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hookahhead
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Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP?
#19394551 - 01/09/14 04:44 PM (10 years, 21 days ago) |
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Test 14: Do you UV?
What is LIGHT anyways? We have worried to long about POWER or COLOR Let it go. Not all light is the same, and not all that shimmers is made of GOLD.
"Several health benefit claims such as improved appearance, enhanced mood, and increased vitamin D levels have been attributed to tanning. Furthermore, the Indoor Tanning Association claims that “catching some rays may lengthen your life” [5].
Exposure to sunlight has been linked to improved energy and elevated mood. The belief that people [or peyotes] look better with a tan may partially explain this phenomenon. A report on the tanning attitudes of young adults found that 81% of individuals in 2007 felt that a tan improved appearance, whereas only 58% of individuals in 1968 held the same belief [6]. Individuals with seasonal affective disorder report improved mood status when exposed to sunlight [7] and to frequently tan [8]. Although early studies had suggested that mood elevation was linked to increased endorphin levels [9], subsequent studies have not found such correlation [10–12].
The Indoor Tanning Association claims that a base tan can act as “the body’s natural protection against sunburn” [5]. UV induced tans offer a sun protection factor (SPF) of 3–4 [13,14], but additional changes besides hyperpigmentation, such as epidermal hyperplasia, likely play a role in UV induced photoprotection. While an SPF of 3–4 does protect from sunburn, only approximately 65% of the erythema induced by UV radiation is blocked [15]. Therefore a base tan does not provide adequate protection and appropriate clothing, the proper use of sunscreens, and prudent sun exposure remain essential for sunburn prevention."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2692214/
Daily your SUN bombards you with UV. It is well known that it is possible to damage your EPIDERMIS and our OZONE layer. The paper also outlines the NEGATIVE effects. Too much of a good thing, is still too much.
How effective are PRECIOUS (translated: expensive) LED's at providing this ENERGY?
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"actually, for white LEDs, it actually depends on how white light is achieved..
some white LED (rare now) use UV light + a phosphor to output white light.. thus, some UV will get out.
most white LEDs use a royal blue LED combined with a phosphor now, though.
colored LED? nope!(well, unless it's a UV LED)"
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?242978-Do-White-and-Colored-LED-s-output-UV
Don't be an , give your a tan! I've said it for eons. Accurate information, will be widely, and freely accessible... in the new age.
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"Nothing New" "Willkommen im EthnoGarten" "Don't Be a Backeberg" "Mites and Mealy Bugs" "The Heart and the Sun"
If someone doesn't want your LIGHT, shine it some where else. Everyday there are people who LOVE, ACCEPT, and LOOK FORWARD to making CONTACT with you. YOU are capable of GREAT THINGS even if you feel neglected or mistreated in OUR current SPACE. Change your ways, change our WORLD, there is SAFTEY in NUMBERS. Welcome to the PRESENT. ~ 144,000 Anonymous Voices “Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. [NOW]” - Jane Howard
Edited by hookahhead (01/09/14 06:24 PM)
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Re: Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP? [Re: hookahhead]
#19394592 - 01/09/14 04:52 PM (10 years, 21 days ago) |
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INFOGEDDON is upon us! Report to your infobomb shelters immediately. 
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Exposure to sunlight has been linked to improved energy and elevated mood.
There has not been a day in my life where I've looked outside on a beautiful sunny day and determined that staying indoors was a better option.
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ferrel_human
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Re: Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP? [Re: SuperD]
#19394837 - 01/09/14 05:38 PM (10 years, 21 days ago) |
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SuperD said: INFOGEDDON is upon us! Report to your infobomb shelters immediately. 
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Exposure to sunlight has been linked to improved energy and elevated mood.
There has not been a day in my life where I've looked outside on a beautiful sunny day and determined that staying indoors was a better option.
I know that's right.
