Uvc light in drying tent

[Hollatchaboy]

Would it be possible to put a uvc light in the drying tent, while buds are drying to prevent pm?

 

[mudballs]

Light doesnt penetrate sealed tight buds...you may kill surface PM but that would be it. Whole new panic button word was created from the concept out of all this Covid shit...Surfacide...for killing surface contamination

 

[Hollatchaboy]

Light doesnt penetrate sealed tight buds...you may kill surface PM but that would be it. Whole new panic button word was created from the concept out of all this Covid shit...Surfacide...for killing surface contamination

Yea, I guess it wouldn't work the way I was hoping it might.

 

[mudballs]

Yea, I guess it wouldn't work the way I was hoping it might.

If you had it going from start to finish i bet that would be a great combo. Then the PM was killed by the time the nugs close up.

 

[Hollatchaboy]

If you had it going from start to finish i bet that would be a great combo. Then the PM was killed by the time the nugs close up.

So running some uvc while flowering, and then maybe a lil in the dying tent for preventative while drying?

 

[mudballs]

So running some uvc while flowering, and then maybe a lil in the dying tent for preventative while drying?

The whole time from early/mid veg all the way to end of flower. Then theoretically you'll not need it in drying, cuz no PM survived to fk up the nugs while in drying conditions.
Idk enough about using UVC in supplemental, maybe pulsing just to kill shit is good enough instead of being exposed entire lights on time idk.

 

[Hollatchaboy]

The whole time from early/mid veg all the way to end of flower. Then theoretically you'll not need it in drying, cuz no PM survived to fk up the nugs while in drying conditions.
Idk enough about using UVC in supplemental, maybe pulsing just to kill shit is good enough instead of being exposed entire lights on time idk.

Oh yea, pm only grows on living plants, right?

 

[magnetik]

You want to keep any UV away from flower after chop. UVC not good for terps / cannabinoids.. or anything else for that matter outside of sterilizing. If using UVC to sterilize incoming air,. only way to do it safely is a duct setup where air passes over UVC similar to hospital setups.. so can be done but is it worth it?

 

[mudballs]

Oh yea, pm only grows on living plants, right?

No it'll continue to grow even if the plant is chopped.

 

[Hollatchaboy]

No it'll continue to grow even if the plant is chopped.

For sure. Thanks man.

 

[Hollatchaboy]

You want to keep any UV away from flower after chop. UVC not good for terps / cannabinoids.. or anything else for that matter outside of sterilizing. If using UVC to sterilize incoming air,. only way to do it safely is a duct setup where air passes over UVC similar to hospital setups.. so can be done but is it worth it?

Would this work?

 

[magnetik]

can't answer for something I haven't used personally but seems logical. I think there's more to it though like inline hepa's and certain airflow requirements. Just hepa's should remove spores though. could be wrong

 

[PopAndSonGrows]

A bud washing would be better IMO.

 

[Zellmet]

Would it be possible to put a uvc light in the drying tent, while buds are drying to prevent pm?

UV light reacts with oxygen to produce ozone...and this will degrade your buds a helluva lot quicker than atmospheric oxygen will...

 

[budtoker221]

You can buy Uvc air purifiers but they put off a small bit of ozone and will reduce flavor

 

[Hollatchaboy]

Thanks for the knowledge guys. I believe I'll just stick to the bud wash.