I've used the Migro UVA/B fluro tube for the last 3-4 runs ..... definitely improves both flavours and potency ...just 2hrs at 'mid-day' only in the last 2/3 weeks of flower.
Some important notes for UV bulbs and fixtures. First, the Fluorescent UV bulbs are better than the LED bulbs. The LED UV is all UV-A, which is not as efficacious as the Tubes that contain more UV-B. Second, if you buy a Fluorescent fixture to use for UV, make sure it is brushed or raw aluminum with no lens or cover over the bulb. Shiny reflective fixtures have a coating to make it shiny which does not actually reflect UV light meaning you are wasting half of the light's output while glass or plastic lenses will block the UV. Third, it is important NOT to run the UV bulbs FULL-time or for long periods of time, run them in a pulsed state for 15 to 30 minutes every few hours during the last few weeks of flower. Finally, nothing is free. The increase of trichomes and terpenes takes energy that is not spent increasing the size of your flower. This means using UV light is a trade off between yield and potency/flavor. A little goes a long way and it is easy to go over-board, so start slow with maybe 15 minutes every 2 hours or 30 minutes every 3 hours during last few weeks of flower. I personally have a 4' Agro-Max "Pure UV" which is 75% UVB and 25% UV-A in a brushed aluminum housing I bought from Amazon for about $75 total. Shane at Migro offers his brushed aluminum UVB310 fixture which is similar to the Agro-Max in spectrum at 75% UVB / 25% UVA making it a quality option on a budget for folks looking to try out UV light. The more expensive Solacure FlowerPower bulbs use a different glass with an internal reflector allowing them to bring a lower spectrum of 100% UVB which is better at stimulating the stress response we want. I haven't used the Solacure bulbs yet, but that is what I will buy for my second tent.
LED UV is whatever the manufacturer decides they want it to be. They could have a complete UVB LED light. The reason you don't see this is because of the costs of the UVB diode currently. This will change drastically over the next few years as LED UVB becomes more common.
Just have to be very careful with the UVB fluorescent tubes, it is a learning curve and easy to burn up foliage, but it takes two to three days to see the damage typically. The uva LEDs are totally safe to run pretty much nonstop
I've been having trouble finding a timer that will do these burst time cycles, can't find anywhere to use with my UVB lights, right now. I'm stuck starting off at a half hour a day increasing to 2 hours, but would like to do the burst settings, any suggestions on where I can find this type of timer would be greatly appreciated
@MrMikeyBmore Hi, plug your lamps into an outlet connected to your wifi or bluetooth; this way you have the ability to program your lighting very easily, straight from your smartphone
I’ve been saying this for years now, this is why sungrown outdoors with lots of care is always better. Not by 1000 times or anything like that it’s just different than indoor in my opinion.
@@willsimmons3492 thats true also ! outside is not productive when it comes to constant supply shops and more importantly customers want their fave stuff all the time 😋
Out of all the folks i watch on youtube for cannabis education you are the one i would love to meet an sit an talk . you have so much knowledge i would love to learn.
I use uv A and uv b and I feel like they make a difference.alot of times the Uv a brings out the purple in the plants.before I had my uv lights the strains I was growing would be normal green but when I got the uv they change colors on me most the time..just my experience.keep up the good content bud....
Red light and low night temperatures effect the pigment, as well as senescence and the pH of the medium will determine the pigment color, blue, purple , red spectrum, coordinates with lower to higher pH. And NOT all strains are capable of color changes in pigment, anthocyanins and whatnot.
When using UvA lights, you will need to slowly incorporate them into the lighting cycle to avoid "sunburning" your foliage and stunting plant growth. There is a slow learning curve to it as you can usually only observe 1 or 2 different scenarios per grow cycle. Here is what I have found works best, but can more than likely still be adjusted to push to min/max turp and flower bulk. Starting on Day 1 of Week 3 of flowering phase slowly incorporate the UvA lights into your 12 hour cycle, starting in the middle (hour 6) of the 12 hour flower cycle: Day1-2: 30 min Day 3: 1 hour Day 4-5: 2 hours Day 6: 2.5 hours Day 7-8: 3 hours Day 9: 3.5 hours Day 10-11: 4 hours Day 12-13: 6 hours Day 14 to maturity 7-10 hrs per 12 hr cycle. I've found dialing back (7-8) during last week of the flower intensifies trich cloudiness to almost a cotton whiteness leaving no clear to marble the white.
The UvA spectrum causes tighter more compact flower growth. This not only bulks up weight per flower from Bract, Ovary, and Ovule swelling through "extreme sexual frustration" caused by the bract/ovule formation being so tight, but also contribute to thicker and taller Terpene production as a defensive mechanism through refraction to displace the otherwise potentially harmful light wave spectrum.
Hold on are you saying day 14 from the 3rd week of flower the UVB lights should be on for 10-12hours? Doesn't this decrease yield? I normally do 2 hours for the last two weeks. Not sure if it makes a huge difference this way but it's always fire
@@bananas7479 sync it in with your already 12 on/12 off cycle, you do not want to add any light outside of the 12hr on window, and its best to work from the "center out" as far as timing interval introduction, you don't want to start with Uv as soon as the lights come on, even after the 14th day where you can use up to 10, its still best to wait about 15-30min after lights on and dim out about 15-45min before light out. Its almost as if they: "want to wake up and feel good about the day before they step outside and realize they need sunscreen" instead of: "get woken up by a bright burning light and never woke up happy" if that makes any sense
UV not only helps with increased productivity as far as terpene and cannabinoid percentage. It also helps prevent mold and mildew. It can also kill insects that are vulnerable to UV light. I remember people were getting higher percentages using MH since it has a lot of blue in the spectrum output and the supplemental plasma lights, which contains more of a blue spectrum as well. Although they will soon be obsolete, florescent lights have way more UV than most, if not all, the expensive LED competitors. Happy growing and happy holidays ✌🏾💚
One thing Scotty Heat can also have a positive effect on tricombe Production, same as it does with chillies, if you grow chilli's in a hot environment the spiciness will be stronger Same with weed, but once again you have to find that maximum level it can handle before the plant starts to stress out and die ✌️🇦🇺love the Channel man and the DGC 🌱
I have to say. Theres not many growers that i know that doesn't use that recharge. i have been using it for about a year now. I also must say . It works very well.
