6:2 light cycle ? Anybody tried it before

[Greenthumb90]

Hi guys . I’m looking at running a 6:2 light cycle on some plants for 8 weeks before I move them outside to flower . Has anybody done this light cycle before and what’s there thoughts

 

[Rustless]

Try it tell us, ive read it works,might even work better.

 

[Aqua Man]

Hi guys . I’m looking at running a 6:2 light cycle on some plants for 8 weeks before I move them outside to flower . Has anybody done this light cycle before and what’s there thoughts

So i'm not well versed in it but its my understanding it prevents photorespiration and keeps plants in their most productive level of photosynthesis. With that being said unless you have very high lighting i cannot see a benefit to this. Just my uneducated opinion but I would welcome some information as to what benefits you may achieve by doing so. Always open to info

 

[Greenthumb90]

So i'm not well versed in it but its my understanding it prevents photorespiration and keeps plants in their most productive level of photosynthesis. With that being said unless you have very high lighting i cannot see a benefit to this. Just my uneducated opinion but I would welcome some information as to what benefits you may achieve by doing so. Always open to info

Just thought I would see if anyone has run that cycle and their thoughts but decided I would give it a go and see what happens . I’m running 2x HLG 288 4000k at full power in a5”x5” tent . I ran these same lights at same power on my last Veg grow and they loved it . So thought I would swap the cycle and do a test

 

[Aqua Man]

Just thought I would see if anyone has run that cycle and their thoughts but decided I would give it a go and see what happens . I’m running 2x HLG 288 4000k at full power in a5”x5” tent . I ran these same lights at same power on my last Veg grow and they loved it . So thought I would swap the cycle and do a test

Love HLG i run the hlg600 3000K in my 4x4 actually

 

[Greenthumb90]

Love HLG i run the hlg600 3000K in my 4x4 actually

I took my last lot of plants outside after being under them lights without gardening them off and it didn’t affect them whatsoever doing the switch from HLG lights too natural light . They are good

 

[Greenthumb90]

I took my last lot of plants outside after being under them lights without gardening them off and it didn’t affect them whatsoever doing the switch from HLG lights too natural light . They are good

Hardening

 

[Aqua Man]

I took my last lot of plants outside after being under them lights without gardening them off and it didn’t affect them whatsoever doing the switch from HLG lights too natural light . They are good

yep i got it. i think right light for the job. I hit 90k lux at about 28" sun is about 100k. some good discussion on LED in @1diesel1 thread on LED vs others.

 

[Greenthumb90]

yep i got it. i think right light for the job. I hit 90k lux at about 28" sun is about 100k. some good discussion on LED in @1diesel1 thread on LED vs others.

That’s why I thought I would try 6:2 with them lights . Pretty intense light and give them a breather after 6 hours for 2 and then light again fOr another 6 and so forth . Worth a try seeing as the lights outperformed my expectations on the first lot of girls running them on 14.5/9.5 of light to suit the daylight hours we have so they Veg more for our season in Australia

 

[Rustless]

Just thought I would see if anyone has run that cycle and their thoughts but decided I would give it a go and see what happens . I’m running 2x HLG 288 4000k at full power in a5”x5” tent . I ran these same lights at same power on my last Veg grow and they loved it . So thought I would swap the cycle and do a test

im on my first grow, i will experiment with it down the line