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Turn your LED down a bit because these will add a lot to the plants. Be sure and watch for heat stress and meter check your lights with these.
Good post above ...i would say that was likely due to ancillary environmental factors including possibly nutrition. LED demands a tiny bit more of just about everything -- temps, RH, calmag, base nutes... it takes a few runs to really dial in what the plants want with em. i think that's 90% why a lot of HID growers that make the switch bitch about yield and quality because it really is like switching mediums. It takes a run or three to really get everything dialed right.
Im doing it this is great advice! Thanks for the info! Maybe you mentioned this before but... how many hours during the cycle should I run these? The entire time? Others on here commented about only needing to run them a smaller portion of your overall light on time. Sine they are gonna pull a lot of juice maybe there is a sweet spot for ample results yet minimal electricity pull. Any suggestions?Turn your LED down a bit because these will add a lot to the plants. Be sure and watch for heat stress and meter check your lights with these.
We run them with the regular lights, 12/12. Like I said, turn your LED's down a bit, and turn your fan up.Im doing it this is great advice! Thanks for the info! Maybe you mentioned this before but... how many hours during the cycle should I run these? The entire time? Others on here commented about only needing to run them a smaller portion of your overall light on time. Sine they are gonna pull a lot of juice maybe there is a sweet spot for ample results yet minimal electricity pull. Any suggestions?
What light meter settin did you find satisfaction with?I have considered this as well. But my lights cover an entire 4x4 space with only slots open between the light bars. This run, I moved the LEDs much closer (after using light meter to verify that it wasn't too much). I've got great trichs now, but always looking for something to boost the yield.
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Jesus where'd u buy em?Went to buy 4, only had three single T5s. So grabbed em and 2 of 3 pure UV bulbs were duds. The glass to aluminum “welds” were all fucked up. Gonna plug a digital timer with 8 on:off into my mechanical water heater timer that way
HTG, Agromax is there brand. They totally made it right. And got a good deal. But honestly I’d pay more to not have to fuck around.Jesus where'd u buy em?
Full spectrum LEDs are fine by them selfs, I don’t think it would hurt to add more spectrum, especially UVs, but up to youOk so I have a bunch of quantum board style LEDs now with Samsung LM301Bs and a scattering of red and IR. Is it worth the money and hassle to add UV. I was leaning towards agromax pure UV based on research.
I’m all LEDs now. My HPS grows did seem to have bigger calyx and trichs but o also changed other variables. So to all the LED only growers using these full spectrum (3000K and 5000K) Samsung diodes, is it worth it???
I added far red and IR, and the reds have seemed to ramp up flowering and speed up maturation. I'm not sold on UVA 380nm type LED that is on many current fixtures. It adds blue light but it's the UVB roughly 310nm that seems to increase resin production. There are lights out there that have this as an add on option however reptile lights will do the same thing and are cheaper to buy.Full spectrum LEDs are fine by them selfs, I don’t think it would hurt to add more spectrum, especially UVs, but up to you
i would say it's wasted electricity from my understanding of the purpose.Can someone on here tell me the suggested amount of hours that UV reptile bulbs should be running during veg? In my 18 hour cycle Im running the bulbs for 30min at a time spread out 5 times through the cycle. So in total 2.5 hours for an 18hour cycle. Is this too much? Too little? any info would be helpful thanks.
OK. So please give me some feedback. if 2.5 hours is a waste of electricity then what isn't a waste of electricity? 1 hour? How long should I be running these?i would say it's wasted electricity from my understanding of the purpose.
Yes, I was using reptile UV bulbs, and yea I think 380 is too high, 280-320 is better to trigger the plants defense mechanism.I added far red and IR, and the reds have seemed to ramp up flowering and speed up maturation. I'm not sold on UVA 380nm type LED that is on many current fixtures. It adds blue light but it's the UVB roughly 310nm that seems to increase resin production. There are lights out there that have this as an add on option however reptile lights will do the same thing and are cheaper to buy.
I'm using UVB for the first time this grow and judging by stickiness and smell, it seems to be working very well. I'll know in a couple of weeks
I would say wait till flower. Not sure what the end goal is running it in veg is all I'm saying. If the goal is to produce more terpenes and trichomes, a plant isn't primarily focused on those things in veg.OK. So please give me some feedback. if 2.5 hours is a waste of electricity then what isn't a waste of electricity? 1 hour? How long should I be running these?
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