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Funny thing is...I have a MH in my flower room right now. Just because that's what i have available. It could work out for me better than i thought.
So you may be sacrificing bud size for potency?
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Funny thing is...I have a MH in my flower room right now. Just because that's what i have available. It could work out for me better than i thought.
So you may be sacrificing bud size for potency?
I just read Roseman's thread about CFLs and thought is was very good. Here is the link: CFL Light Tutorial
I was particularly interested in his #6 post on the thread concerning duel spectrum lighting for 'more potent' buds. Excellent if true! Quoting Roseman here "As many of you may have heard or read before, Cool lighting (6500k) introduces a UVB spectrum that benefits the potency of the buds our plants are producing." With 'potency' being the key here!
Last night I swapped out my four 26w soft white CFLs with 4 Daylight CFLs (blue spectrum) and will run them through till harvest. I still have the four 40w CFLs (soft white) in use along with the HPS. I may (as he suggests) switch out the HPS with my MH for the last couple weeks of the grow. He explains this also. Please let me know your opinion on this. It is not a common practice and may not be common knowledge either.
The following photos are relevant to my earlier post from today. For those of you that missed it, I've copied it for you.
These first two photos illustrate my usage of the duel light spectrum. You can see the amber/red and the blue.
Here's some photos of the grow from today (27 days flower).
Secondary cola from Fatleaf
I'm interested in what you all think about using duel spectrum lighting for flower. I know that it was once suggested on this thread by someone. It wasn't till I read Roseman's article that I was convinced to try it out. If it effects potency as he states, then it is definitely worth trying.
I just got off the phone with a friend and we discussed this issue. He said the bulb needs to be in the 10k spectrum. This is the spectrum the reaches to the deep ocean floors. Can anyone confirm or deny this?
10k? Isn't that towards UV (critter light?)? Humm if it is UV-B then that is supposed to help trichome production since that is one of their jobs is to block that.
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10k? Isn't that towards UV (critter light?)? Humm if it is UV-B then that is supposed to help trichome production since that is one of their jobs is to block that.
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Yup thats pretty close to the way he explained it. He knows his shit. His garden was featured in High Times in 98'. I trust what he tells me.
So it makes sense?
Munki used a UV-B light and it looked to vastly improve trichome production.
I am pretty sure that isn't hearsay.
I am not sure if it attributed to my trichome production or mostly my dry climate. I run a couple Ozone bulbs in my room, they don't help crap with smell like they were suppose to but maybe they add a tiny amount of ozone to the air. And it is suppose to aid in trichome production.
My sugar leaves were so coated they swelled like a succulent from the inability to transpire (I guess that is why). You can see it clearly on Munki's grow.
Anything to improve potency on the cheap is good.
I am not sure if it attributed to my trichome production or mostly my dry climate. I run a couple Ozone bulbs in my room, they don't help crap with smell like they were suppose to but maybe they add a tiny amount of ozone to the air. And it is suppose to aid in trichome production.
My sugar leaves were so coated they swelled like a succulent from the inability to transpire (I guess that is why). You can see it clearly on Munki's grow.
Anything to improve potency on the cheap is good.
High Woods!
I was reading up on your lighting plans and if I were you I'd stick with the HPS through flowering. With those cool CFLs you'll be adding in lots of extra blue light and the red light and higher lumens of the HPS would be better IMO. The grow I did before my Kush journal my 1000W Sunmaster bulb blew out and I did the last 5 weeks of flower with a standard $35 MH bulb. I was not happy with the results. The high was great but the buds were airy and calyxs small. I had a 400W HPS but never thought to toss it in with the MH. That might have made a big difference to my yield. I could have replaced the 1000W MH with a 400W MH as I have that too.
I'm learning new things here all the time as well.
Hello LR, thanks for stepping into the discussion. Is the theory correct that using both light spectrum's to increase potency as Roseman states?
Hell if it works, I'm going to buy an old tanning bed and use one half as a light in the last 2 weeks. Thats got to throw out tons of UV right? Could prolly pick up an old used one for pretty cheap.