Green Puddin
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Whats the price tag on them bad boys?HLG 30w UVA bars is what I have, but not used yet. Johnny has been using them with wicked results.
Whats the price tag on them bad boys?HLG 30w UVA bars is what I have, but not used yet. Johnny has been using them with wicked results.
Google is your friend bud.Whats the price tag on them bad boys?
There are more cost effective options on page 1 of the discussionMan I wish the Canadian dollar was stronger View attachment 4861661
Have you ran the cutter ones?There are more cost effective options on page 1 of the discussion
I don't know about the DIY ones but the HLG ones are built really solid. You can tell they will last a long time and are passive cooled. I have 2 mounted to my lights (so same distance set as my lights). Each seems to do a 4x4 or 4x5 area and they are 30W. I do not know offhand what diode they use.
Leds are good at producing UVA and UVB and the technology gets better every year.Are uv led very effective yet? I run 4 ft solacure t12 bulbs. 2 per 1000w hps. From what I have read led's are shitty at producing uva and uvb especially. I looked at the migro uvb bulbs to hit just the vr8 receptor, for tricome production, but I went with the solacure bulb that will do that and more. It replicates the uv from the sun. I want to replicate the sun with hps and uva and uvb.
No offense Shane, I love all your videos and will give you shit tons of credit for leading the way in led info and tech for all us dumb asses! Thanks man
I can only speak for the hlg units I have but for 60 watts (2 units) when I turn all the other lights off and only the UV lights on it's complete blacklight scenario everything's glowing it really spreads far and is quite effective at 4 to 5 ft from the light. it really seems to me like it's quite effective and will last much longer than a t12 bulb.. like forever longer and over time will be much cheaper too.Are uv led very effective yet? I run 4 ft solacure t12 bulbs. 2 per 1000w hps. From what I have read led's are shitty at producing uva and uvb especially. I looked at the migro uvb bulbs to hit just the vr8 receptor, for tricome production, but I went with the solacure bulb that will do that and more. It replicates the uv from the sun. I want to replicate the sun with hps and uva and uvb.
No offense Shane, obviously you are selling t8 bulbs for the same reason, led's suck for uv. I love all your videos and will give you shit tons of credit for leading the way in led info and tech for all us dumb asses! Thanks man
In addition as I've seen elsewhere mentioned, a usually pm prone environment has 0 pm... And this is why you might run it for a short duration always veg flower whatever.I can only speak for the hlg units I have but for 60 watts (2 units) when I turn all the other lights off and only the UV lights on it's complete blacklight scenario everything's glowing it really spreads far and is quite effective at 4 to 5 ft from the light. it really seems to me like it's quite effective and will last much longer than a t12 bulb.. like forever longer and over time will be much cheaper too.
As the one professor said in the video, UVa/b will make the plants more rugged and less susceptible to disease and pest. I already know this from my experiments giving it to my plants in veg for 45 minutes a day towards the end of the day in 3x15 minute intervals with about an hour in-between. They are shorter, with less inter-node space as well as seem to branch out a bit more? Also they are way sturdier plants. I grow in rock-wool in hydro and usually the plants are all falling over even though I supplement with potassium silicate. They are way more sturdy now.I ran my hlg. Two days on. One off with great results.
I just entered flower and will be running my solarcures for 15 minutes every hour. I think that this is one of those learning what works best for each particular garden situations. I've used california light works fixtures with uv. However, there was no way to cycle them it was done manually.As the one professor said in the video, UVa/b will make the plants more rugged and less susceptible to disease and pest. I already know this from my experiments giving it to my plants in veg for 45 minutes a day towards the end of the day in 3x15 minute intervals with about an hour in-between. They are shorter, with less inter-node space as well as seem to branch out a bit more? Also they are way sturdier plants. I grow in rock-wool in hydro and usually the plants are all falling over even though I supplement with potassium silicate. They are way more sturdy now.
As the professors said, pulsing is the key so I will be doing some experimentation with pulsing in 15 minute intervals instead in the next 4 weeks as I approach the last two weeks of my grow. I do believe growing weed indoors is all about experimenting as no one has all the answers yet.
hey you have more experience with it than me but I think I read on solacure a website that multiple ignition is harder on the bulbs. And so running so intermittent could give you shorter bulb life.I just entered flower and will be running my solarcures for 15 minutes every hour. I think that this is one of those learning what works best for each particular garden situations. I've used california light works fixtures with uv. However, there was no way to cycle them it was done manually.View attachment 4876300
I just entered flower and will be running my solarcures for 15 minutes every hour. I think that this is one of those learning what works best for each particular garden situations. I've used california light works fixtures with uv. However, there was no way to cycle them it was done manually.View attachment 4876300
Based on this I am going to change my flowering pulsation to match what you highlighted for flowering. I love the added powdered mildew control as well. Seems to me this is more what a plant would experience from the sun rather than one day off or on but what do I know. I just like experimenting.