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DevilRed · #1 (**permalink**) 08-29-2003, 10:12 PM

So I find I have a 23" black light and portable light fixture ballast laying around. Will it do anything.....anything at all for my plants?

If not should I buy a cool or warm floro bulb for it? Prob a good 35 more watts to add to my 66watts worth of floro's and 70w hps....any little bit I can get helps I guess. Cloning and growing one mum.

Stylez1877 · #2 (**permalink**) 08-29-2003, 10:24 PM

It will make them look good if they want to learn to disco.
thats bout it..black lights do nothing for your plant! sorry m8

and yes fluoros are good

pohsib · #3 (**permalink**) 08-31-2003, 05:35 PM

yeah, using a black light is useless. you can pick up a "cool" white fluorescent (used for vegging) or a "warm" fluorescent (for flowering). i just built a small grow box and i am using a mix of cool and warm. also, you can go to the "search" button and look up some info on fluorescent lights. another good site is www.overgrow.com. you can learn alot from these two. hope it helps and good luck...

pohsib

barnaby_wylde · #4 (**permalink**) 08-31-2003, 05:56 PM

its thought by many ppl that UV light makes a plant in flower make more resin, this may or may not b true but UV light will do nothing good 4 plants that arnt in flower, an extra 35w of fluro will nomatter wot stage of growth ther at.
if u have a HPS in ther then get a nice cool white tube to go in ur fitting and that will give u the best blend of light. u have all the red u need from the HPS so dont get a warm white.

overgrowray · #5 (**permalink**) 08-31-2003, 07:02 PM

a blacklight will not do a damn thing

DevilRed · #6 (**permalink**) 09-01-2003, 03:15 AM

Ive got a small closet set up with a 70w HPS and about 100w of flouro's right now for my mum and some clones.

relieF · #7 (**permalink**) 09-01-2003, 03:19 AM

blacklight emits the far UV end of the spectrum, with some visible purple as well (depends on light).

since cool flouro is good for root growth, i'd guess that blacklights would be beneficial for the vegetative state. i'd give it a try, because i've never heard from anybody that has tried this before.

just watch out for heat and electricity bills mefriend.

DevilRed · #8 (**permalink**) 09-01-2003, 04:02 AM

Well I can't see 150 w of floro's raising my electric bill much and the HPS said it, if ran 12h day for 7 days a week is about $30 a year. So that aint no biggie either.

overgrowray · #9 (**permalink**) 09-01-2003, 06:02 AM

black lights don't work

barnaby_wylde · #10 (**permalink**) 09-01-2003, 10:09 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by relieF
. i'd give it a try, because i've never heard from anybody that has tried this before.

it has bin tryed many times by many ppl. the light a black lite puts out is outta the range thats used by mj to grow. some ppl think that during flowering it stresses the plant in2 making more resin, but even these ppl know that it stresses it, stressing a young plant will do nothing but harm.

at the end of the day tho its ur plant, do wot u want to it but dont say we didnt warn u.

overgrowray · #11 (**permalink**) 09-01-2003, 08:25 PM

they will never ever work, keep your blacklights on your posters not your plants

relieF · #12 (**permalink**) 09-02-2003, 12:25 AM

they will work if you hilite your marijuana leaves =D

DevilRed · #13 (**permalink**) 09-02-2003, 02:42 AM

guys, read the thread before you post.........I don't plan to use it, i was just wondering.

barnaby_wylde · #14 (**permalink**) 09-02-2003, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DevilRed
guys, read the thread before you post.........I don't plan to use it, i was just wondering.

lol

overgrowray · #15 (**permalink**) 09-02-2003, 10:23 PM

people make threads about black lights a lot, i hate saying over and over again that nothing good will come from it, but its the truth.