I just got a new arcadia 12% uvb bulb for my geard dragon. She's been upgraded and now needs a longer one. So i will have a 12 % top line uvb/ uva, it's strong. 15 minutes every 3 hours is the plan. Thanks for this episode
Lots of great information ! I'm not able to grow cannabis because I live in Indiana but I like learning all aspects of gardening and farming . I saw something about sulfur increases the terps in cannabis so my mind went straight to the tillage radish . Holy cow if you never smelled them decaying in the field your missing out lol . I would imagine the sulfur from those tillage radishes would give a wonderful flavor to the terps as bad as they stink . Thanks for sharing and have a Merry Christmas !
I have been running the hlg u v a 30 watt bar lights now for about a year and a half I also use Rapid LED has a set of bars called exotic bars which essentially are the same thing is the Bulls have been working awesome can definitely see a difference in colors trichome production Terrapins and smell have all been increased I definitely think everyone should try this if that is what they are interested in growing
I've been using a cali lightworks uvb light for three years. I start the last three weeks. Mid day slowly bringing up the time every day about two hours at the end. They work well . My last grow i got the same effect only using for one week. So im now only using it for that short time now.
On the ball forcibly paying attention Scotty is my favorite Scotty. I have to be very medicated to enjoy Scottus intruptus. Recharge 🤘🏻🔥🔥 grow dots when I use it again it will be as top dressing, I used mixed well into my soil, had more leaf burn than I'm comfortable with. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Did you have a bunch of dry back, if you let the media dry out to much with the Grow Dots it will cause salt build ups which will cause burning. Grow Dots work the best with a consistent moisture in the media.
@@ScottyReal420 no sir, thanks to the DGC I buffer or condition my soil first. It drove me crazy my first two grows. The first water on to dry soil, I got to watch the water sit on top of the dirt then over to the sides & dribble down the outside of my fabric pots. The burn I experienced was during its first half of veg. I'm not sure about salt build up. But when I water & feed the girls. I like to see a small drop in the leaves, so when I water/feed them a couple hours & I see praying leaves, tells me they're taking up nutrients. If the stay droopy longer than I like to see when feeding. I'll back the nutrients off & that seems to take care of it. What I have been doing with grow dots after the harvest I keep the soil & I'll collect it in black husky contractor bags from depot. I'll add some amendments and a couple pks of grow dots & mix & mix & mix. It's been fine the past few grows. I haven't used it as a top dressing yet. DGC🔥
Scotty, I wish you were standing looking at this garden. These rats are killing it bro I swear to God I have ran every bottle of nutrient I have ran every dry organic, bell whistle etc.. This is the easiest product I have ever used the only one that comes close in my mind is lotus for the simplistic ease of using it well done man someone said less time to spend with your plants heck no it’s not all the time I’m saving I’m using getting my craft dialed in cleaned up the tent measure your lights properly water. It’s amazing what you can do with all that extra time.
So I have experimented with the 4-ft tube light, some of which cover both UVA and UVB spectrums, you only want to start at 15 min cycles, twice a day and if you do not see evidence of burning in a couple of days you can increase to 30 minutes all the way up to an hour, twice daily. Be very cautious with these I have burned up plants when I left it on all day. Now the 30 watt uv led stick up lights, like the AC Infinity, I found is totally safe to run at 12 hours increased to 16 hours over a couple days. Absolutely have seen excellent results with greater than 10% extra terpene production, and no PM, running last 3 to 4 weeks of flower! Unfortunately even the manufacturers are not making any recommendations other than safe at 12 hrs, from AC Infinity.
I like your idea and I think its a great idea. I add in about 35 watts of infrared lights to flower but only in the last few hours of the light cycle each day. Not sure if it has any UV light in it. You mentioned HP lights and I miss the days of the metal halide's and HP lights. But I don't miss the days of a single bulb burning out and going into panic mode. Thank goodness for LED's they have changed everything.
Thank you. We are working a more videos, so who knows in the future, but UA-cam doesn't like it when we so the grows, and we are trying to get the info out to as many people as possible.
I used an AeroGarden hydroponic system that has a 45w FS light. It was the best tasting and smelling flower. Super frosty. Didn't baby it. Just set her up and let it do it's thing.
I still got to try recharge I feel like it's the only soon I'm missing in my arsenal.i can't get it anywhere in u.p. Michigan lm in the sticks lol. I'll have to order it
I have a UV wand that I bought for skintreatment of psoriasis. It's rich in UV B. Is this something I could try? What is out there for UV lighting in LED?
Great show buddy. I’m running a sf 7000 in my 5x5. Should I be running it at full power I’m at week 8 of flower and I think I have about 3 more weeks tell chop. What would you suggest 😊🍻
What's you DLI bud, in flower for a auto I'm between 30/40. Photo periods I'm between 40/60 depending on other inputs (higher DLI with co2 and proper nutrients and water with VPD inline) . Hope it help I out .
Great episode as always Scotty and High C. Merry Christmas and happy holidays. one question, whats the average time to receive Recharge/Grow Dots after payment? Thanks
@@chood6618 paid $670 on November 4th......got some of the order but not all. I like supporting small companies but this isn't a schedule i can work with.... almost 2 months? If the Recharge and Grow Dots work well i may reorder but when it ties up half my monthly income for two months it's hard to have respect and/or faith. Love Scotty and all he does but...
Yeah it's uvb you are correct. Most modern grow lights already have some UV built-in but they don't have UVB. It has to be used very sparingly I forget something like 15 minutes once every couple hours...
ive been using California lightworks 30 watt uvb for a couple years was told 20 mins per 12 hrs and used 2 hrs before lights outs and at lst 2 wekks whats your thoughts?
