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Photoperiod plants need 12/12 to start flowering, im running 12/12 from seedling but at the 4 or 5 week mark when it starts to bud im gonna switch it 18/6 for 3 weeks to increase bud sizewould it help/hurt to run an 18/12 light cycle during flower? would the plant "think" the days were 30 hours long and therefore take more actual days to finish? would the extra light hours help? would it still flower? i understand it has to have 12 hours of night uninterrupted, but does it necessarily need only 12 of light? i am just curious about how it works, and how much one could manipulate things.
has anyone here tried it?
I was wondering the same thing about a timer that would support such a thing without being manually set each day. What a PITA.I was gonna try but I don't have a 30 hour timer lol. What does work with most plants is 13 light-11 dark- makes for bigger buds.
I was wondering the same thing about a timer that would support such a thing without being manually set each day. What a PITA.
What will they think of next, lol. I’m an old fart. Still using my hydro farm 24hr timers after 20 years of service.
Yeah I did the timers with the pegs... they give me nightmaresWhat will they think of next, lol. I’m an old fart. Still using my hydro farm 24hr timers after 20 years of service.
In 20 years I have never had a failure with one. Set it and forget it. If it ain’t broke I ain’t fixing it.Yeah I did the timers with the pegs... they give me nightmares
Ok here's the issue that's not being considered.... if you are maximizing the DLI then there is no difference in photons received. And plants perform important and different functions in light and dark.Here it is. It has an article on 24/12.
24/12 day night cycle shortens flowering time?
So I had a thought about flowering. Since cannabis gets its direction from the night cycle, you could theoretically cut 6.5 days for every 30 off of your flowering time. Cutting an 8 week flowering time to 6 weeks and a day. If your day and night cycle was 24-12 the plant would still see the...www.thcfarmer.com
Honestly I can say it does nor can I explain why it would but I can say I highly doubt the claims made or atleast for the reasons given. I'll have to actually read and not skin to see if I can validate that portion. But I feel if it does it will come at the cost of yield.They are saying the bud will mature more quickly using this? Is it because it just receives more DLI in 7 days versus the 12 hour? What makes buds mature? This implies is all photons.
I've just switched some auto's I've had on 12/12 for about 7 weeks to 18/6. I was told that it would help boost under performing photo's in the last 7 - 10 days of flower. Not sure about with auto's but I guess I'll find out. Doing this allows me to move all my vegging plants under the 1000w hps for the week as I take cuttings off them and extend my veg period. It also frees up space in my veg room Win Win lol.Honestly I can say it does nor can I explain why it would but I can say I highly doubt the claims made or atleast for the reasons given. I'll have to actually read and not skin to see if I can validate that portion. But I feel if it does it will come at the cost of yield.
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