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[PlumberSoCal2]

That last one is a pet peeve of mine. I'll just glare at them and then walk away when they want to axed me a question. That and when people use "ironically" instead of "coincidentally".

 

[Ninjadogma]

Trying this again. My lady’s friend asking for some advice. They don’t know the wattage on it. They are using fax farms potting soil. Not happy frog or ocean forest. They are using some feed I’ve never heard of.View attachment 2621329here’s the light.View attachment 2621330View attachment 2621331they are watering every 3-4 days which I think is too soon for plants that small. What do you think they’ve done here other than cook them?View attachment 2621332View attachment 2621333

Might want to ask about that every 3-4 day watering because I have a feeling they're only watering enough to get the dirt moist. It would explain the fried look.

 

[Ninjadogma]

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Reminds me of that old one of funny notes teachers have gotten from parents. "Please excuse Suzie from gym class today. She is administrating."

 

[MartyMcFly42oh]

 

[Ninjadogma]

Do you think a decarboxylator is worth the price? Should one go for Nebula or are there better brands? I decarb in the oven now like it's 1998 like Cookie girl taught me. If you remember her.

If you have an electric pressure cooker at home, its a really nice clean way to decarb your weed. Put it in a sealed mason jar and pressure cook for 40 minutes. Don't start the timer until it reaches pressure, and after 40 minutes, do a quick release. Easy peasy. The frustrating part for me is infusion because slow cookers would work perfectly... if they had any kind of temperature control. I just use a pot on the stove for infusion because at least I can adjust the fukn burner.

 

[grayoldnproud]

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Nahhhhh but I'll try a piece of this....(AI can be fun!)

 

[grayoldnproud]

 

[PlumberSoCal2]

Nahhhhh but I'll try a piece of this....(AI can be fun!)
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[grayoldnproud]

Rainy day so....

 

[grayoldnproud]

Last one.

Happy Easter Farmers!

 

[Ninjadogma]

Fuck yeah. Just got news I've got another grandkid on the way in September.

 

[MartyMcFly42oh]

Fuck yeah. Just got news I've got another grandkid on the way in September.

Congratulations

 

[Putthataway]

Nahhhhh but I'll try a piece of this....(AI can be fun!)
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It can’t get shit right. It gave her a paw.

 

[grayoldnproud]

It can’t get shit right. It gave her a paw.

Yeah but WTH, it's fun to mess with. I mean how else are we gonna see Halle as a Chocolate bunny.

 

[expat]

Fuck yeah. Just got news I've got another grandkid on the way in September.

Awesome, congratulations

 

[SunshineSupergirl]

HEY GUYS.

I NEED a UV light that can supplement both my top and bottom shelves.

Something with a crane neck maybe.
Or something similar.
Using the same plug etc.

For my Window Grow

Under $30.

Just a little somethin' somethin'.

 

[expat]

Can you fart and swallow at the same time? This is a serious science experiment

 

[expat]

HEY GUYS.

I NEED a UV light that can supplement both my top and bottom shelves.

Something with a crane neck maybe.
Or something similar.
Using the same plug etc.

For my Window Grow

Under $30.

Just a little somethin' somethin'.

Amazon has reasonably cheap UV lights that's made for reptiles, maybe up to 40w or so. I don't have any experience of my own in supplementing UV more than those little diodes that don't do shit in old quantum boards.

 

[Florida_Mike]

HEY GUYS.

I NEED a UV light that can supplement both my top and bottom shelves.

Something with a crane neck maybe.
Or something similar.
Using the same plug etc.

For my Window Grow

Under $30.

Just a little somethin' somethin'.

Why a UV light?

For indoor cannabis, UV is not a magic yield booster, and the best current controlled studies do not show a dependable commercial payoff from adding UV. A 2021 Frontiers study found UVB caused stress symptoms and did not produce commercially relevant gains in yield or secondary metabolites, and a 2022 follow-up found that while higher regular light intensity increased yield, added UVA+UVB still gave no commercially relevant benefit to indoor production. A 2024 study reported some cultivar- and spectrum-specific shifts, including a linalool increase at one low-UVA setting, but it also found reduced growth under some UV treatments and decreases in THC-related measures under UV, so it is not a clean “UV helps” story.

So the practical grower answer is this: if your goal is better indoor flower, money and effort are usually better spent on solid PPFD, canopy management, temperature, humidity, root-zone health, and stable nutrition than on adding UV fixtures. The research so far says UV is more likely to be a niche experiment than a proven production tool.

UV can absolutely hurt people’s eyes. The danger depends on the type. UVC is the most immediately nasty from artificial lamps: the FDA says direct UVC exposure can cause skin burns and eye injuries called photokeratitis, can happen after seconds to minutes, and some people can be unable to use their eyes for one to two days after exposure. CDC/NIOSH also warns that UV energy directed or reflected into occupied space can cause temporary eye or skin damage.

Brief UVC exposure is more famous for causing a very painful, usually temporary corneal injury rather than permanent blindness; the FDA says those UVC injuries usually resolve within about a week and that permanent vision loss risk from UVC is thought to be low. But long-term UVA/UVB exposure is linked to cataracts and other eye damage, which absolutely can reduce vision over time.

For a grow room, the safe rule is simple: do not use unshielded UVC around people, do not look at any UV source directly, and do not assume “plant light” means “eye-safe.” If you experiment with UV at all, keep it out of occupied eye level, use proper shielding and timers, and wear eye and skin protection rated for the lamp’s actual wavelength. CDC also notes UV-C can damage plants in the disinfection zone, so UVC is a poor choice for crop lighting anyway.

My plain answer: UVA may be an optional experiment, UVB is risky and not clearly worth it, and UVC should be treated as a hazard, not a grow enhancer.

 

[Florida_Mike]

It can’t get shit right. It gave her a paw.

You won't be laughing when you can't tell what is real or fake anymore. It's almost here in higher end models and quality is increasing exponentially. So while it presently makes a lot of mistakes; that won't always be the case, and in a very short time frame....

My latest "painting on the wall" Is a quote from an essay I just wrote about this very subject....

Michael Speaks-Ramblings of an old fool. This is a thread about nothing in particular. All are welcomed (even the dicks)

TRUST IN THE AGE OF AI We are moving into an age where evidence is cheap, certainty is expensive, and trust may become the rarest commodity on earth. That is not just a clever line. It may be one of the defining conditions of the century. For most of human history, seeing was enough. A...

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