I run an HID ROOM AND SWAP MY plants in and out from under it through the final weeks of bloom. I use a push broom and slide them in and out giving them that intense red spectrum more likenbto the fall sun. I do this auto and photos. I grow both. Everything so sticky i have to spatula mmyself off the bed in the morning
Maximum Yield said UVA is responsible for one chemical reaction, where UVB is responsible for several interactions...?! Watched Shane, of Migro, test and find the best flourescent UVB/UVA. Great episodes! One company with a similar T5, says they have a "built in reflector" within the lamp. Shane tested this against the Agro-Max 75% UVB/25% UVA, with no reflector inside (so most of the light wasn't hitting The Apogee sensor, but shining upwards, away from the sensor. Each fixture measured at approximately the same amount of PAR at the canopy sensor..?! Yet the one had a built-in reflector, and should have had 3X the PAR..,?! Shane concluded the "reflector" within the one lamp was there, but not reflecting..?! He moved the sensor above the T5's, and the built-in reflector model didn't put out light above the reflector, so they're reflector didn't really reflect. Shane put the sensor above the Agro Max T5(no built-in reflector) and got steady PAR readings all around the lamp. When adding an actual Aluminum reflector(not Mylar sticker on plastic reflectors), which is how most single T5's are sold. Aluminum foil will work! Eventually, I purchased a 4ft Agro Max, single T5 fixture, and paid extra for an actual Aluminum reflector. Had to do some DIY, but was able to get the 4ft T5 fixture, for almost exactly the same price as the Migro 2ft model price tag. Shane said 1- 2ft UVB lamp was good for covering a 2.5'x5' area, so I figured a 4ft, Agro Max UVB lamp would be perfect for the 5x5. Should be trying it out in 4-5 weeks..?! Forgive my rambling, please. Those great episodes, experimenting with UV, and what's best, are still available!👍💯✌️
Chasing thc has degraded flavour in the industry . Some of the best stuff I’ve ever grown was probably ten percent or so back in the 90s . The purps ( mendo purps ) . We had it on van island and man was it special. Really hard to clone tho for some reason but I was a new grower back then
I been using UV-B T5s for years before it was hip to use em. Agromax pure UV-B T5 24 watt 2 foot bulb in a Growbright reflector will cover an entire 4x4..
We are working on being able to ship to different countries but we are not there yet. Keep an eye on Amazon EU it will pop up on there from time to time when things go right.
@@ScottyReal420yeah Scotty I know a few grow shop owners here, they said lots of people keep asking for it but not available here in 40 shades of green land
Not realy, but all what is better, is better :) 40 years growing, made shitloads mistakes :) now I grow great medicin. What you mean Jennc? You Dutch? @@jennc8554
Rob on cannabis TV all he does is repeat information he doesn't have no analogy the guy pigeon he gives out bad advice he only grew weed for 5 years he's a good salesman for lights and things just like Rob and his sidekick Mr grow it one of them two he's pretty good Matt I'm talking loud he has good content but he's starting to get with the selling too he gives good advice you give perfect advice for the senior grower that we don't hear all the time over and over repeated broscience you have your own analogy that's what's great about yourself thank you keep it going
what is wrong with mr grow? i was about to buy some lights he suggested... im getting 2x medicgrow ez-8 to replace the planned 2x1000w EYE horticulture HPS+ air cooled reflector and replacing my 12 bulb t5 light fixture with a viparspec KS5000 for veg which he changed my mind from the grow craft x3
Usda organic because its about marketing. It ain't better it's just a label to comfort people. Kind of like a cannabis cup trophy. Marketing, marketing, marketing. Wild organically maintain blueberries. Are the same as wild blueberries. Organically maintain lmao they grow on their own. Kind of like listing a construction company with better business bureau. Where's your with grow dots and without grow dots vegetable/tropical plant shots. I love what you dudes are doing.
I've just started using a full spectrum quantum led board with UV and IR added in a small amount. My LA Confidential and The Bling smell amazing, and to be honest, have been pretty much out of the gate. We now know IR causes photosynthesis, but if UV is doing something, the science peeps haven't found anything yet...even though there is a visible difference in a few key areas VS. not using UV. Super interesting!
Wallmart reptile lighting is great for this a clamp on heat light mount light with reptile lighting inside clipped on the pole of your tent perfect for the job
I have the Migro 310 uvb. Two hours a day, last few weeks. Stunning results! I hear it may stun bud development.... Anyone clarify this myth? Merry Christmas brothers!
I've been learning about UV light for a while . I first started about 8 years ago . I currently use 14% uvb fluorescent bulbs by Arcadia . They are for desert reptiles . I've always read UVA isn't much use and UVC is harmful so it's UVB that you want to use . Also Shawn from migro sells a excellent 70% UVB light , he has a video up on youtube and I recommend everyone watches it . He explains why UVB LEDs are not very efficient and why you should use a fluorescent UVB supplement light .
@@bakedbean37 Yep! That's it... Thanks, I dug a little deeper and better understand it now. I could see it being used commercially. Not much use for an old school home grower like me. And I know the difference in IR light and UV light. I just didn't know when to run Emerson Bar's and if they were even worth it. Stay Frosty! 🌱✌😎💨💯
@@Featherless1 "Stay Frosty! " Very frosty in fact. My plants are at eight weeks and one day. Ha ha. No supplementals here but I guess my board has a pretty good spectrum with 3000k, 5000k, blues, reds and far reds. There's not enough room in my little stealth garden for too many bells and whistles. Keeping things simple produces quality results that satisfy my needs. All the best.
I dont know if its just me but i use CFL, hps, and led all together on my ladies. The sun is full spectrum, why shoudnt your closet garden be as well? Maybe its overkill, but the frost is ridiculous and i end ul with 90% milky, 10% clear. No amber, ever, no matter how long i leave them go. Im happy with it. I guess thats all that really matters.
This has been a thing well over a year. I do UVB with fluro (LED tech isn't there yet. 30mins mid light cycle, step it up 30mins a week (I add 15mins about every 3 days. Max out at 2 hrs mid light cycle. The last 1-1.5 weeks turn it off. So work it backwards 👍 Rosemarry is a very good proof of concept, it stinks the place out and wets your arm hair down. Watching people like: Bruce Bugbee, Elaine Ingham, potent ponics, build a soil. Highly qualified or very experienced and all up with the play. Then we get this 😳🤤
Have you ever tried mixing uppers and downers? Have you had medication that says don't drink alcohol with it? Our body does weird stuff when we ingest different chemicals. If you don't believe it go buy some THC distillate. Then buy some full spectrum edibles or any HTE(High terpene extract) then compare them. The distillate is 99-100% THC, but the smoke isn't as potent as the high terpene extract with less THC.