-------------------- Nature is my church and walking through it is gospel. It tells no lies and reveals all to those who look, and listen, closely. -Karode
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hookahhead
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Re: Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP? [Re: SuperD]
#19394846 - 01/09/14 05:40 PM (10 years, 21 days ago) |
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I hope you all have enjoyed my posts, and found at least some of the information new and useful, I know I certainly learned a lot. My efforts were not fueled by Ego or Greed, I have no blog, endorsements and care for only a meager recognition. I don't have much money myself, but have never really found the need to have TOO MUCH. I gladly give away when I have extra of anything and LIFE has always provided for me when I absolutely needed it. Thank you all for sharing and caring, IT TRUELY IS AN AMAZING COMMUNITY AND TIME.
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"Nothing New" "Willkommen im EthnoGarten" "Don't Be a Backeberg" "Mites and Mealy Bugs" "The Heart and the Sun"
If someone doesn't want your LIGHT, shine it some where else. Everyday there are people who LOVE, ACCEPT, and LOOK FORWARD to making CONTACT with you. YOU are capable of GREAT THINGS even if you feel neglected or mistreated in OUR current SPACE. Change your ways, change our WORLD, there is SAFTEY in NUMBERS. Welcome to the PRESENT. ~ 144,000 Anonymous Voices “Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. [NOW]” - Jane Howard
Edited by hookahhead (01/09/14 05:48 PM)
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SuperD
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Re: Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP? [Re: hookahhead]
#19394868 - 01/09/14 05:44 PM (10 years, 21 days ago) |
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Amen to that. I actually had a corporate job earlier in my life and had the chance to make a crazy salary in a few years time but I walked away from that position. I shit you not I started getting health problems from that kind of environment because of stress and how draining it is on the soul. After I left the problems all cleared up. I barely scrape by these days but I am so much happier and healthier.
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ferrel_human
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Re: Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP? [Re: SuperD]
#19394915 - 01/09/14 05:50 PM (10 years, 21 days ago) |
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SuperD said: Amen to that. I actually had a corporate job earlier in my life and had the chance to make a crazy salary in a few years time but I walked away from that position. I shit you not I started getting health problems from that kind of environment because of stress and how draining it is on the soul. After I left the problems all cleared up. I barely scrape by these days but I am so much happier and healthier. 
Why cant I do this?.
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Re: Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP? [Re: ferrel_human]
#19394925 - 01/09/14 05:51 PM (10 years, 21 days ago) |
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ferrel_human said: Why cant I do this?.
You absolutely could man. Your wife might not be too happy about it, but you can do it. I'm nobody special. I'm just someone that took a good hard look at my life and decided cash was not going to be my ruler so I did something about it.
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Re: Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP? [Re: SuperD]
#19394945 - 01/09/14 05:55 PM (10 years, 21 days ago) |
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Well I will aspire to be like you. Honestly.
-------------------- Nature is my church and walking through it is gospel. It tells no lies and reveals all to those who look, and listen, closely. -Karode
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hookahhead
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Re: Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP? [Re: ferrel_human]
#19394990 - 01/09/14 06:00 PM (10 years, 21 days ago) |
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Dear Anne, I hope you read this. You were right. We have been living under old Dogmas They will remember OUR words Let your love light shine
The Grateful Dead Plays, But Only Jesus Saves.
It's ok to laugh. HAPPY NEW AGE
-------------------- "My worm farm" "96 Gallon Worm Tote" "Let Your Freak Flag Fly" "Respect Your Roots" "A KNEW IDEA"
"Nothing New" "Willkommen im EthnoGarten" "Don't Be a Backeberg" "Mites and Mealy Bugs" "The Heart and the Sun"
If someone doesn't want your LIGHT, shine it some where else. Everyday there are people who LOVE, ACCEPT, and LOOK FORWARD to making CONTACT with you. YOU are capable of GREAT THINGS even if you feel neglected or mistreated in OUR current SPACE. Change your ways, change our WORLD, there is SAFTEY in NUMBERS. Welcome to the PRESENT. ~ 144,000 Anonymous Voices “Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. [NOW]” - Jane Howard
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SuperD
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Re: Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP? [Re: hookahhead]
#19395002 - 01/09/14 06:01 PM (10 years, 21 days ago) |
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in the noob new age!
