Danielson999
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Those charts only go down to 400nm. uva is from 320nm - 400nm and uvb is from 285nm - 320nm. Technically you would be getting actinic blue up to 440 - 460nm in those charts but I guess it is very close to being uv.
Well, shit, I want less UVB, then.If you look at old-world land races of cannabis, plants that have become adapted to the climate and latitude, the ratio of THC to CBD starts at 100 : 1 at the equator. At the 30th parallel (The Hindu-Kush Valley) the plants have a ratio of 50 : 50. At the 45th parallel the ratio is near 1 : 100. This corresponds roughly with the amount of UVB light received at these latitudes. There is much more UVB at the equator than the 45th parallel.
You want less thc, more cbd?Well, shit, I want less UVB, then.
So what do you do to get more CBD?CBD is incredibly useful and theres more to weed than just the THC content.
I'm not sure Buddy. According to this paper:So what do you do to get more CBD?
Well, it doesn't say less UVB = more CBD... it's not clearly explained.Well, shit, I want less UVB, then.
I was joking, a bit. Even given that limited snippet, there's an inference that the ratio would change rather than an overall CBD content increase. Even more, it only addressed landrace varieties which must have been averaged to get some relevant statistics data. Most people have no idea where their flavor of the week genetics came from and, even if they did, an individual plant could express totally different THC:CBD ratios from that variety's average.Well, it doesn't say less UVB = more CBD... it's not clearly explained.
Reading that it could just mean less THC. Would be good to know though.
I'm going to try this in a 4x2 tentanyone ever try to build a strip light cage? I have 10 - 4 foot strips coming, maybe put 2 on each side and 2 on top?
Digikey -This looks like what I am after.
I cant seem to find the strips in Canada. Ill keep looking.
The images are back up again yes?I was looking for the values you posted before just to approximate/interpolate mine. Could you poste it to pastebin?
Higher doses of thc lol where are we going with this haha. I am really interested in increasing cbd content though.I'm not sure Buddy. According to this paper:
"Originally it was thought that CBD was the metabolic parent to d-9-THC, but it was later found that its biosynthesis occurs according to a genetically determined ratio [Russo and Guy, 2006]. Even though the chemical structures of all four compounds are similar, their pharmacological effects can be very different."
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3736954/#bibr87-2045125312457586
https://www.projectcbd.org/sites/projectcbd/files/downloads/tale-of-two-cannabinoids.pdf
The Russo and Guy paper discusses the benefits of THC and CBD is unison as CBD can relieve the anxiety some suffer while medicated, allowing for higher dosing of THC.
Hopefully the doors for scientists to freely study this plant will open soon and allow all of us to benefit.
I think you may be right, but can you cite some research or just a background theory? All I can do is theorize based on why I believe it increases THC, that a resin increase acts as something of a sunblock. However, if that were true, then why would the ratios change as the UVB lessened (rather than the total resin content)?I think UVB wants to increase both cbd and thc in different ways
The stress effect that UVB puts on plants is only one of the ways it changes a plant.that a resin increase acts as something of a sunblock.
What does your parts list look like for a 2'x4'?@brahbbyB
How are you liking your aluminum sheet and frame? I'm building two 2'x4' lights and it seems like what you did is the most economical option....