how precise do light schedules need to be

[Justjokingnotme]

do I need to run precisely to a timer. as far as I am aware, so long as the dark period is not interupted, and it gets longer than roughly 12 hours it will stay in flower.

this being said, does the light need to come on at the same time every day? and go off at the same time?

im thinking of moving my plant outside and bringing it inside into my wardrobe for darkness. only thing is, with my job I can finish later or earlier etc, meaning here and there it will get different lenghts of darkness and light, but all will be un interupted darkness and no longer then 12 hours light.

example;

monday: 8 hours light, 14 dark.
tuesday: 10 hours light, 13 dark.
wednesday: 7 light, 16 dark.

etc

 

[sunny747]

I think it will confuse the plant and hinder growth.... Those are wide swings.

 

[evergreengardener]

do I need to run precisely to a timer. as far as I am aware, so long as the dark period is not interupted, and it gets longer than roughly 12 hours it will stay in flower.

this being said, does the light need to come on at the same time every day? and go off at the same time?

im thinking of moving my plant outside and bringing it inside into my wardrobe for darkness. only thing is, with my job I can finish later or earlier etc, meaning here and there it will get different lenghts of darkness and light, but all will be un interupted darkness and no longer then 12 hours light.

example;

monday: 8 hours light, 14 dark.
tuesday: 10 hours light, 13 dark.
wednesday: 7 light, 16 dark.

etc

On the days you get out of work earlier just dont bring it in right away. None of your light and dark times even equal 24 total hours. Im confused as to why you wouldnt try to keep the plant in the light for as long as you can without going over 12 hours, why a longer dark period

 

[Justjokingnotme]

On the days you get out of work earlier just dont bring it in right away. None of your light and dark times even equal 24 total hours. Im confused as to why you wouldnt try to keep the plant in the light for as long as you can without going over 12 hours, why a longer dark period

fluctuating work hours, so if I gotta leave for work early, out it goes earlier etc. leave late, later it goes out and less light time (spring in southern hem atm so long daylight hours from early am to late pm). my job is tiring and hours are all over the show, so I normally come home and kick the hay after an hour.

time doesn't need to necessarily add upto 24. e.g 8 hours light from say Noon , 14 hours dark from 8pm, then back out into the light 10am the next day. (noon-8pm light : 8pm-10am dark)

house was hit by lightning and my timer got a power surge and is now faulty and am still without power... hence the question haha

 

[evergreengardener]

fluctuating work hours, so if I gotta leave for work early, out it goes earlier etc. leave late, later it goes out and less light time (spring in southern hem atm so long daylight hours from early am to late pm). my job is tiring and hours are all over the show, so I normally come home and kick the hay after an hour.

time doesn't need to necessarily add upto 24. e.g 8 hours light from say Noon , 14 hours dark from 8pm, then back out into the light 10am the next day. (noon-8pm light : 8pm-10am dark)

house was hit by lightning and my timer got a power surge and is now faulty and am still without power... hence the question haha

On the days you leave late couldnt you just wake up earlier to put them out earlier?

 

[OldMedUser]

Perfection isn't paramount here. As long as you are giving them at least their 12 hours of dark on a regular basis their daylight hours don't matter so much. Less light will impact your yields but even 50 - 80% is better than nothing right.

Still no power eh. I'd think you were in Puerto Rico but you said the southern hemisphere so that's not it.

Good luck!

 

[Justjokingnotme]

Perfection isn't paramount here. As long as you are giving them at least their 12 hours of dark on a regular basis their daylight hours don't matter so much. Less light will impact your yields but even 50 - 80% is better than nothing right.

Still no power eh. I'd think you were in Puerto Rico but you said the southern hemisphere so that's not it.

Good luck!

Thanks mate,

on the question of light though, I understand size etc come into play here, but when is optimal to switch to 12/12? I hear of people going 3/4 weeks of veg. then switching.

now, if the node sections are bud sites, then wouldn't vegging longer, making more nodes, create more yeild? How do those that veg for such a short time still end up with large yeilds and a fair amount of bud sites?

I veg until I have about 10 bud sites, but that takes me more than 3/4 weeks lol

 

[OldMedUser]

I usually veg for 8 or more weeks doing ScroG with clones. At least 8 weeks starting from seed. With ScroG I end up with a 100 grow tips from a plant. 8-12 main colas and lots of smaller tho nice ones. A regular plant topped twice will give 10-12 nice colas.

There's no set time to flip to flower. Some flip right away after a seed is up but it takes a lot longer for a young sprout to get flowering than one that's mature enough at 6-7 weeks. With clones they are the same age as the mother they came from and are ready to flip at any time and go into flower like the mom would.

I got 6' plants in the grow room that have been vegging for 7 or 8 months now. Just watered them last night with a good dose of bloom nutes to start 12/12 in about a week. Got my bubble cloner going to load with cuts from the four plants in there.