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Re: Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP? [Re: ferrel_human]
#19395031 - 01/09/14 06:05 PM (10 years, 21 days ago) |
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ferrel_human said: Well I will aspire to be like you. Honestly.
Do whatever makes you most comfortable and happy. Something clearly was not right in my life when I started getting health problems not from diet or lifestyle, but from my workplace of all things. I thanked the guy that got me the hookup on that career for giving me a chance to turn my life around with a soon-to-be good paying position and then got the fuck out of there.
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hookahhead
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Re: Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP? [Re: SuperD]
#19395519 - 01/09/14 07:29 PM (10 years, 21 days ago) |
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 Artist: http://thijmetermaat.com/originals/merrily.html
I know the pieces fit cause I watched them fall away Mildewed and smoldering, fundamental differing, Pure intention juxtaposed will set two lovers souls in motion Disintegrating as it goes testing our communication The light that fueled our fire then has burned a hole between us so We cannot see to reach an end crippling our communication.
I know the pieces fit cause I watched them tumble down No fault, none to blame it doesn't mean I don't desire To point the finger, blame the other, watch the temple topple over To bring the pieces back together, rediscover communication
The poetry that comes from the squaring off between, And the circling is worth it Finding beauty in the dissonance
There was a time that the pieces fit, but I watched them fall away Mildewed and smoldering, strangled by our coveting I've done the math enough to know the dangers of our second guessing Doomed to crumble unless we grow, and strengthen our communication
Cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion
Between supposed lovers Between supposed brothers
And I know the pieces fit
-Tool
 - Alex Grey
-------------------- "My worm farm" "96 Gallon Worm Tote" "Let Your Freak Flag Fly" "Respect Your Roots" "A KNEW IDEA"
"Nothing New" "Willkommen im EthnoGarten" "Don't Be a Backeberg" "Mites and Mealy Bugs" "The Heart and the Sun"
If someone doesn't want your LIGHT, shine it some where else. Everyday there are people who LOVE, ACCEPT, and LOOK FORWARD to making CONTACT with you. YOU are capable of GREAT THINGS even if you feel neglected or mistreated in OUR current SPACE. Change your ways, change our WORLD, there is SAFTEY in NUMBERS. Welcome to the PRESENT. ~ 144,000 Anonymous Voices “Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. [NOW]” - Jane Howard
Edited by hookahhead (01/09/14 07:36 PM)
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Re: Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP? [Re: hookahhead]
#19395656 - 01/09/14 07:54 PM (10 years, 21 days ago) |
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I have a poster of that second pic, takes up almost half of one of my walls. That first one is awesome too.
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anne halonium
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Re: LED absolutely rules! [Re: SuperD]
#19395694 - 01/09/14 08:02 PM (10 years, 21 days ago) |
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LED absolutely rules.........


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Re: Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP? [Re: SuperD]
#19395696 - 01/09/14 08:02 PM (10 years, 21 days ago) |
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Good info here man
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Re: Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP? [Re: hookahhead]
#19395715 - 01/09/14 08:04 PM (10 years, 21 days ago) |
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I guess some LED plant lights probably do include UV LEDs in the mix. IIRC UV does something beneficial to MJ plants (stimulates trichome production maybe?) and a lot of plant lighting is intended for them.
My wife has this UV light thing for doing nails. I guess it would need to be pretty strong to make the chemicals cure. It produces some visible purplish light as well and even that is bright as fuck.
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anne halonium said: LED absolutely rules.........

 
A grands worth of lights to grow a plant that is one of the easiest plants to grow that I have ever come across. 
