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24 hours is what i have ran for a good amount of years, if you see somthing wrong with your plants its probably not the light cycle... :animbong:
I use Shoplights and T5's for veg. I can veg under my T5's for 6-8 weeks for every 6 days another grower vegges under a 1000w HPS. I can turn them off and on a few times a day with no ill effects.
I can do with proper planning whatever you do speedwise too. A room with 6 4x4 T5s tables. One tray is 1 week old, 1 is 2 weeks, 1 is 3 weeks One is 6 weeks old. My 6 week vegged clones will be better than any 1 week veg 1000w clones. Even if they are the same size they will be better. Better roots, better internodal spacing and more explosion when 12/12 comes.
Every week I can have 6 week old clones ready. They will have been grown under 18-6 and they will be happier plants. Not forced under 24 hour light. If established botany is true and plants only do certain functions at dark how can they not be happier and healthier?
Yes they do. They might be able to grow but IMHO they do benefit. There are certain functions that only happen during the dark cycle. Most experts say that pot plants track night hours not daylight hours. There circadian rhythms are based on the night. You would need to do a side by side grow of all the same equipment, same clones and then 1 veg 24/7 and the other 18/6. In the end I bet if there was a difference (not saying there would be, in fact my argument is benefited if they are just equal), the 18/6 would be the best yield.
Pacog are you saying that mother nature is wrong? You are misinterpreting what they are saying. Just because things happen during light doesn't mean nothing happens at night.
They don't track days they track nights. Stuff goes on at night besides growing.
You are speaking from a total indoor point of view.
Why isn't a 1 week to 6 week veg a fair comparison? The DD MPB you referenced had a 3 week veg. So for the same power I could veg for 18 weeks. Then put them in his system. They would be bigger. But I can't comment on that thread because last time I added my thoughts I was banned for a week.
Are you a practitioner of a dark period before harvest? If you are you must be expecting something to happen during the dark period.
id say the 1k 2 ft away is roastin your plants. we have a veg spot with a 1k MH, lamps 4ft or better away from the tops of the plants, and they grow great.
if your gonna keep the lamp that close ya need to really move the air around. also ya might need to cool the room, or put the lamp in a cooled hood or tube.
18/6 works well when gettin clones ready to go outside early spring. seems a plant will start to flower outside when usin 24hrs, then they reveg and flower again which wastes alot of grow time.
im with everyone on the 24hr schedule, dont think its killin plants.
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I disagree strongly with people doing 24 hrs. It’s not going to harm your plants at all. Just personal opinion based off science.i tried 24 hour veg for a week plants were just super stressed, looked drained and i even lost 2 because of it. 18-20 hrs max that 4 to 6 hrs of pitch dark is needed. when i turn the lights on in the morning they always just look bigger and healthier compared to when i wake up in the morning and look at them from a 24 hr they look stressed. im using 1000w hps bout 2 ft away. who agrees who disagrees?