12/1 for veg. anyone doing this?

Jakabok Botch

Jakabok Botch

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wiki says ~3.75×1028 lm....that was 10 to the 28th...but it didnt copy over...so ~37500000000000000000000000000?? lol....but thats at surface i think.....ppl say bout 100,000 per square foot
 
uwantsumdis

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it takes time grow outdoors. this is why we are mother nature and can make plants grow in a third of the time.we control the light,food,and water to achieve this. why would i want outside conditions when growing indoors.hmmm
 
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420forme

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The light schedule doesn't have any effect on how long it takes. 9 hours or 12 hours its still gonna flower in the same time. This is assuming the correct amount of lighting is being used.
 
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420forme

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Its supposed to reduce stress on plants, plus reduces power bill, lengthens bulb/ballast life, reduces heat signature, etc..
 
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samchesser

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420forme said:
I was reading an article that talked about using a 12/1 light schedule during veg. It says you only need 13 hours of light (12 on, 5 1/2 off, 1 on, 5 1/2 off) the one hour on in the middle keeps it in veg. Should save a good amount of power and growth is supposed to be great. It also talks about flower at 11 on and decreasing down to 9 on more like nature.
just curious if anyone uses these schedules.
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How does 12/1 save power, whats the light doing after that 13 hours? i assume it on again. isn't that the same as doing 24/2. that would use more power than 18/6. And I don't understand the purpose, what problem are you trying to fix, is there something wrong with 18/6? If you want to save power just go 15/9 and it won't go into flower, but then it won't veg as fast so you might as well be on 18/6 or 24/0. Anyway, confused at the reasoning behind this.
The only thing I can think of is that since some people think 24/0 doesn't give time for the plant to rest, its basically a 24 hr light cycle with a short rest period every 12 hours so the light is on max time but you still get the rest.
 
withoutAchance

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samchesser said:
How does 12/1 save power, whats the light doing after that 13 hours? i assume it on again. isn't that the same as doing 24/2. that would use more power than 18/6. And I don't understand the purpose, what problem are you trying to fix, is there something wrong with 18/6? If you want to save power just go 15/9 and it won't go into flower, but then it won't veg as fast so you might as well be on 18/6 or 24/0. Anyway, confused at the reasoning behind this.
The only thing I can think of is that since some people think 24/0 doesn't give time for the plant to rest, its basically a 24 hr light cycle with a short rest period every 12 hours so the light is on max time but you still get the rest.
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I can flower with 16/8 after 24/0 and 72 dark and this new system requires a multi stage timer maybe out of ur realm of abilities or understanding its for people that have open minds and don't already think they know everything when real don't know shit.
 
lagarrettBLUNT

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420forme said:
I was reading an article that talked about using a 12/1 light schedule during veg. It says you only need 13 hours of light (12 on, 5 1/2 off, 1 on, 5 1/2 off) the one hour on in the middle keeps it in veg. Should save a good amount of power and growth is supposed to be great. It also talks about flower at 11 on and decreasing down to 9 on more like nature.
just curious if anyone uses these schedules.
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sounds like a good way to make a male!
 
InsaneMJ

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I've done it. Lost about 3/4 to a full pound do to this technique. If your veggin I'd highly recommend you switch it back. Unless your really good at giving your plants the premium climate control. My buddy taught me it, grows very fast n vigorous, but IMO you get the same growth from 18/6. I did the whole first 16 pages on my thread about it. Its a good technique if it's a small grow, but when your trying to maximize everything. It's a no go.
 
Talrox

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my question is why in the hell would anyone run 24/0? do you not realize that without the down time your plant cant turn any of that glocose into starch and in under a week you've completely exhausted it's built up energy.
 
mufastaa

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its funny that you say your trying to mimic nature with the 12 5.5 1 5.5 schedule.

what planet are you on??
 
Matchbox

Matchbox

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Seems interesting, I've read a few threads on the matter and the results, in veg anyway seem brilliant I haven't seen any results in flower yet but I would assume less light makes less yield but hey I'm open minded :)

As the OP said the veg idea is more for saving electricity imagine a commercial grow several kilowatts of MH in VEG and running that 18/6 or 24/0, now cut that to 12on/5.5off/1on/5.5off again your cutting your lighting time almost in half and therefor half the electricity (or 5 hours saved if initially using 18/6) I have a digital timer you can set easily to this timescale, though I run an LED in veg so have no need to save any more electricity lol.

mufastaa said:
its funny that you say your trying to mimic nature with the 12 5.5 1 5.5 schedule.

what planet are you on??
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Lol I was thinking that... what nature has an hour of light during the dark (moonlights not that bright even) but hey it works :)
 
darkdestruction420

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Talrox said:
my question is why in the hell would anyone run 24/0? do you not realize that without the down time your plant cant turn any of that glocose into starch and in under a week you've completely exhausted it's built up energy.
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no, all needed plant functions are done in c3 plants regardless of light cycle.
 
Tbot

Tbot

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Since there is no such light cycle in nature, i'd suggest not trying this...your plant might get confused, stressed, and no one likes wondering if there is going to be a penis in those panties. 18/6 in my opinion is the best light cycle. My plants started growing 3x faster once i took them away from 24/0. I read plants need some darkness for proper photosynthesis or what not, and i truly belive this. But adding 1 hour of dailying during her sleeptime sounds like one cranky bitch.
 
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