Rusty,

You have hit upon something that we all forget about....almost everything that is grown today is a hybred. They are much more exploitable then say landrace strains. And you never know what latent traits linger in that gene cesspool.


Weezard,

Well at 254nm you are smack into UVc, which makes sence for a germicidal lamp. So from some of the things I've seen, the plant can use UVa, UVb and UVc. We are a long ways from figuring out what the best wavelenght for the plant is. It seems close counts when it comes to grenades and UV.

If UVc works just as well as UVb, that could be a eureka moment. UVc is safer, and would have the added benifit of killing pathogens, germs and stuff indoors.
Weezard you are the man!

OM