10/14 for flowering produces higher quality bud

I’m battling humidity and summer temps, and started this flower cycle at 11/13. I’ve been gradually bumping the daylight hours down to help cut down on temps, and they’ve been budding most of the cycle on about 10 hours light, now at 9.5. Unfortunately, this a new strain and soil mix so it’s not a good comparison for experiment, but the buds are huge - I highly doubt this is hurting the yield. I have to keep a dehumidifier in the tent with them to keep them from molding (cut off a cola last week, humidity hit 50%), and have to keep the tent open to keep the dehuey heat down . ‘Scuse the yellowing - battling heat, getting windburn from 4 fans, living next to a dehuey set to 40%, and eating themselves at day 70. Just trying to get er done and cursing myself for a summer grow.

Flowering most comercialy avalable strains on 10 hours lights on should reduce yield slighly compared to 12-12( you can work it out in estimated percentages of yield reduced by each hour reduced from 12-12 ) if its not something isnt being done right on the 12-12 or the comparision isnt being done right. A 9 week flowering strain should be about 65 days. 2hours less light a day times 65 is 130 hours of less overall acumelated light by the plant than 12-12 for 65 days, if the overall light hours acumelated wasnt doing anything for the plant their would be no point in having light hours or light. Flowering on 13 on and 11 off is 65 hours more light (compared to 12-12)that goes into the plant and if grown right that should show. Nowdays most breeders have no clue of the real pedigree of their strains or real sativa indica ratios so most are just made up, but try flowering a equitoral sativa or eqitoral leaning plant on 13 on and 11 off and you might end up with a plant never realy flowering or a plant that wont finish flowering with parts constantly growing out reveg type growth and new flowers. With a indica or indica leaning you can flower with some up to 14 hours of light a day and 10 hours dark wich a 130 hours of light extra over 65 days which should make the plant give more.

The thing is, plants make food, with light. (And water, co2), so imo, you're robbing the plant of food, but the dli is what really matters.