is this a joke or are you being serious?
Sorry, but no joke ! Even all the REAL research teams will tell you that it was never proven, but here we go again with all the led companies just using advertising gimmicks to sell stuff that isn't proven and because we all have human desires to have something good that hopefully works great, we believe them. Prove it yourself if you want to see it with your own eyes. Go to any Chemist and buy those children's UV detector bracelets that the kids wear on holiday to go in the Sun. Now bear in mind that LED lights do produce more resin than traditional HPS bulbs that put out a lot of UV. Now place the bracelet in the Sun and you'll see it change colour and then place it about 12 inches away from something like a Blackstar or Penetrator or any of the LED fixtures with a couple of UV bulbs on them. You will be amazed that there is no change in the colour of the bracelet unless you put it right up to the UV bulb itself, so the plants are getting virtually NO uv at all, and yet still produce resin. So it's a waste of time
Nugs look tasty, WeJuana, wish I had smellovision or my monitor was scratch n sniff!
Oh trust me I was taken aback too ! I'm not asking anyone to buy into this theory, just try it for yourself. don't forget it was never proven either, it was just a theory. I think the one thing that UV is good for is mould and certain bugs, so it does have uses. But this is all about education, separating the advertising from the reality, that's all I am trying to do
CannaWizard is a great blade to ask about the particulars of UV - he has a thread here (link)
I have a new Philips CMH bulb and used it for one bloom cycle, the website was supposed to be doing a grow journal, 2 of them against 1 x 1000watt hps 2 years ago and it never happened, then they suddenly started giving away an hps for every CMH bought,,I wonder why ? Anyway my 600watt Philips greenpower blew it out of the water. Yes the CMH was only 400watts but the hype about spectrum was stating that it was the next big thing, not a little fizzle. So IF, UV produces so much resin and the UV emitted from LED fixtures is so small, why do led's produce a good amount of resin anyway. Not arguing any points. I just like proof and results
Peace all
I don't have a reference on hand, but Prof from the LEDs Without LEDs thread has stated that actinics (~420nm blue light) also promote resin production - there is little blue in HPS, especially around this wavelength.So IF, UV produces so much resin and the UV emitted from LED fixtures is so small, why do led's produce a good amount of resin anyway. Not arguing any points. I just like proof and results
