Adjusting light cycles

[BzDave]

Should I walk them down from 22 hours of light and two hours of dark to 12 and 12, or could l just go right to 12 and 12?

 

[visajoe1]

same question asked about 2 days ago here:

 

[az2000]

same question asked about 2 days ago here:

That link doesn't work. It's https://www.thcfarmer.com/threads/switching-to-flower-schedule.105448/#post-2276450

 

[oldskol4evr]

personally i think anyone using more than 16 hours of light is wasting money,even plants need rest,throw um in 12-12 and be done

 

[visajoe1]

That link doesn't work. It's https://www.thcfarmer.com/threads/switching-to-flower-schedule.105448/#post-2276450

weird! i didnt even pay attention it was all messed up. thanks pimp

 

[Cannabizz]

I just messed up and kept them on 12/12 from last grow so I just went from maybe 2 weeks under cfl to a metal halide 12/12. I didn't change to HID for flowering yet. lol. It depends. Think of it like how it is outside. If it gets light out at 6 and gets dark around 8, then that is the natural hours a plant would get in the wild. So then as the season progresses, the days get shorter by a bit until it is only 12 hours a light of day. So you can play with the schedule like that. But I just switched the timer on flowering day and let it do it's thing. But I don't know if there is a science behind it, you know.

 

[Ron B]

You "VEG" for plant size....2 wks, 4 wks, 8 wks, then Flip to 12/12 from 18/6....any more than that, just burning electricity, IMO !

 

[Ron B]

these "Cherry Pie" were "vegged" for 45 days before Flipping to 12/12 !

 

[Enforcer]

I just flip the light to 12/12 from 18/6. I don’t creep up on it or anything.

 

[jumpincactus]

most folks just go straight to 12/12 with no issues. At the end of the day there must be some level of stress at this juncture as the sun doesn't act that way in nature. And plants do have a circadian rhythm and are photoperiod sensitive but who really knows. To mimic the sun cycle it would take months to get from 18 to 12 on a creep and most growers dont want to wait that long. Got to turn n burn those crops...................Sure would be a cool experiment tho.

 

[BzDave]

these "Cherry Pie" were "vegged" for 45 days before Flipping to 12/12 !View attachment 885406

Fuckin’ really nice job on the shaping bro. I like.