mylar question about color

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ReinventinBudz

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okay i forget what it is, and i know i can look it up (and i will before i try it) but there are mylar sheets that are colored. and i know it seems stupid but the plant absorbs more red during flowering and blue during vegitation (or visaversa blue=flow red=veg?). so since mylar reflect like what is it 70-90 ish percent, if it were colored it would still reflect that light but now it will have more red right (or blue).

this is probably a stupid idea, but if i can make it grow two inches taller then i will. i mean i setup uvb lamps throughout it just because i heard that the plant produces more thc using uvb rays. i am willing to try anything. and seems no one has posted anything about colored mylar that i can find. i mean i know there is colored mylar i just don't know if it will help the plant, heck for all i know it could hurt it?

i appriciate the help if anyone knows if it would make a difference. otherwise i will keep this post up to date with the progress when i end up doing this to test it.

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what iv`e learned is that thc is in the genes and no lights can produce more of it. it may make buds larger so there is more smoke but the thc is the same. i may be wrong but thats the research iv`e read from a buddy at our university that works that dept.
 
The Colored Stuff you are thinking of isnt mylar.

Mylar is PET film, the stuff you are thinking of is often used as stuffing paper for birthday presents and such, it is similar and shiny just like mylar but its reflective properties are far less, as well it is microns thin and not really suitable in a harsh enviroment.
 
Owned. I believe that is indeed mylar reinventing budz. Although I never considered colored mylar, I did have a similar question about colored saran wrap. Knowing what we do about vegging and the blue spectrum and so forth, would covering a light in blue (or red) saran wrap provide more of that particular light spectrum for the plant or am i too new to realize the stupidity of this question?
 
doesnt sound to stupid it might help. although it might take out lumens to so i dont think its worth it
 
while things are yes undoubtedly in the genes, i mean i won't ever be 7 feet tall no matter what i do. but i know if the plant get more of what it wants (and sadly it can't just tell us exatly what it wants) then it has more potential of growing to it's full capabilities, right?

i don't disagree with the genes and dna thing, but some studies show that plants use more red and or blue during the different stages of thier life. so i thought if they do, then maybe i should give it to them, i mean i use different lighting just for flowering, why not different mylar. that is assuming the stuff i am talking about is actually mylar. ganjagoddess says it isn't. and it might not be but the freaking web site says it is. i hate website they say one thing and it's the other.

thanks for the input you guys. like i said i am going to at least try sooner or later just to see.
 
As I recall, those giant super-vegs being grown in Alaska seem to be partially the result of those growers using red mulch, fencing, etc . . . so this really could be something well worth looking further into?
 
BornGreen1987 said:
Owned. I believe that is indeed mylar reinventing budz. Although I never considered colored mylar, I did have a similar question about colored saran wrap. Knowing what we do about vegging and the blue spectrum and so forth, would covering a light in blue (or red) saran wrap provide more of that particular light spectrum for the plant or am i too new to realize the stupidity of this question?
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not stupid just have to worry about the syranwrap melting if you have high watt hid or hps etc. and i would worry about the lumen intake of the syranwrap. i mean it is going through the syranwrap so it is probably absorbing something. that is why i wanted to use colored mylar because you would still get the direct lumens from the lamps above just anything bouncing off the sides might have a little more color? possibly?
 
MrFishy said:
As I recall, those giant super-vegs being grown in Alaska seem to be partially the result of those growers using red mulch, fencing, etc . . . so this really could be something well worth looking further into?
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now did they change the colors for each cycle (veg/flo) or was it red the whole way? because that was one thing i was thinking about was if i gave it a constant flowering color even if it was in the veg state (18/6 lighting).

but thanks man i didn't know about that in alaska. do you have any links or anything? i would appriciate it.
 
bonz said:
what iv`e learned is that thc is in the genes and no lights can produce more of it. it may make buds larger so there is more smoke but the thc is the same. i may be wrong but thats the research iv`e read from a buddy at our university that works that dept.
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while light may not be able to produce more of it i have to wonder about that though. i mean i produce white blood cells in my body, and i guarentee that my white blood cell count can increase due to certain environmental stress. so i still wonder if environment can help produce more in the right conditions. and it may not just be light, it could be 5 different stressors or 10 but it would seem like it should be possible? but it also seems like what you said about genes is true too. i am at a cross roads on the subject in my mind. but i think i lean a little tward the gene theory because i mean i can't grow 7 feet tall, i just can't it's not in my genetics. ya know?
 
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ok u guys have u noticed the the wrappiing paper mylar has diifferenty color of shiny shit oun the outside but on the inside of it its alkl silver they chnge the color of ther mylar and lower its properties stikc to the plain silver
 
n00b_marijuana_grower said:
ok u guys have u noticed the the wrappiing paper mylar has diifferenty color of shiny shit oun the outside but on the inside of it its alkl silver they chnge the color of ther mylar and lower its properties stikc to the plain silver
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. . . and the papers design/color flecks off, leaving less than 100% reflective surface, kinda like a scratched mirror.
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I will do some resaerch to see if that truly is mylar.

I am intrigued I was talking about the kinda of stuff that is sometimes put in Birthday presents in bags, kinda like stuffing paper...

Although You wouldnt want to use RED or BLUE of this stuff, and possibly not the Gold either.

They would absorb Red or Blue Or Yellow light, instead of reflect it...

Also that stuff is only .001 microns thick, not a problem if it is taped the inside of a box, but it would tear super easy...

Cheap stuff though...

I'll dig up whatever I can.

I wonder if they make this is green?
 
ReinventinBudz said:
while things are yes undoubtedly in the genes, i mean i won't ever be 7 feet tall no matter what i do. but i know if the plant get more of what it wants (and sadly it can't just tell us exatly what it wants) then it has more potential of growing to it's full capabilities, right?

i don't disagree with the genes and dna thing, but some studies show that plants use more red and or blue during the different stages of thier life. so i thought if they do, then maybe i should give it to them, i mean i use different lighting just for flowering, why not different mylar. that is assuming the stuff i am talking about is actually mylar. ganjagoddess says it isn't. and it might not be but the freaking web site says it is. i hate website they say one thing and it's the other.

thanks for the input you guys. like i said i am going to at least try sooner or later just to see.
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i geusse what i`m trying to say is that ther are more important things to consider than what colour mylar you have to help get that full potential of the plant. is 1 or 2 inches of growth going to make that much more bud in the end. it may even back fire on you and be worse. i`m not saying your wrong, but i would think that iof it realy helped people would be using it instead. try it and let us know. i would rather spend 30 or 40 buck on a better light or something i know will help.
 
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