Cheers Got
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Re: LED absolutely rules! [Re: GoOnThen]
#19395928 - 01/09/14 08:56 PM (10 years, 21 days ago) |
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Anne is like a living breathing Rube-Goldberg machine. Spend thousands of dollars on equipment to accomplish what could be done for free with the sun, or at best $100 worth of lights. Your peres look no different than hers and in my opinion, perhaps slightly better. Sorry annie, but throwing a bucket of water on the peres before snapping a pic does not make them look any better.
Wait a minute..if you're using a hydro grow, why is there even any water above the roots to begin with? Honest question.
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Re: Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP? [Re: SuperD]
#19396097 - 01/09/14 09:37 PM (10 years, 21 days ago) |
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SuperD said: Amen to that. I actually had a corporate job earlier in my life and had the chance to make a crazy salary in a few years time but I walked away from that position. I shit you not I started getting health problems from that kind of environment because of stress and how draining it is on the soul. After I left the problems all cleared up. I barely scrape by these days but I am so much happier and healthier. 
This reminds me of the few corporate jobs I have held...I never stayed long enough, but I just knew for some reason that I shouldn't be there. It was destroying my well being, it was a Michaels craft store. Jeeeeperrrs. I wanted to destroy every new shipment box before i opened it. SO MUCH WASTE.
As for LED. I've visited certain shops with example set ups of led lights and plants. And they always seemed to be doing an EXTRA good job to me. 
On the other hand, I had a friend using an led to grow some herb....and his grow never looked to optimal. In his defense, it was only ONE led light. Maybe he needed a more powerful one? I don't know, I'm keeping the good old hardware store lights for now.
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hookahhead
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Re: Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP? [Re: psi]
#19396125 - 01/09/14 09:48 PM (10 years, 21 days ago) |
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I don't think the UV needs to be that strong at all to cure the polish. Understand strong UV is bad and will cause SERIOUS damage. The polish is probably clear coat? The UV goes right through and set's it up in no time. It's the same concept as other UV glues and adhesives.
Your always questioning my research, which I enjoy and feel it contributes to positive and rational discussion. However, care to do a bit of your own research first, and provide us the facts as you see them?
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psi said: My wife has this UV light thing for doing nails. I guess it would need to be pretty strong to make the chemicals cure. It produces some visible purplish light as well and even that is bright as fuck.
@ the corporate world. PaneraBread and I recently parted ways after 3 years, because even when the customers are downright evil and vile bitches to the employees, they are ALWAYS right. I bet you can guess how that scenario played out 
Ive said it a few times now if ya... missed it. Change your mind, change OUR ways. Safety i numbers if we could just look past personal differences and COME TOGETHER. There is no longer a reason to be scared or scarred in the...PRESENT
-------------------- "My worm farm" "96 Gallon Worm Tote" "Let Your Freak Flag Fly" "Respect Your Roots" "A KNEW IDEA"
"Nothing New" "Willkommen im EthnoGarten" "Don't Be a Backeberg" "Mites and Mealy Bugs" "The Heart and the Sun"
If someone doesn't want your LIGHT, shine it some where else. Everyday there are people who LOVE, ACCEPT, and LOOK FORWARD to making CONTACT with you. YOU are capable of GREAT THINGS even if you feel neglected or mistreated in OUR current SPACE. Change your ways, change our WORLD, there is SAFTEY in NUMBERS. Welcome to the PRESENT. ~ 144,000 Anonymous Voices “Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. [NOW]” - Jane Howard
Edited by hookahhead (01/09/14 09:57 PM)
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psi
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Re: Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP? [Re: hookahhead]
#19396211 - 01/09/14 10:13 PM (10 years, 21 days ago) |
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Strong is a relative term obviously. I mention it only as an example of a device employing UV LEDs that I have encountered. The nail polish it is used with must be cured with such a light as far as I know.
