I don't care if people do or do not use 24/7. I say do what rocks your boat. But you can't go saying people who don't use 24/0 are wrong or uninformed.
Its completely counterproductive to do anything other than 24/0. Here's why:
-You don't have to fire your bulb daily which puts much much less stress on it than if you leave it on 24 hours a day which they're made to do in the first place.
I find it peculiar that you are worried about HPS bulb wear from turning it on and off but yet you are not worried about bulb longevity when you even use one for veg. I knew right away after we debate in the end you are going to use the cash croppers speed is everything. It's not. But it isn't true anyways.
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?
- Cannabis does not need a dark period to grow like most other plants. That means every 4 hours you're turning your bulb off, you're delaying your harvest by the same amount of time if not more.
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.
- One of the main goals is completing your grow in the least amount of time possible. It only makes logical sense to keep them growing at all times to get to 12/12 faster.
I already showed how this isn't true but I have to say this...
Completing a grow in the least amount of time is never one of my goals. That sounds like a cash croppers goal.
Why would any informed person ever choose to do 18/6 is beyond me.
Already explained some reasons. But will end with the fact that you didn't even consider outdoor growers. 24/0 indoor veg is not the best way to go. Plants will be going outside at 13.5/10.5 or 14/0. They will still be vegging another 3 months. Why shock the hell out of them. Why disrupt them at all. I start seedlings 18/6 and as they grow week to week I slowly get them on 15/9. They are well adjusted and never skip a beat going outside.
Now you have reasons from somebody informed.
