Thanks folks for the thoughts both for and against.
@Worcestershire_Farms, your rationalization is enough to sway me away from that product. Thanks for the push. There are too many unknowns and it would take some effort to characterize the light source which, as consumers, we shouldn’t have to do. There is practically zero effort required by the OEMs to publish data on there products. But, as we see, in the LED market there is whole lot of specsmanship and handwaving from the marketing folk. This is likely due to something being inferior about their product that would be revealed by publishing such information. In this case, these folk seem to be hiding a lot of information on their product while having spent time on a flashy marketing brochure.
Yes, @LED_Seedz has made a wonderful point and like many things in life it pays dividends to consider what’s actually important. Step back for a moment and re-prioritize. I understand that the overriding factors in growing are genetics and talent. Thank for keeping me on track. That being said, I will be bringing in UV at some point but it’s more for experimentation than anything else. To your point, there are many more important factors that I should be experimenting with first and should consider sidelining that test. I am also very saddened to hear the plight of your business partner (RIP).
@Viva_Mexico, thanks for the report on the use of UV. I’m building something of an atypical test system that is bit over-instrumented in order to experiment with a variety of variables. Small system. Much of which will be for my edification. I intend to bring UV in although I’m starting to realize that I may be getting ahead of myself a bit and probably need to baseline things first. So, I guess for the UV, I probably should hold off on buying a fixture right now and instead first try to understand some of the real-world experiences further. Could you give us some thoughts or experiences on how your are implementing UV in your past grows?
So, if I could expand this discussion a bit on the use of UV in general to the OG community:
Any thoughts to the type or combination of UV (A/B)?
Thoughts as to how much photon power/intensity at the canopy?
How long and when?
Thoughts on vendors / technology?
General experience, yes do it / no not worth it?