24/7 LED Veg anyone?
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SnidleyBluntash
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I do for seedlings and small baby’s. I Keep them under a small desktop LED 24/7 Or at least on all night, and use the sun in the day time. Then I cut the hours down slowly
Rocket Soul
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What medium do you use and what spectrum? Id generally agree...
Porky101
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Im using CXB3590 Sunlight spectrum. Perlite only.
If I give them 4 hours of sleep they fine.
If I leave lights on 24/7 my plants look like they are : Underfed / Overwatered / Calmag deficiency.
Rocket Soul
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Not sure what which spectrum that is, 5600k?
If you manage healthy plants at 20/4 / 500 ppfd i think your ahead of the curve.
Ive hear good things about 15/9 especially just before the flip, real quick budset and low stretch.
Porky101
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What if I reduced my umol to 250umol? Would that be similar to giving plants sleep or still not the same?
Porky101
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Please can you share specs? watts? link to LED?
lukio
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250 sounds a lil stretchy to me, might be ok on 24hr though. i think im ~350.
why 24hrs? temps or autos or something?
Porky101
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Why not?
If I could get my plants praying 24/7 in my mind that's maximum growth.
It's just they pray then droop then calmag issues then like green then they skrewd.
It seems my clones grow under 24/7 light but once they get bigger problems start. Giving them 4hrs of sleep fixes the issue, but in not satisfied. I want my plants to grow 24/7. But how?! I'm struggling to keep them going!
Dontjudgeme
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I use 24/7 light until I transplant into the first pot, then I switch to 18/6. It’s been said that plants don’t actually require a dark period during veg, and I understand the science behind it, but cannabis isn’t native to a climate where the sun is up 24 hours a day. So I’ll stick to trying to mimic its natural environment.
Porky101
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I'm not trying to mimic its natural environment. I'm trying to get it to grow as fast as possible. Where am I going wrong that I can't get it to grow under 24/7 light??
Even if I decide to grow 18/6, I need to know what I'm doing wrong. I'm curious. I need to know! I notice after giving them a good 4hrs of sleep, when they wake up they are a lot more perky. Over time they get less and less perky. If they are really healthy from being on a 20/4 shedule and I put them on 24/7, they grow fine for about a week, then they seem to run out of food (calmag especially).
What EC should I be using? I'm usually at 1.2-1.8, maybe I should infrewe it to 2.2? It's first the bigger plants that seem to run into the deficiency then smaller ones follow. Maybe I'm not feeding enough.... I don't know....
Even if I decide to grow 18/6, I need to know what I'm doing wrong. I'm curious. I need to know! I notice after giving them a good 4hrs of sleep, when they wake up they are a lot more perky. Over time they get less and less perky. If they are really healthy from being on a 20/4 shedule and I put them on 24/7, they grow fine for about a week, then they seem to run out of food (calmag especially).
What EC should I be using? I'm usually at 1.2-1.8, maybe I should infrewe it to 2.2? It's first the bigger plants that seem to run into the deficiency then smaller ones follow. Maybe I'm not feeding enough.... I don't know....
Dontjudgeme
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I’m not sure why you wouldn’t try to come as close to the plants natural environment, but if that’s not your goal, sorry I can’t help.
getogrow
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veg specs are a bit fucked .....moms, babies, toddlers. Just using basic "street lamp replacements" . Round , corn style bulbs , 100 watts each, bout 50 bucks at any home store (lowes ect..)
5000k 10,000 lumens is on the package but that dont say much.
All that being said , in my opinion , the plants dont grow much/if any quicker on 24/7. Its jjust been proven that it can be done without hurting them. I been doing 24/7 for decades but when i have done 18/6 , they seem to me that they grow quicker.
Bottom line to get them to grow as fast as possible with no other concerns , then flood them with light and food. The light cycle alone is not going to help as much as one might think.
lukio
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cause you cant change how much light your plant will want before getting annoyed.
Arnski5000
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For first week I usually do but soon as they're ready for a good fan on them I switch
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