Quote Originally Posted by Apollonia
I love the Canna forums. Look at this post, what a great and knowledgeable community we've got here.

Weezard, again thank you for sharing your advanced knowledge of growing with me. The clear trichomes not being effected... wow, you sure gave me something to chew on (thank you thank you thank you!)

I've been running my UVB through out the flowering session, believing that b/c of my use of a Super HPS w/tempered glass reflector, I wouldn't be getting any of that lower frequency which would lead to lack of potency & ripening. But you're telling me the trichomes will cloud on their own, yes? And if they do so when the UVB is on them, they will amber & degrade rapidly, I take it.

Or, so it seems.
So far, it's theory backed by observation and science.

The UVB is at a distance of no less than 24" away from the plants and are on 5 hours a day. Since I am growing sativa dominant strains at the moment - I think I will shut my UVB for now & only turn it on at the last or second to last day for one hour if I think they need ripening up. So UVB does not cloud the trichomes, they cloud as they mature... They will cloud on their own, am I correct in my reading of your post?

Yes, but they do take a while under LEDs.
As they pile up they cloud but seldom brown.

May I ask how far away you place your UVB lights when you shine them on your plants? My UVB lights are T8's, 3 foot long, 36 Watts each & there are 4 of them. I imagine UVB, being at the lower end of the spectrum does not dissipate the way red light does & is able to penetrate from greater distances.

Approximately 93,000,000 miles, give or take a furlong.

I have a 4' germicidal UV tube that I use to erase e-proms that I planned to use for the "tanning", but, tropical sunshine is free., yah?

I do want these plant to have a more head high with only the C99, Blueberry cross having much body in it, so my need for amber is not the same as that of a person growing indicas for pain management, for example, there more UVB exposure might be required.

Just 2 things - wow those LEDs produce amazing trichomes, no wonder everyone raves about the potency of LED grown bud. 2- I'm amazed at how little amber causes a couchlock stone!

There were about twice as many ambers as the pictures show.
You know how hard it is to get a good snap.
I'm guessing that the thumpiness starts while the caps are still cloudy and begins to degrade when they start to "cook" and brown.

Thanks for the heads up, as I'd have ruined my plant's high going for a 50/50 mix of on the sativa-indica crosses!

I'm off to hermie's thread - thanks!
You are quite welcome.
I like your work.

Aloha
Weeze