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Raising my first thread from the dead huh, shutupdonny. I see you, breh. :banana1sv6:
I had always run 24/0 until I read the thread on that other forum that Smokestack linked to, but after reading it I switched to 18/6 and have been getting better growth (no side by sides though). About 75% of that thread was idiotic bickering, but the other 25% was well documented research. Heres the take home message:
A dark period during veg is benificial AS LONG AS YOUR PLANTS ARE GETTING ENOUGH PAR DURING THE LIGHT PORTION. So if you're just running a couple hundred watts of flourescents for a medium sized veg room you should keep them on 24 hours as they will benefit more from the extra hours of light than they would from the metabolic changes that accompany a few hours of dark. IF however you have a fairly large amount of light for your space (my main veg room is just a 2x3x7 tent with a 400MH then they get plenty of light during 18 hours and its best to give them some dark for a while.
I just saved you from reading a 42 page thread.
I had always run 24/0 until I read the thread on that other forum that Smokestack linked to, but after reading it I switched to 18/6 and have been getting better growth (no side by sides though). About 75% of that thread was idiotic bickering, but the other 25% was well documented research. Heres the take home message:
A dark period during veg is benificial AS LONG AS YOUR PLANTS ARE GETTING ENOUGH PAR DURING THE LIGHT PORTION. So if you're just running a couple hundred watts of flourescents for a medium sized veg room you should keep them on 24 hours as they will benefit more from the extra hours of light than they would from the metabolic changes that accompany a few hours of dark. IF however you have a fairly large amount of light for your space (my main veg room is just a 2x3x7 tent with a 400MH then they get plenty of light during 18 hours and its best to give them some dark for a while.
I just saved you from reading a 42 page thread.