@@ScottyReal420 planning on using it for the last 2 weeks of flower with the run I have going just now as they are around 4-5 weeks till the harvest, ill update at the end and see if there's much difference
I go by noise at dispensaries. The smell. I don't care what name or how it was grown if it smells good. Green and red make it down into the dense canopy. Don't need much if any uvb little benefit from uvb and uvc.
All the dangers of the lights to just come from the Sun just put it outside like you say after you hit c u v a c it becomes dangerous even for you even a little bit UVA d would hurt you so let the outdoors take care of your indoor grow put the plants outside for 2 weeks bring them back in it's a lot of work but I've been doing that for years
Led diodes only come in 2 colors. The lens over the led changes the color. A led without a lens is actually correct far red and uv blue for plants. The lens color correction is for your eyes not the plants.
These clones were grown, bred and selected for decades under HPS and MH. The somewhat sudden shift away from those to LED was done with none of that. Indoors you will grow way stronger and flavorful nugs under HID.
that is absolute nonsense! You can have flavourful and dense nugs under both. The difference is LED is way more efficient and heat is not that much of an issue...
Uva is not enough to help alone.. u must get into the uvb.. no migro is nor the only study.. please refer professor Bugbee from apogee and utah state college.. my plants have not toppled since starting uva uvb supplement it is a form of low stress in bursts.
@@UncleDickeysRandomLife look it up dip shit.. it's when the buds are too heavy to be supported by spindly, soft growth. Professor Bugbee at Utah state uses the term .. and yes I've grown for 24 years .. before it was not taken so lightly and not "the cool " thing to do
Wrong! I use this uv A and B from week 2 of flower to week 5, and then week 8 to chop. Uvb 3ft away and uva 1ft away. Outside they just don't get uv the last 2weeks.
And I wish people would stop saying we know whose big on this is another guy watching their Bud after they harvest what the hell is wrong with this person it will take off your trichomes washing your bud after you harvest is the worst thing that you can do I looked under a microscope with a teacher that I was taking a course with and we use a trichome leaf we dipped it in the water no friction at least 40% of the trichomes were wiped out washing it with no type of friction at all now after you harvest it it's not going to regenerate itself the washing your buds before you harvest is better was the plant regenerates its trichomes I don't understand about this false information
So they don't sell nothing 400 700 Nana range I see 398 350 this is all bull crap they're selling you need something 400 and better so where would you buy something like that I don't even see that High over range 400 and you say 400 to 700 they only got 390,380 nanometers
I've used the Migro UVA/B fluro tube for the last 3-4 runs ..... definitely improves both flavours and potency ...just 2hrs at 'mid-day' only in the last 2/3 weeks of flower.
Hell yeah!
Same here ,30 minutes a day in the middle of the run, last 2-3 weeks, my crops smells amazing.
Some important notes for UV bulbs and fixtures. First, the Fluorescent UV bulbs are better than the LED bulbs. The LED UV is all UV-A, which is not as efficacious as the Tubes that contain more UV-B. Second, if you buy a Fluorescent fixture to use for UV, make sure it is brushed or raw aluminum with no lens or cover over the bulb. Shiny reflective fixtures have a coating to make it shiny which does not actually reflect UV light meaning you are wasting half of the light's output while glass or plastic lenses will block the UV. Third, it is important NOT to run the UV bulbs FULL-time or for long periods of time, run them in a pulsed state for 15 to 30 minutes every few hours during the last few weeks of flower. Finally, nothing is free. The increase of trichomes and terpenes takes energy that is not spent increasing the size of your flower. This means using UV light is a trade off between yield and potency/flavor. A little goes a long way and it is easy to go over-board, so start slow with maybe 15 minutes every 2 hours or 30 minutes every 3 hours during last few weeks of flower.
I personally have a 4' Agro-Max "Pure UV" which is 75% UVB and 25% UV-A in a brushed aluminum housing I bought from Amazon for about $75 total. Shane at Migro offers his brushed aluminum UVB310 fixture which is similar to the Agro-Max in spectrum at 75% UVB / 25% UVA making it a quality option on a budget for folks looking to try out UV light. The more expensive Solacure FlowerPower bulbs use a different glass with an internal reflector allowing them to bring a lower spectrum of 100% UVB which is better at stimulating the stress response we want. I haven't used the Solacure bulbs yet, but that is what I will buy for my second tent.
LED UV is whatever the manufacturer decides they want it to be. They could have a complete UVB LED light. The reason you don't see this is because of the costs of the UVB diode currently. This will change drastically over the next few years as LED UVB becomes more common.
Wow, Thank you for taking the time to write this info out for us all!
Just have to be very careful with the UVB fluorescent tubes, it is a learning curve and easy to burn up foliage, but it takes two to three days to see the damage typically. The uva LEDs are totally safe to run pretty much nonstop
I've been having trouble finding a timer that will do these burst time cycles, can't find anywhere to use with my UVB lights, right now. I'm stuck starting off at a half hour a day increasing to 2 hours, but would like to do the burst settings, any suggestions on where I can find this type of timer would be greatly appreciated
@MrMikeyBmore Hi, plug your lamps into an outlet connected to your wifi or bluetooth; this way you have the ability to program your lighting very easily, straight from your smartphone
I’ve been saying this for years now, this is why sungrown outdoors with lots of care is always better. Not by 1000 times or anything like that it’s just different than indoor in my opinion.
100percent
Exactly. You never know what all is in the air also and it’s always being blown carrying new molecules plus the sunlight and rain water
true indeed !
I've never seen top shelf outdoor flower at any dispensaries, it's ALWAYS indoor
@@willsimmons3492 thats true also ! outside is not productive when it comes to constant supply shops and more importantly customers want their fave stuff all the time 😋
Out of all the folks i watch on youtube for cannabis education you are the one i would love to meet an sit an talk . you have so much knowledge i would love to learn.
Oh Thank You! I you would love to meet and smoke come join us in June at the DGC Cup! www.dgccup.com/
@@ScottyReal420 this looks like the best one to be my first festival/cup to go to. I will make plans to be out there.
I use uv A and uv b and I feel like they make a difference.alot of times the Uv a brings out the purple in the plants.before I had my uv lights the strains I was growing would be normal green but when I got the uv they change colors on me most the time..just my experience.keep up the good content bud....
Will do, Thanks for sharing!
