wow so are you saying when you took off the glass you just left the coils and such attached to to the wire in to you ballast to the wall....... umm ya that pretty insane because im kinda think i read some where that the electron that make the light pruduce a light when clashing ...(i think if i was a good gass they wouldnt of ever put the glass on)so uv yes may be good to your plant but it may just releasing chem. all over the place