 and not updated top bin LEDs. You obviously are new to growing, you might wanna take some hints from more experienced people instead of spouting idiotic comments that make you look uneducated.
I've been growing for twenty years. I've never used led but that's irrelevant since I haven't said anything about their effectiveness but only that the UV led's do in fact exist.
The vast majority of LEDs used for growing plants do not contain ANY UV light , including all COB fixtures. If your fixture has UV light you bought a garbage fixture that uses ancient technology. You might wanna read up about how to supplement LED spectrum with T5 , that's what skilled LED users do, and if you never used LEDs why are you speaking about them it's obvious they are beyond your grasp. Just even linking blackdog and kind led shows your understanding for current LEDs, if you think blurple LEDs are even remotely good you are beyond clueless.
Hey Yoda..from an obviously experienced LED grower..do you find the only ones worth the trouble are COBS ? Whether bought or home buit kits?
COB's are good but white monos are good too, look into samsung chips for high efficiency they seem to be the best on the market currently.
Again, I never said anything at all about how good they are. All I said was that there are UV led's. Is that really too hard for you to comprehend? Just in case you didn't get it that was both a rhetorical question and sarcasm. I'm done with this conversation.