Testing/ UV added to LED setup

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Or_Gro wrote:
Sun Jul 07, 2019 4:57 pm
How’s upping the uv time going?
2nd or 3rd day now of straight 1hr uv. Fixture was @ 15" above, they've grown into in abit now @ 12".

They seem healthy and praying, i can see the stress the uv produces and how they respond. slight sunburn symptoms/ no slowing of growth yet...and maybe a little mag def..looks like getting bit heavy on the nitrogen possibly

It's interesting when the uv comes on, the plants react immediately, so I know they've receiving uv, they immediately start stinking, then when the uv goes off, the smell fades abit. I wanna make sure i dont give them too much too early... containing myself is not easy too do ... :D
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Time for some more defol later today
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smt69 wrote:
Mon Jul 08, 2019 8:20 am
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Time for some more defol later today
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Healthy, healthy, healthy!
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Day 9 into 12/12 , defol cleanup n some tent cleaning.

UV still simmering at one hour straight and i've returned to 12" above canopy/ petentration seems more uniform and they seem to take this amount without issues...Ive adjusted the time to add 15min and check in 2 days



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I defol'd heavy like this 2 runs back,(diff strain) and they just grew sticks of bud, my prefered method now, so I'm attempting this technique again ....(ofcourse i got this from or gro)...it seems so much easier during flower to maintain then the scrog i did 1st the run but much better airflow.
edit: DWC also seems so much easier for me btw too, coco was a btch to keep them happy.
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800ppfd total/1 hr 15min uv @ 12"
need to raise the right plant up tonight so it's even with the canopy


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Your last result was pretty good, looking forward to seeing the result of this.
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TEKNIK wrote:
Thu Jul 11, 2019 1:28 am
Your last result was pretty good, looking forward to seeing the result of this.
Thx man, it's been an easy run so far, fingers crossed...the added UV is a fun experiment. I can't wait untill someone gets a nice uv led strip(s) available
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Update- running UV bulbs @ 1 and 15minutes, upping to 1 hr 30min total....everything seems ok,....trying to play it safe...

currently 12 days into flower
Light/UV @ 12" / UV on 1hr 15min (turns on about half way thru the day cycle)
Main light @ 55,000lux (800ppfd approx)

the left pheno grows huge fans
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