Red light and low night temperatures effect the pigment, as well as senescence and the pH of the medium will determine the pigment color, blue, purple , red spectrum, coordinates with lower to higher pH. And NOT all strains are capable of color changes in pigment, anthocyanins and whatnot.
When using UvA lights, you will need to slowly incorporate them into the lighting cycle to avoid "sunburning" your foliage and stunting plant growth. There is a slow learning curve to it as you can usually only observe 1 or 2 different scenarios per grow cycle. Here is what I have found works best, but can more than likely still be adjusted to push to min/max turp and flower bulk.
Starting on Day 1 of Week 3 of flowering phase slowly incorporate the UvA lights into your 12 hour cycle, starting in the middle (hour 6) of the 12 hour flower cycle:
Day1-2: 30 min
Day 3: 1 hour
Day 4-5: 2 hours
Day 6: 2.5 hours
Day 7-8: 3 hours
Day 9: 3.5 hours
Day 10-11: 4 hours
Day 12-13: 6 hours
Day 14 to maturity 7-10 hrs per 12 hr cycle.
I've found dialing back (7-8) during last week of the flower intensifies trich cloudiness to almost a cotton whiteness leaving no clear to marble the white.
The UvA spectrum causes tighter more compact flower growth. This not only bulks up weight per flower from Bract, Ovary, and Ovule swelling through "extreme sexual frustration" caused by the bract/ovule formation being so tight, but also contribute to thicker and taller Terpene production as a defensive mechanism through refraction to displace the otherwise potentially harmful light wave spectrum.
Thank you for this. I just got the mammoth 880s and added the uv bars. They’re not cheap… $300 extra for the uv option per light
This is great info thanks for sharing!
Hold on are you saying day 14 from the 3rd week of flower the UVB lights should be on for 10-12hours? Doesn't this decrease yield? I normally do 2 hours for the last two weeks. Not sure if it makes a huge difference this way but it's always fire
@@bananas7479 sync it in with your already 12 on/12 off cycle, you do not want to add any light outside of the 12hr on window, and its best to work from the "center out" as far as timing interval introduction, you don't want to start with Uv as soon as the lights come on, even after the 14th day where you can use up to 10, its still best to wait about 15-30min after lights on and dim out about 15-45min before light out. Its almost as if they: "want to wake up and feel good about the day before they step outside and realize they need sunscreen" instead of: "get woken up by a bright burning light and never woke up happy" if that makes any sense
UV not only helps with increased productivity as far as terpene and cannabinoid percentage. It also helps prevent mold and mildew. It can also kill insects that are vulnerable to UV light. I remember people were getting higher percentages using MH since it has a lot of blue in the spectrum output and the supplemental plasma lights, which contains more of a blue spectrum as well. Although they will soon be obsolete, florescent lights have way more UV than most, if not all, the expensive LED competitors. Happy growing and happy holidays ✌🏾💚
those lights are used in Hospitals to kill stuff in the air and surfaces so it does make sense.
One thing Scotty Heat can also have a positive effect on tricombe Production, same as it does with chillies, if you grow chilli's in a hot environment the spiciness will be stronger Same with weed, but once again you have to find that maximum level it can handle before the plant starts to stress out and die ✌️🇦🇺love the Channel man and the DGC 🌱
I am ordering one right now to add to my HLG 650 Rspec!! Super Excited to see if there is a difference in terps! I shall definatly let you know!
its weak i have 4 of them your suppose to leave them on the whole flowering cycle according to hlg
I have to say. Theres not many growers that i know that doesn't use that recharge. i have been using it for about a year now. I also must say . It works very well.
Thank You, I am glad it helped you grow.
@@ScottyReal420 I’m liking it in hydro rootzone 1/4-1/2 strength and also as foliar spray combined with Superthrive.
That's very informative, thank you professor Scotty real.
Glad it was helpful!
I just got a new arcadia 12% uvb bulb for my geard dragon. She's been upgraded and now needs a longer one. So i will have a 12 % top line uvb/ uva, it's strong. 15 minutes every 3 hours is the plan. Thanks for this episode
Lots of great information ! I'm not able to grow cannabis because I live in Indiana but I like learning all aspects of gardening and farming . I saw something about sulfur increases the terps in cannabis so my mind went straight to the tillage radish . Holy cow if you never smelled them decaying in the field your missing out lol . I would imagine the sulfur from those tillage radishes would give a wonderful flavor to the terps as bad as they stink . Thanks for sharing and have a Merry Christmas !
Man Indiana doesn't play about cannabis. I'm in Ohio and seen how pissed they were that we went rec. Hope it changes for you bro
Interesting, thank for sharing!
Gotta say, out here in Cali it never stopped anyone. Grow in a closet.
@AaricHale o trust me the growers are here
@@mikelowry9709 I sure don't know the right people lol
I have been running the hlg u v a 30 watt bar lights now for about a year and a half I also use Rapid LED has a set of bars called exotic bars which essentially are the same thing is the Bulls have been working awesome can definitely see a difference in colors trichome production Terrapins and smell have all been increased I definitely think everyone should try this if that is what they are interested in growing
Hell yeah, this is what I like to read. Thank you!
I've been using a cali lightworks uvb light for three years. I start the last three weeks. Mid day slowly bringing up the time every day about two hours at the end. They work well . My last grow i got the same effect only using for one week. So im now only using it for that short time now.
On the ball forcibly paying attention Scotty is my favorite Scotty. I have to be very medicated to enjoy Scottus intruptus. Recharge 🤘🏻🔥🔥 grow dots when I use it again it will be as top dressing, I used mixed well into my soil, had more leaf burn than I'm comfortable with. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Did you have a bunch of dry back, if you let the media dry out to much with the Grow Dots it will cause salt build ups which will cause burning. Grow Dots work the best with a consistent moisture in the media.
