I've been smoking the UVB bud for a couple days now. I like the act smoking itself. My normal procedure of two tokes then a toke every 45 minutes does not give the desired results.
I spent a lot of time napping recently. More than three tokes in rapid succession puts me to sleep about 45 minutes later. The clones budded in the main room do not do this.
This nap effect is from the creep, this UVB bud keeps working the mind for 45 minutes after ingestion, then the high stabilizes and fades over the next two hours.
My smoking habit changed to a toke every two hours yesterday, much less napping.
Personal highs are difficult to explain, but this is better in every respect (at the proper low dose) discernable over the control, as well as being more potent per toke.
This is a win-win for indica lovers.
Each toke affects my sinuses and eyes, twice to three times the watering.
Does not settle the stomach any better, a bit less effective. I have diabetes, lower GI tract acts hurt when sugar is high, smoking helps. Sativa helps best and this UVB indica helps least.
The 20" plant ended up with 6 lizard lights (24") set vertical 3" out from the lower branch tips. The buds right up against the lights (under 3") came out stunted, otherwise the entire yield was full size. Not larger.
Hairs had a reddish brown core from the second week on, but the count and growth were normal for the buds more than 3" from the tubes.
Trichome count was up slightly, but the actual weight of trichome's was down due to extreme thinness of the stalk and cap. Same creeper effect from the trichome coated shake leaf.
The UVB was fully effective to the maximum 15" penetration this grow required. Math indicates it should be good to 25".
Off topic, but math also indicates particles escaping from a black hole are in reality particles going into the black hole using reverse time. So much for my trust in math, I test first, then spend money.
The plant indicated it was ready for harvest at 41 days, close enough to the control so as to be irrelevant.
This is the change to the main budroom:
The ten 24" bulbs from the test will be spread between veg table and main budroom. Two 48" reptisun 10's have been added to the sidelights and four more are coming.
I already run 18 aquarium T8's at $22 each so $30 per tube for UVB isn't that big a change in expenses. Thank goodness the green requirements can be fully met with any $3 residential bulb out there, the 12 of them cost less than any 2 of the other bulbs.
But still, I am shelling out hard cash, my money is going where I feel it gives the best return.
My grow with Northern Lights and UVB. Small doses did not give this improvement, UVA gave no improvement at all. Many variables must be factored in and your results will most certainly vary, odds are a 50/50 split for being better or not better than these results.