Anyway, here's a list I pulled off an auction site of the LED types used in a "7-band" fixture:
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Red wavelength: 630 nm Red wavelength: 660 nm Blue wavelength: 430 nm Blue wavelength: 460 nm White 12000k UV 390 nm IR 850 nm
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hookahhead
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Re: Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP? [Re: psi]
#19396229 - 01/09/14 10:18 PM (10 years, 21 days ago) |
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I don't doubt the UV polish, there is a CHEMICAL reaction that occurs. Sort of like photosynthesis... I just doubt you are getting much of the same benefit I discussed above from a "LED ARRAY". Look at SCIENCE SUPPLY UV lamps, you can't even be near them. Check the Advanced Mushroom Cultivation forum for people discussing them at various times to cause MUTATIONS. Anything with real power, they couldn't sell as grow lights for health reasons. Think of a tanning bed . Also last time I checked, Eauction's weren't considered an acceptable scholarly source.
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"Nothing New" "Willkommen im EthnoGarten" "Don't Be a Backeberg" "Mites and Mealy Bugs" "The Heart and the Sun"
If someone doesn't want your LIGHT, shine it some where else. Everyday there are people who LOVE, ACCEPT, and LOOK FORWARD to making CONTACT with you. YOU are capable of GREAT THINGS even if you feel neglected or mistreated in OUR current SPACE. Change your ways, change our WORLD, there is SAFTEY in NUMBERS. Welcome to the PRESENT. ~ 144,000 Anonymous Voices “Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. [NOW]” - Jane Howard
Edited by hookahhead (01/09/14 10:25 PM)
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Re: Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP? [Re: hookahhead]
#19396280 - 01/09/14 10:28 PM (10 years, 21 days ago) |
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More useful garbage. By the information Messiah No more tests The future is here
Photosynthesis, the conversion of light energy into chemical energy in cells that contain chlorophyll, a green pigment. Photosynthesis occurs in most plants and algae and in some bacteria and protozoans. The process is also called carbon fixation, because it includes the production of carbon compounds that store the chemical energy for use in cell growth. These compounds—mainly sugars and starches, collectively called carbohydrates—also serve as building blocks for more complex foods, such as fats and proteins. For photosynthesis to occur, water, carbon dioxide, chlorophyll, and light are necessary.
The Reactions of Photosynthesis Two main chemical reactions occur in photosynthesis. One takes place only in the presence of light and is called the light reaction; the other can occur with or without light and is called the dark reaction.
The Light Reaction has the following steps:
Light enters a cell and is absorbed by chlorophyll. The light's energy raises the energy level of some chlorophyll electrons, freeing them from the chlorophyll molecules. Molecules of water (H2O) from the environment take part in chemical reactions in the cell. Electrons from the hydrogen atoms in each of these water molecules are attracted to the chlorophyll molecules lacking the electrons freed in step 1. This attraction causes the water molecules to break apart into oxygen atoms, protons, and electrons. The oxygen atoms join together in pairs, forming molecules of oxygen. Oxygen molecules, called free oxygen, are released into the environment. The electrons freed from the chlorophyll molecules and the protons freed from the water molecules take part in chemical reactions in the cell. These reactions result in the production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide diphosphate (NADPH2). The Dark Reaction The chemical energy possessed by ATP and NADPH2 is used in making carbohydrates from hydrogen and carbon dioxide. (The carbon dioxide is obtained from the environment.) The carbohydrates then possess the chemical energy given up by ATP and NADPH2.
The generalized, overall chemical equation for photosynthesis is:
6CO2+12H2O + light → C6H12O6 + 6O2 + 6H2O
The carbohydrate in this equation (C6H12O6) is glucose, a simple sugar. Glucose is only one of several compounds that can be formed by photosynthesis.
Importance of Photosynthesis Photosynthesis is the most important chemical process for life. Through photosynthesis, the sun's energy is made available to all organisms. For example, when an animal eats a plant, it obtains chemical energy that the plant acquired through photosynthesis; when a second animal eats a plant-eating animal, it obtains some of the chemical energy that the first animal obtained by eating plants.
As organisms respire, they take in free oxygen and give off carbon dioxide. Respiration is dependent on photosynthesis because photosynthesis is the source of virtually all the free oxygen in the atmosphere and in bodies of water. In addition, photosynthesis removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and from bodies of water. If this carbon dioxide were not removed, it would eventually smother the organisms that produce it.
