Okay, now the UVB really interests me.
I got impatient and blasted for 30 minutes around 6:00 p.m. yesterday.
Lights out at midnight and wake up at 4:00. A.m..
The UV Cookie Apple top bud turned toward the UV bar that was most focused on the bud. The other closest bar is more across the next level down.
She was light-seeking towards that source. She really wants it. That's my interpretation and I'm sticking with it. Until I know better.
Now I really want to know.
100 minutes later I go to take a picture and I see she's turned back up.
Okay what is the question and what are the possible methods to finding a solution?
Wtf does commercially available UVB do to cannabis, if anything? Without going all scientifically on the wavelengths because let's face it, we don't get access to cheap scientific level equipment. We will never be sure of the wavelengths our equipment actually produces. And at what moment it stops producing it.
There is a huge amount of conflicting recommendations and studies and information because the bottom line is while few of them know, it really hasn't flowed to the rest of us in a cheap commercially available way that we are sure about. I'm not sure and I've read way too much. I can only try to play with what I got. Or what I can acquire and then recommend.
Number one is I can never reproduce since I can't buy more of these bars. It doesn't matter what this experiment does if I can't say to someone else, here you go.
So I ordered a Migro UVB 310 single bar fluorescent tube. That was 90 bucks with shipping.
That should handle two plants.
And then I ordered a couple of reptile bulbss. Yes, we know it should be BS. But fluorescent bulbs emit a range of wavelengths and I'd be quite happy to hit a couple of plants with a range of UV wavelengths out of those bulbs to see if it had any effect.
ReptiZoo UVB 10.o 26 w
So 10 percent of UVB, clueless on the exact internal spectrum of that, in a 26 w bulb, so that means 2.6 W of some UVB.
I'll put two of those on two plants.
I'll have the UV light on a single side at a slight angle. I want to see if one side of the plant gets more frosty than the other or behaves any differently.
I have to have siblings that go under a standard non-uvb. I will use one of my quantums with the UVB turned off to make sure all the regular grow light is identical. I will keep light shield separation between these three sets of plants.
This is the $6 million man moment. We have the technology. Or at least it's on its way.
I can't use clones because clones are all the same plant and the goal is to blast a seedling and then blast it when it's an adult and compare it to a control group. As well as don't blast seedlings and then blast them later. Always have at least two plants when testing any setup.
There can be additional variations of course. But the key issue is I need fast growing plants that flower early.
Which means these autos are perfect for that. I couldn't imagine doing this in under 5 or 6 months for an experiment. Now I can see I should simply find the fastest one to continue these types of experiments and it will be done in under 3 months. I can do four of these a year without having to deal with separate flowering and veg chambers. Either of these apple strudel or cookie apple will probably do.
I will limit myself to three pairs for each of the runs. I currently have three identical rectangular quantums that will be able to handle it. I can see myself dealing with six plants in this manner but not more and I will not have the downstairs available to me in 7 months. I should be able to do this in a 4x4 tent that I've set up in a shed in the back.
Sorry about this picture quality, basically I'm shoving my phone next to that plant and blindly taking the snap. The screen on the phone is totally unreadable at that point.
When I was in there I got a blast of heat that I thought was unreasonable. Since I was walking in and out I exposed the temperature controller to the wind of me and the doorway. That triggered the heat. That's fine except the heat kept going when it was turned off since it's an electric oil-filled radiator. This will not do.
I love little heaters but I'm sure my cat will knock it over and kill us someday. He's an 18 lb Russian blue that owns the place. So I can never use it without a lot of protection.
So I built a cage around it.
And now I have wall of wind and warmth.
I got impatient and blasted for 30 minutes around 6:00 p.m. yesterday.
Lights out at midnight and wake up at 4:00. A.m..
The UV Cookie Apple top bud turned toward the UV bar that was most focused on the bud. The other closest bar is more across the next level down.
She was light-seeking towards that source. She really wants it. That's my interpretation and I'm sticking with it. Until I know better.
Now I really want to know.
100 minutes later I go to take a picture and I see she's turned back up.
Okay what is the question and what are the possible methods to finding a solution?
Wtf does commercially available UVB do to cannabis, if anything? Without going all scientifically on the wavelengths because let's face it, we don't get access to cheap scientific level equipment. We will never be sure of the wavelengths our equipment actually produces. And at what moment it stops producing it.
There is a huge amount of conflicting recommendations and studies and information because the bottom line is while few of them know, it really hasn't flowed to the rest of us in a cheap commercially available way that we are sure about. I'm not sure and I've read way too much. I can only try to play with what I got. Or what I can acquire and then recommend.
Number one is I can never reproduce since I can't buy more of these bars. It doesn't matter what this experiment does if I can't say to someone else, here you go.
So I ordered a Migro UVB 310 single bar fluorescent tube. That was 90 bucks with shipping.
That should handle two plants.
And then I ordered a couple of reptile bulbss. Yes, we know it should be BS. But fluorescent bulbs emit a range of wavelengths and I'd be quite happy to hit a couple of plants with a range of UV wavelengths out of those bulbs to see if it had any effect.
ReptiZoo UVB 10.o 26 w
So 10 percent of UVB, clueless on the exact internal spectrum of that, in a 26 w bulb, so that means 2.6 W of some UVB.
I'll put two of those on two plants.
I'll have the UV light on a single side at a slight angle. I want to see if one side of the plant gets more frosty than the other or behaves any differently.
I have to have siblings that go under a standard non-uvb. I will use one of my quantums with the UVB turned off to make sure all the regular grow light is identical. I will keep light shield separation between these three sets of plants.
This is the $6 million man moment. We have the technology. Or at least it's on its way.
I can't use clones because clones are all the same plant and the goal is to blast a seedling and then blast it when it's an adult and compare it to a control group. As well as don't blast seedlings and then blast them later. Always have at least two plants when testing any setup.
There can be additional variations of course. But the key issue is I need fast growing plants that flower early.
Which means these autos are perfect for that. I couldn't imagine doing this in under 5 or 6 months for an experiment. Now I can see I should simply find the fastest one to continue these types of experiments and it will be done in under 3 months. I can do four of these a year without having to deal with separate flowering and veg chambers. Either of these apple strudel or cookie apple will probably do.
I will limit myself to three pairs for each of the runs. I currently have three identical rectangular quantums that will be able to handle it. I can see myself dealing with six plants in this manner but not more and I will not have the downstairs available to me in 7 months. I should be able to do this in a 4x4 tent that I've set up in a shed in the back.
Sorry about this picture quality, basically I'm shoving my phone next to that plant and blindly taking the snap. The screen on the phone is totally unreadable at that point.
When I was in there I got a blast of heat that I thought was unreasonable. Since I was walking in and out I exposed the temperature controller to the wind of me and the doorway. That triggered the heat. That's fine except the heat kept going when it was turned off since it's an electric oil-filled radiator. This will not do.
I love little heaters but I'm sure my cat will knock it over and kill us someday. He's an 18 lb Russian blue that owns the place. So I can never use it without a lot of protection.
So I built a cage around it.
And now I have wall of wind and warmth.