Hey Weezard,

Thanks for clearing up the confusion I had about the leaf CELLS turning on edge. I really thought you where trying to tell me the leaf edges were turning thier edges to the light, and I really did not see how that was possible. The thykaloid disk packs makes sooo much more sense now. Thanks for that.

I found reference in a Rutgers' paper to an increase in "green leafy plant material" due in part to high levels of light activivity or "increases of UVb light", mentioned in a paper dealing with CO2 utilization.

Yo Rusty,

Big thanks for the posts, there is little doubt in my mind that trichomes are where the magic happens and are not designed as plant defense mechanisms, but are in fact designed to collect and condense light (specifically UVb) and act as cellular factories to produce THC.

Your friends idea of using UVb during veggative growth is most interesting of all from a usefullness angle. It makes sense that since the cannabiniods or at least thier percursors all start off during the veggative stage, UVb may play a role earlier in the plants developement then I had thought. I need to do some more reading (right here even to start) and digest this some more.