@@ScottyReal420 no sir, thanks to the DGC I buffer or condition my soil first. It drove me crazy my first two grows. The first water on to dry soil, I got to watch the water sit on top of the dirt then over to the sides & dribble down the outside of my fabric pots. The burn I experienced was during its first half of veg. I'm not sure about salt build up. But when I water & feed the girls. I like to see a small drop in the leaves, so when I water/feed them a couple hours & I see praying leaves, tells me they're taking up nutrients. If the stay droopy longer than I like to see when feeding. I'll back the nutrients off & that seems to take care of it. What I have been doing with grow dots after the harvest
I keep the soil & I'll collect it in black husky contractor bags from depot. I'll add some amendments and a couple pks of grow dots & mix & mix & mix. It's been fine the past few grows. I haven't used it as a top dressing yet. DGC🔥
Scotty, I wish you were standing looking at this garden. These rats are killing it bro I swear to God I have ran every bottle of nutrient I have ran every dry organic, bell whistle etc.. This is the easiest product I have ever used the only one that comes close in my mind is lotus for the simplistic ease of using it well done man someone said less time to spend with your plants heck no it’s not all the time I’m saving I’m using getting my craft dialed in cleaned up the tent measure your lights properly water. It’s amazing what you can do with all that extra time.
So I have experimented with the 4-ft tube light, some of which cover both UVA and UVB spectrums, you only want to start at 15 min cycles, twice a day and if you do not see evidence of burning in a couple of days you can increase to 30 minutes all the way up to an hour, twice daily. Be very cautious with these I have burned up plants when I left it on all day. Now the 30 watt uv led stick up lights, like the AC Infinity, I found is totally safe to run at 12 hours increased to 16 hours over a couple days. Absolutely have seen excellent results with greater than 10% extra terpene production, and no PM, running last 3 to 4 weeks of flower! Unfortunately even the manufacturers are not making any recommendations other than safe at 12 hrs, from AC Infinity.
Thanks for the Information.
I use UVa/b reptile lamps. They are cheap and work great.1hr on just before the lights come on and 1hr after the lights go out.
Can you use both grow dots and recharge in a single grow?
Totally agree this year grow 👌 🙌 👍 was my best ever I ran 4 strains and 3 turned out awesome 👌 hands down 20 thc with a terpenes 4% and 5%
How about if we put it outside for 2 weeks in flowering could we get the same effect
I've realized I like terpenes, but I like volatile sulfur compounds more. Does UV do anything to increase VSCs?
I like your idea and I think its a great idea. I add in about 35 watts of infrared lights to flower but only in the last few hours of the light cycle each day. Not sure if it has any UV light in it. You mentioned HP lights and I miss the days of the metal halide's and HP lights. But I don't miss the days of a single bulb burning out and going into panic mode. Thank goodness for LED's they have changed everything.
LEDs have for changed the game.
Just the best! I love the format you use. It would be cool to see you in the garden sometime 5:28
Thank you. We are working a more videos, so who knows in the future, but UA-cam doesn't like it when we so the grows, and we are trying to get the info out to as many people as possible.
Use uva all the time in flowering uvb last 2 weeks of flower only
So you think 2 -4 foot daylight bulbs with full spectrum led 33 watt and a 3 foot aquarium fluorescent. Think that's enough?
I used an AeroGarden hydroponic system that has a 45w FS light. It was the best tasting and smelling flower. Super frosty. Didn't baby it. Just set her up and let it do it's thing.
Thanks for sharing
I still got to try recharge I feel like it's the only soon I'm missing in my arsenal.i can't get it anywhere in u.p. Michigan lm in the sticks lol. I'll have to order it
When you try it be sure to let me know what you think!
Love the new show Scotty 🔥💨💨
I have a UV wand that I bought for skintreatment of psoriasis. It's rich in UV B. Is this something I could try? What is out there for UV lighting in LED?
I just picked up the spider farmer SE7000 2024 model and the add-on snap bars UVs!.
Great show buddy. I’m running a sf 7000 in my 5x5. Should I be running it at full power I’m at week 8 of flower and I think I have about 3 more weeks tell chop. What would you suggest 😊🍻
What's you DLI bud, in flower for a auto I'm between 30/40. Photo periods I'm between 40/60 depending on other inputs (higher DLI with co2 and proper nutrients and water with VPD inline) . Hope it help I out .
This comment section is getting saved in my FAVS.
Growers Love!
Does the UV light make any plastic items in the tent brittle?
Great episode as always Scotty and High C. Merry Christmas and happy holidays.
one question, whats the average time to receive Recharge/Grow Dots after payment? Thanks
Merry Christmas to you also, depending on where you live it should be no more then 3-5 days
Thanks@@ScottyReal420 Guess I will wait a little longer and see what happens with my order. Peace
3 to 4 days
@@chood6618 paid $670 on November 4th......got some of the order but not all. I like supporting small companies but this isn't a schedule i can work with.... almost 2 months? If the Recharge and Grow Dots work well i may reorder but when it ties up half my monthly income for two months it's hard to have respect and/or faith.
Love Scotty and all he does but...
I love all ur videos scotty!!!
Thank you, we will keeping making them.
i just found my 12% uvb t5s 24w retile lamps and wondered if these are the correct spectrum and intensity..?
Migro on debacco explains it briefly but specifically. Pretty sure UVB is the workhorse.
Yeah it's uvb you are correct. Most modern grow lights already have some UV built-in but they don't have UVB. It has to be used very sparingly I forget something like 15 minutes once every couple hours...
Sweet shirt man 🤟🎣
If you take the lense out of an HPS it would be emitting uv for 12 hours. Why should you only use an led uva for a short time?
Now I know why I still use HPS. 😊
Why we used to supplement with sunbathing in incremental exposure
Upgraded my light this Christmas i got a free uva light gling try it out next grow
Thanks
Good vid scotty
ive been using California lightworks 30 watt uvb for a couple years was told 20 mins per 12 hrs and used 2 hrs before lights outs and at lst 2 wekks whats your thoughts?
If you have been doing it for a few years, there must be something to it!
Yes, increase in trichomes and flavor
I run an HID ROOM AND SWAP MY plants in and out from under it through the final weeks of bloom. I use a push broom and slide them in and out giving them that intense red spectrum more likenbto the fall sun. I do this auto and photos. I grow both. Everything so sticky i have to spatula mmyself off the bed in the morning
Maximum Yield said UVA is responsible for one chemical reaction, where UVB is responsible for several interactions...?!
Watched Shane, of Migro, test and find the best flourescent UVB/UVA. Great episodes! One company with a similar T5, says they have a "built in reflector" within the lamp. Shane tested this against the Agro-Max 75% UVB/25% UVA, with no reflector inside (so most of the light wasn't hitting The Apogee sensor, but shining upwards, away from the sensor.
