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There's been a lot of "discussion" on this topic lately. I saw some studies a guy listed. They prove that plants do better with a dark cycle.
One "debater" kept insisting that he didnt care about science or studies but rather, what he saw with his own eyes and his plants grew better on 24/0 !.
Well it turned out that he should have had a lot more light in his room. The way the studies explained it..in laymans' terms was..
Plants need..or can use a certain minimum of light "energy" per day. Let's say it's 1000..ummm...lolis or some stupid made-up word.
That one guy was giving them less than the minimum in 24 hours because of his shitty lighting. If he had given them the required 1000 "lolis" in a day (24/0) he would have achieved even better growth.
Had he supplied the 1000lolis in 18 hours and given the plants a dark cycle of 6 hours, they would have done better yet.
So the moral was..it IS beneficial for plants to have a dark period..as long as they're getting the required amount of light energy in the cycle. A plant that receives 1000lolis on a 24/0 schedule wont do as well as the same plant that gets 1000lolis and a dark period in one 24hr day. Now whether it's 20/4, 18/6...I dont remember reading anything concrete about that.
Could keeping the mothers under 24/0 create enough stress to induce male flower growth?
I've always run 24/0 during veg as I always thought more time with light, more growth, but I was recently told by a friend that he sees absolutely no difference in total growth over time running 18/6 vs 24/0. I'd obviously prefer to run the lights less and save on my electricity bill, but I find it hard to believe that you really don't get added growth for the extra 6 hours of light. Any input?
One other thing I might as well bring up in this thread. Although I run 24/0 as a rule, I turn off the lights for an hour a couple times a week after I do foliar applications of neem oil so I dont burn the leaves. I don't do this on any set schedule. Any chance this is causing stress to the plants?
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