Coal and petroleum, composed of the remains of various kinds of organisms, contain energy that was captured from the sun's rays by photosynthesis millions of years ago.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/dictionary/biology-terms/photosynthesis-info.htm
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"Nothing New" "Willkommen im EthnoGarten" "Don't Be a Backeberg" "Mites and Mealy Bugs" "The Heart and the Sun"
If someone doesn't want your LIGHT, shine it some where else. Everyday there are people who LOVE, ACCEPT, and LOOK FORWARD to making CONTACT with you. YOU are capable of GREAT THINGS even if you feel neglected or mistreated in OUR current SPACE. Change your ways, change our WORLD, there is SAFTEY in NUMBERS. Welcome to the PRESENT. ~ 144,000 Anonymous Voices “Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. [NOW]” - Jane Howard
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Re: Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP? [Re: hookahhead]
#19396314 - 01/09/14 10:37 PM (10 years, 21 days ago) |
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The missing piece of information is how much UV may or may not be needed for growing peyote. You haven't seriously addressed that question so far that I've seen. The bulk of your OP deals with UV's effects on humans. Are UV LEDs sufficient or do you need something more powerful? Are there even any ill effects at all if there is no UV whatsoever?
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Re: Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP? [Re: hookahhead]
#19396327 - 01/09/14 10:41 PM (10 years, 21 days ago) |
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Psi, I hate to say it but your being an IDIOT! WERE ALL CONNECTED (YOU, ME, PEYOTE, ANNE, SUPERD, SHROOMERY FAMILY)
Plant pigments effect the effectiveness and light absorption of photosynthesis. Which is why you'll notice someones pereskiopsis has red tips.. The plant is reacting to ITS environment, to survive, because thats what LIFE is.
http://fhs-bio-wiki.pbworks.com/w/page/12145794/Photosynthesis%20-%20leaf%20%20and%20pigments
Healthy Plants Vs Unhealthy Plants


I would kindly like to remind you all again, this is not shit that I MADE UP, I AM NOT EVEN CLAIMING IT AS MY OWN.
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Re: Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP? [Re: hookahhead]
#19396353 - 01/09/14 10:45 PM (10 years, 21 days ago) |
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I can tell it's been a while since I've been out of school because it's taking me several re-reads to truly capture the gist of everything being posted haha. Not that that's a bad thing. It's good my brain is getting a bit more exercise than usual these days. Also helps that I'm no longer baked 24/7 like I was for over 10 years.
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Re: Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP? [Re: hookahhead]
#19396356 - 01/09/14 10:47 PM (10 years, 21 days ago) |
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Did you READ? IS IT DEAD YET?
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Plants starting to become unhealthy reflect the red and blue light. These plants are becoming stressed.
Thank you for highlighting the absence of information!
-------------------- "My worm farm" "96 Gallon Worm Tote" "Let Your Freak Flag Fly" "Respect Your Roots" "A KNEW IDEA"
"Nothing New" "Willkommen im EthnoGarten" "Don't Be a Backeberg" "Mites and Mealy Bugs" "The Heart and the Sun"
If someone doesn't want your LIGHT, shine it some where else. Everyday there are people who LOVE, ACCEPT, and LOOK FORWARD to making CONTACT with you. YOU are capable of GREAT THINGS even if you feel neglected or mistreated in OUR current SPACE. Change your ways, change our WORLD, there is SAFTEY in NUMBERS. Welcome to the PRESENT. ~ 144,000 Anonymous Voices “Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. [NOW]” - Jane Howard
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Re: Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP? [Re: hookahhead]
#19396366 - 01/09/14 10:49 PM (10 years, 21 days ago) |
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Anything in those links in particular that struck you as relating to UV having some special significance? From the graph it looks like UV can be used for photosynthesis but not very efficiently.