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#1 (permalink) 08-29-2003, 10:12 PM
DevilRed Keep'n it real Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 596	will a black light do anything, anything at all positive for my plants? So I find I have a 23" black light and portable light fixture ballast laying around. Will it do anything.....anything at all for my plants? If not should I buy a cool or warm floro bulb for it? Prob a good 35 more watts to add to my 66watts worth of floro's and 70w hps....any little bit I can get helps I guess. Cloning and growing one mum.

#2 (permalink) 08-29-2003, 10:24 PM
Stylez1877 Stoner-Pornstar-Mod Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 4,156	It will make them look good if they want to learn to disco. thats bout it..black lights do nothing for your plant! sorry m8 and yes fluoros are good __________________ Nutrients/Bugs/Various Problems Guide Germination step by step Growing Vocabulary

#3 (permalink) 08-31-2003, 05:35 PM
pohsib seed collector Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 91	yeah, using a black light is useless. you can pick up a "cool" white fluorescent (used for vegging) or a "warm" fluorescent (for flowering). i just built a small grow box and i am using a mix of cool and warm. also, you can go to the "search" button and look up some info on fluorescent lights. another good site is www.overgrow.com. you can learn alot from these two. hope it helps and good luck... pohsib

#4 (permalink) 08-31-2003, 05:56 PM
barnaby_wylde Old School Stoner Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 828	its thought by many ppl that UV light makes a plant in flower make more resin, this may or may not b true but UV light will do nothing good 4 plants that arnt in flower, an extra 35w of fluro will nomatter wot stage of growth ther at. if u have a HPS in ther then get a nice cool white tube to go in ur fitting and that will give u the best blend of light. u have all the red u need from the HPS so dont get a warm white.

#5 (permalink) 08-31-2003, 07:02 PM
overgrowray Old School Stoner Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Usa, Pa Posts: 1,937	a blacklight will not do a damn thing __________________ "eye for an eye" the juggalo scrubalo ninja muthafucko ray&angel together forever

#6 (permalink) 09-01-2003, 03:15 AM
DevilRed Keep'n it real Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 596	Ive got a small closet set up with a 70w HPS and about 100w of flouro's right now for my mum and some clones.

#7 (permalink) 09-01-2003, 03:19 AM
relieF yfff prophet Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 463	blacklight emits the far UV end of the spectrum, with some visible purple as well (depends on light). since cool flouro is good for root growth, i'd guess that blacklights would be beneficial for the vegetative state. i'd give it a try, because i've never heard from anybody that has tried this before. just watch out for heat and electricity bills mefriend. __________________ love is what i got

#8 (permalink) 09-01-2003, 04:02 AM
DevilRed Keep'n it real Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 596	Well I can't see 150 w of floro's raising my electric bill much and the HPS said it, if ran 12h day for 7 days a week is about $30 a year. So that aint no biggie either.

#9 (permalink) 09-01-2003, 06:02 AM
overgrowray Old School Stoner Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Usa, Pa Posts: 1,937	black lights don't work __________________ "eye for an eye" the juggalo scrubalo ninja muthafucko ray&angel together forever

#11 (permalink) 09-01-2003, 08:25 PM
overgrowray Old School Stoner Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Usa, Pa Posts: 1,937	they will never ever work, keep your blacklights on your posters not your plants __________________ "eye for an eye" the juggalo scrubalo ninja muthafucko ray&angel together forever

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#12 (permalink) 09-02-2003, 12:25 AM
relieF yfff prophet Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 463	they will work if you hilite your marijuana leaves =D __________________ love is what i got

#13 (permalink) 09-02-2003, 02:42 AM
DevilRed Keep'n it real Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 596	guys, read the thread before you post.........I don't plan to use it, i was just wondering.

#15 (permalink) 09-02-2003, 10:23 PM
overgrowray Old School Stoner Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Usa, Pa Posts: 1,937	people make threads about black lights a lot, i hate saying over and over again that nothing good will come from it, but its the truth. __________________ "eye for an eye" the juggalo scrubalo ninja muthafucko ray&angel together forever