Mr.jiujitsu
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Yea the reptile UV lamp will really bring on the high temps too. Honestly I tried this as a kid like 20years ago - reptile bulb UV for growing is a no go for me.
I also plan on adding a reptile bulb to replace the purple plant lights. 20 bucks.
Most of the lights are being regulated by a standard that really isn’t the say all in the type of light a plant needs. When you see nm that’s the wave length, freq is measured seconds per, now by all the light experts you need these wave lengths , what ever the red and blue measure, which you are getting with pre fabbed set ups. But I don’t even know if some of the lights you would suggest would have these UV wave lengths, because they have have to stick to the standard. I think if I start putting the plant under a 100w of 3% every day, starting at 5min, upping the minutes through out the cycle, you will get a beneficial result. Not sure though. But PAR and lux are just a piece of the puzzle.
Most of the lights are being regulated by a standard that really isn’t the say all in the type of light a plant needs. When you see nm that’s the wave length, freq is measured seconds per, now by all the light experts you need these wave lengths , what ever the red and blue measure, which you are getting with pre fabbed set ups. But I don’t even know if some of the lights you would suggest would have these UV wave lengths, because they have have to stick to the standard. I think if I start putting the plant under a 100w of 3% every day, starting at 5min, upping the minutes through out the cycle, you will get a beneficial result. Not sure though. But PAR and lux are just a piece of the puzzle.
I like that red one.Fun stuff!
I have thought about adding some UV. I just recently upgraded my flower light fixture. Replacing 4 boards with new v2 versions and adding 4, 48 red and deep red at 4:1 strips. What I like about these is I can upgrade and modify as I want. Whatever I don’t use I can sell or build fixtures for friends. If you ever decide your interested I have all sorts of build info.
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I like that red one.
if you're gonna spend that much on that junk light, you could spend a little more and get a proper one like @Mr.jiujitsu said. otherwise you'll just spend nearly the same and grow a tiny plant which is why its so small right now. lumens is for humans, par is for plants. if you're into DIY, scope out cobkits.com. Good luck
day 22Day 21. Could be a beast could be a vigorous male only time will tell. Pushing its 8th node
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