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Re: Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP? [Re: psi]
#19396369 - 01/09/14 10:50 PM (10 years, 21 days ago) |
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ARE YOU TROLLING ME
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psi said: Strong is a relative term obviously. I mention it only as an example of a device employing UV LEDs that I have encountered. The nail polish it is used with must be cured with such a light as far as I know.
Anyway, here's a list I pulled off an auction site of the LED types used in a "7-band" fixture:
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Red wavelength: 630 nm Red wavelength: 660 nm Blue wavelength: 430 nm Blue wavelength: 460 nm White 12000k UV 390 nm IR 850 nm
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psi said: Anything in those links in particular that struck you as relating to UV having some special significance? From the graph it looks like UV can be used for photosynthesis but not very efficiently.

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Plants starting to become unhealthy reflect the red and blue light. These plants are becoming stressed.
If A picture is worth 1,000 Words, How much are 10,000 MP3's worth?
-------------------- "My worm farm" "96 Gallon Worm Tote" "Let Your Freak Flag Fly" "Respect Your Roots" "A KNEW IDEA"
"Nothing New" "Willkommen im EthnoGarten" "Don't Be a Backeberg" "Mites and Mealy Bugs" "The Heart and the Sun"
If someone doesn't want your LIGHT, shine it some where else. Everyday there are people who LOVE, ACCEPT, and LOOK FORWARD to making CONTACT with you. YOU are capable of GREAT THINGS even if you feel neglected or mistreated in OUR current SPACE. Change your ways, change our WORLD, there is SAFTEY in NUMBERS. Welcome to the PRESENT. ~ 144,000 Anonymous Voices “Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. [NOW]” - Jane Howard
Edited by hookahhead (01/11/14 03:13 PM)
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Re: Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP? [Re: hookahhead]
#19396374 - 01/09/14 10:52 PM (10 years, 21 days ago) |
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Yes. But now I'm tired and I should go to bed.
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Re: Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP? [Re: psi]
#19396396 - 01/09/14 10:56 PM (10 years, 21 days ago) |
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You suck , good night & sweet dreams. I'll talk to you tomorrow. Thanks for your piece of the puzzle!
  
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"Nothing New" "Willkommen im EthnoGarten" "Don't Be a Backeberg" "Mites and Mealy Bugs" "The Heart and the Sun"
If someone doesn't want your LIGHT, shine it some where else. Everyday there are people who LOVE, ACCEPT, and LOOK FORWARD to making CONTACT with you. YOU are capable of GREAT THINGS even if you feel neglected or mistreated in OUR current SPACE. Change your ways, change our WORLD, there is SAFTEY in NUMBERS. Welcome to the PRESENT. ~ 144,000 Anonymous Voices “Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. [NOW]” - Jane Howard
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Re: Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP? [Re: hookahhead]
#19396434 - 01/09/14 11:05 PM (10 years, 21 days ago) |
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Might as well just go ahead and finish it now...
  http://www.biology.iupui.edu/biocourses/N100/ch9photosynth.html
And there's this. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/23/science/how-does-a-plant-with-red-leaves-support-itself-without-green-chlorophyll.html?_r=0
"Most plants also have other pigments: carotenoids, which usually appear yellow to orange, and anthocyanins, which are red to purple. One pigment usually dominates. So a plant with red leaves probably has higher than usual amounts of anthocyanins, Dr. Pell said. But chlorophyll is still present and at work.
“We used to think that all fall foliage color change resulted from the revealing of already-present carotenoids and anthocyanins when chlorophyll was broken down in preparation for dormancy,” she said. We now know that leaves actually produce additional anthocyanins into old age, she said.
The evolutionary advantages are not fully understood, Dr. Pell said. One theory is that extra anthocyanins provide shade under which chloroplasts (structures within cells) can break down their chlorophyll, helping the plant reabsorb its building blocks, especially valuable nitrogen. Another theory is that anthocyanins, which are powerful antioxidants, protect the plants in preparation for winter."