Each fixture measured at approximately the same amount of PAR at the canopy sensor..?! Yet the one had a built-in reflector, and should have had 3X the PAR..,?!
Shane concluded the "reflector" within the one lamp was there, but not reflecting..?! He moved the sensor above the T5's, and the built-in reflector model didn't put out light above the reflector, so they're reflector didn't really reflect.
Shane put the sensor above the Agro Max T5(no built-in reflector) and got steady PAR readings all around the lamp. When adding an actual Aluminum reflector(not Mylar sticker on plastic reflectors), which is how most single T5's are sold. Aluminum foil will work!
Eventually, I purchased a 4ft Agro Max, single T5 fixture, and paid extra for an actual Aluminum reflector. Had to do some DIY, but was able to get the 4ft T5 fixture, for almost exactly the same price as the Migro 2ft model price tag.
Shane said 1- 2ft UVB lamp was good for covering a 2.5'x5' area, so I figured a 4ft, Agro Max UVB lamp would be perfect for the 5x5. Should be trying it out in 4-5 weeks..?!
Forgive my rambling, please. Those great episodes, experimenting with UV, and what's best, are still available!👍💯✌️
Yeah Shane of Migro and Dr. Bruce Bugbee both have great videos on this topic.
Chasing thc has degraded flavour in the industry . Some of the best stuff I’ve ever grown was probably ten percent or so back in the 90s . The purps ( mendo purps ) . We had it on van island and man was it special. Really hard to clone tho for some reason but I was a new grower back then
I been using UV-B T5s for years before it was hip to use em.
Agromax pure UV-B T5 24 watt 2 foot bulb in a Growbright reflector will cover an entire 4x4..
Hell yeah, thanks for Sharing!
Some far red ir, uv, and air flow is what I believe makes good frost.
Sounds like a good recipe to me.
I'm a real grower from Belgium.. Is there a shop in Belgium that sells RECHARFE ? Or Holland, Germany ? Spain, French? ..
If your a Real grower from Belgium,then you don’t need it😂
We are working on being able to ship to different countries but we are not there yet. Keep an eye on Amazon EU it will pop up on there from time to time when things go right.
@@ScottyReal420yeah Scotty I know a few grow shop owners here, they said lots of people keep asking for it but not available here in 40 shades of green land
Good Mojo sir, I will keep a eye on that for sure. Good luck in what you grow and do . Live up, Love your tips. Heil to the herb.@@ScottyReal420
Not realy, but all what is better, is better :) 40 years growing, made shitloads mistakes :) now I grow great medicin. What you mean Jennc? You Dutch?
@@jennc8554
Rob on cannabis TV all he does is repeat information he doesn't have no analogy the guy pigeon he gives out bad advice he only grew weed for 5 years he's a good salesman for lights and things just like Rob and his sidekick Mr grow it one of them two he's pretty good Matt I'm talking loud he has good content but he's starting to get with the selling too he gives good advice you give perfect advice for the senior grower that we don't hear all the time over and over repeated broscience you have your own analogy that's what's great about yourself thank you keep it going
what is wrong with mr grow? i was about to buy some lights he suggested...
im getting 2x medicgrow ez-8 to replace the planned 2x1000w EYE horticulture HPS+ air cooled reflector
and replacing my 12 bulb t5 light fixture with a viparspec KS5000 for veg which he changed my mind from the grow craft x3
Put it outside for a couple hours a day 2 weeks before harvesting will that help
That will bring in bugs, big no-no unless you have the new GML UVC predator bars to kill em.
Usda organic because its about marketing. It ain't better it's just a label to comfort people. Kind of like a cannabis cup trophy. Marketing, marketing, marketing. Wild organically maintain blueberries. Are the same as wild blueberries. Organically maintain lmao they grow on their own. Kind of like listing a construction company with better business bureau. Where's your with grow dots and without grow dots vegetable/tropical plant shots. I love what you dudes are doing.
Going to find out in a few weeks...just started with UVA once a day for 3 hours have about 3 weeks of flower left
Hell Yeah, Let me know how it goes!
Just installed a eighteen watt UVA&UVB lamp, running it the last two to three weeks of flower. Hope it helps increase taste and all cannabinoids!
Let us know how it worked out for you .
The uv blockers!
I've just started using a full spectrum quantum led board with UV and IR added in a small amount. My LA Confidential and The Bling smell amazing, and to be honest, have been pretty much out of the gate. We now know IR causes photosynthesis, but if UV is doing something, the science peeps haven't found anything yet...even though there is a visible difference in a few key areas VS. not using UV. Super interesting!
UV is becoming the new hot topic.
Use the adlite uva 5 min out of every hr during veg and 10 min out of every hr during bloom.
SCOTTY!! 💰
Wallmart reptile lighting is great for this a clamp on heat light mount light with reptile lighting inside clipped on the pole of your tent perfect for the job
Hell yeah,
this would be great for the at home tent growers!
I have the Migro 310 uvb.
Two hours a day, last few weeks.
Stunning results!
I hear it may stun bud development....
Anyone clarify this myth?
Merry Christmas brothers!
Merry Christmas, yeah can anyone clarify?
@@ScottyReal420 Merry Christmas brother
scotty im happy i no about this channel
I've been learning about UV light for a while . I first started about 8 years ago . I currently use 14% uvb fluorescent bulbs by Arcadia . They are for desert reptiles .
I've always read UVA isn't much use and UVC is harmful so it's UVB that you want to use . Also Shawn from migro sells a excellent 70% UVB light , he has a video up on youtube and I recommend everyone watches it . He explains why UVB LEDs are not very efficient and why you should use a fluorescent UVB supplement light .
Would an additional mercury vapor light(s) increase terpene levels?
Hmm not sure, but I don't think those put off the right spectrum or are bright enough.
@@ScottyReal420 Um ,why not check? I was under the impression that the MV lights did increase terps. I used them when I grew.
I've used 2 1000 watt blurple lights with a 600 watt hps and had the whitest plant I've ever seen. (Trichs)
I've also heard to only use IR light 30 minutes before the dark period... Any thoughts on that?
Ir (infra red) is not UV.
I believe you are referring to something to do with triggering the Emerson effect.
GIYF
🙂
@@bakedbean37 Yep! That's it... Thanks, I dug a little deeper and better understand it now. I could see it being used commercially. Not much use for an old school home grower like me.
And I know the difference in IR light and UV light. I just didn't know when to run Emerson Bar's and if they were even worth it.
Stay Frosty! 🌱✌😎💨💯
@@Featherless1 "Stay Frosty! "
Very frosty in fact. My plants are at eight weeks and one day. Ha ha.
No supplementals here but I guess my board has a pretty good spectrum with 3000k, 5000k, blues, reds and far reds.
There's not enough room in my little stealth garden for too many bells and whistles. Keeping things simple produces quality results that satisfy my needs.
All the best.
Thank You.
@@ScottyReal420 Keep it Real Scotty
You da man... Stay Frosty Bro!
Brother I am concern about your breathing
Are you doing ok
Probably just to many puffs that day!
I dont know if its just me but i use CFL, hps, and led all together on my ladies. The sun is full spectrum, why shoudnt your closet garden be as well? Maybe its overkill, but the frost is ridiculous and i end ul with 90% milky, 10% clear. No amber, ever, no matter how long i leave them go. Im happy with it. I guess thats all that really matters.
it's not overkill if it works for you!
Take me too flavor town!
If your lights are bleaching paper, they have uv in them. I use 5000K LEDs that slightly bleach paper, so I don't add more.
This has been a thing well over a year.
I do UVB with fluro (LED tech isn't there yet. 30mins mid light cycle, step it up 30mins a week (I add 15mins about every 3 days. Max out at 2 hrs mid light cycle. The last 1-1.5 weeks turn it off. So work it backwards 👍
Rosemarry is a very good proof of concept, it stinks the place out and wets your arm hair down.
Watching people like: Bruce Bugbee, Elaine Ingham, potent ponics, build a soil. Highly qualified or very experienced and all up with the play.
Then we get this 😳🤤
Do you know of any published scientific research on the entourage effect? Seems like bro science to me, but I'd love to be proven wrong.
Have you ever tried mixing uppers and downers? Have you had medication that says don't drink alcohol with it? Our body does weird stuff when we ingest different chemicals.
If you don't believe it go buy some THC distillate. Then buy some full spectrum edibles or any HTE(High terpene extract) then compare them.
The distillate is 99-100% THC, but the smoke isn't as potent as the high terpene extract with less THC.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7324885/
The ganja don't lie!
I recently bought one from Mars hydro but not used it yet
If you try it out, let us know what you think.
@@ScottyReal420 planning on using it for the last 2 weeks of flower with the run I have going just now as they are around 4-5 weeks till the harvest, ill update at the end and see if there's much difference
I go by noise at dispensaries. The smell. I don't care what name or how it was grown if it smells good. Green and red make it down into the dense canopy. Don't need much if any uvb little benefit from uvb and uvc.
I only use indoor grow lights to start plants earlier then they get moved to outdoor and Nature takes its course
How about grow a plant so we can see 😊
we would but UA-cam doesn't like it when we show it.
@@ScottyReal420 I can’t buy that
@@johnnyb4869exactly ! More bs
280-290nm is where its at 🤙
All the dangers of the lights to just come from the Sun just put it outside like you say after you hit c u v a c it becomes dangerous even for you even a little bit UVA d would hurt you so let the outdoors take care of your indoor grow put the plants outside for 2 weeks bring them back in it's a lot of work but I've been doing that for years
This was bro Science in the late 90s at least on the east coast we would add black lights in to the grow room
I remember someone telling me back in those days that to get purple bud you have to grow it under a black lights 😂
It's great the entire cycle... lmao
UVB t5 for the Win! UVA not the answer!!!! Bruce Bugbee has talked about this before.
I use recharge in my organic soil.
Hell yeah!
Led diodes only come in 2 colors. The lens over the led changes the color. A led without a lens is actually correct far red and uv blue for plants. The lens color correction is for your eyes not the plants.
Thank you for the info, I will check this out more!
uv blue ?
These clones were grown, bred and selected for decades under HPS and MH. The somewhat sudden shift away from those to LED was done with none of that. Indoors you will grow way stronger and flavorful nugs under HID.
that is absolute nonsense!
You can have flavourful and dense nugs under both.
The difference is LED is way more efficient and heat is not that much of an issue...
you can't tell the difference from LED light grown plants from HPS grown plants,
I always get 9.5/10 on flavour and it isnt by blasting u.v i have very little uv
What i do have is 2-3x as much light as everybody else most ppl dont have enough light.
Hps puts out lots of IR
it's metal halide that puts out lots of uv instead
Uva is not enough to help alone.. u must get into the uvb.. no migro is nor the only study.. please refer professor Bugbee from apogee and utah state college.. my plants have not toppled since starting uva uvb supplement it is a form of low stress in bursts.
What brainiac college prof can explain "toppled" or is that your own term ?
@@UncleDickeysRandomLife look it up dip shit.. it's when the buds are too heavy to be supported by spindly, soft growth. Professor Bugbee at Utah state uses the term .. and yes I've grown for 24 years .. before it was not taken so lightly and not "the cool " thing to do
@@UncleDickeysRandomLife you either do not or you produce unhealthy garbage
Wrong! I use this uv A and B from week 2 of flower to week 5, and then week 8 to chop. Uvb 3ft away and uva 1ft away. Outside they just don't get uv the last 2weeks.
Balls on shaft 😂😅
Read and learn Farmer in the sky
And I wish people would stop saying we know whose big on this is another guy watching their Bud after they harvest what the hell is wrong with this person it will take off your trichomes washing your bud after you harvest is the worst thing that you can do I looked under a microscope with a teacher that I was taking a course with and we use a trichome leaf we dipped it in the water no friction at least 40% of the trichomes were wiped out washing it with no type of friction at all now after you harvest it it's not going to regenerate itself the washing your buds before you harvest is better was the plant regenerates its trichomes I don't understand about this false information
So they don't sell nothing 400 700 Nana range I see 398 350 this is all bull crap they're selling you need something 400 and better so where would you buy something like that I don't even see that High over range 400 and you say 400 to 700 they only got 390,380 nanometers
RECHARGE FOR EU MARKET ❤
When did this show become a cookie cutter show of an infomercial?
I have heard this go both ways, works doesnt work....
🤘🪴💚