-------------------- "My worm farm" "96 Gallon Worm Tote" "Let Your Freak Flag Fly" "Respect Your Roots" "A KNEW IDEA"
"Nothing New" "Willkommen im EthnoGarten" "Don't Be a Backeberg" "Mites and Mealy Bugs" "The Heart and the Sun"
If someone doesn't want your LIGHT, shine it some where else. Everyday there are people who LOVE, ACCEPT, and LOOK FORWARD to making CONTACT with you. YOU are capable of GREAT THINGS even if you feel neglected or mistreated in OUR current SPACE. Change your ways, change our WORLD, there is SAFTEY in NUMBERS. Welcome to the PRESENT. ~ 144,000 Anonymous Voices “Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. [NOW]” - Jane Howard
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Re: Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP? [Re: hookahhead]
#19403740 - 01/11/14 12:56 PM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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I have 150W Metal Halide light bulb combined to 250W High Pressure Sodium when sun isn't visible.. Best would be 600W+600W but I don't need to imitate summer, only this winter I have no possibility to keep plants below +18-20C much.
Metal Halide offers an UV-B Radiation to my plants when I need to try imitate the sun ..Afak HPS should also radiate some UV? Idk for sure..

Also these radiate some heat I need.. and only two bulbs are enough to light whole 5x5meter living room for people and plants. 
It's fucking hard time over winter because sun isn't visible over horizon and fatigue is something most people can't understand..
I have arrange some artificial light for use to keep day light for humans and plants.. 
At 7AM Morning 150W MH light starts and light till 8PM. At 9AM 250W HPS will turn on and goes off at 3:30PM.
It's too much of dormancy light but I should choose, no light at all or as strong as possible, cool temps without no frost I can't use this winter.
My lights caused astrophytum ornatum to bloom accidentally at mid-winter but I missed the flower while I was on the road...
Pretty good results with these lights.. All other trichs have stop growing due to lack of water but this strain doesn't want to stop even I have not watered this for months.
 I know this is etiolated some.. I know also it would grow very pale white ugly tip if I have no lights.
This chilipepper is +2,5meter(8-9feet) away from light bulbs and look what kind of foliage plant have.. Only sun (or more wattage) beat's this light combination in plant cultivation
 Light bulbs are designed to use for plants and this are old tech enough proper bulbs are available around.
Other cacti are just stunted because lack of water and they receive light from light bulbs I have above southern windowsill to mature cacti.. This was my only choice in there arctic cause I can't use +5-10C room.. House building there is different anyway.
Same light technology are used in professional greenhouses and these are relatively cheap price but still consume electricity. Also this same technology lights are used to light our highways and infrastructure in every city because these are enough powerful with output of light also, 600W bulb are best what comes to lux and lumen amount per wattage.
But: Why all professional and commercial plant growers use this light technology in greenhouses and cities are illuminating whole streets, parks, valleys, baseball and football fields all over the globe? Why this tek have not been replaced... Isn't that obvious?
"New technology" used in car industry as front lights of car are basically new 12 Voltage metal halide bulb also.. Who could have seen this happen?
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Whoa,Nelly,it's so green!
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Re: Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP? [Re: KBG1977]
#19404006 - 01/11/14 02:01 PM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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KBG1977 said: Whoa,Nelly,it's so green!

And "too far away" from light bulbs.. hah
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KBG1977 said: Whoa,Nelly,it's so green!

And "too far away" from light bulbs.. hah
Could have fooled me
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Re: Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP? [Re: KBG1977]
#19412325 - 01/13/14 12:49 PM (10 years, 17 days ago) |
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Re: Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP? [Re: MachineMinds]
#19412346 - 01/13/14 12:56 PM (10 years, 17 days ago) |
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3 day ban and you can't handle it? Much respect to organics and all. But come on man...
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Re: Not quite ready to make the LED LEAP? [Re: hookahhead]
#19412380 - 01/13/14 12:56 PM (10 years, 17 days ago) |
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This thread has been closed.
Reason: It is time to put this episode behind us.
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