On lighting. Now that I think, it's a question, not a thought. An off the cuff theory, really.
I'm new to greenery growing and relatively unknowledgable towards everything but the mechanical/construction side of things. That said, I have a lighting theory. It's probably ridiculous but hey...I don't know jack.
Could we in theory, trick the plants into growing faster? Well, not so much growing faster (if anything, it'd be slower I'd think) but to progress faster? To flower, we do 12/12 and the plants know that fall is coming and flowering starts. Could we do say, 8 on 8 off 8 on 8 off (or a variation on these numbers) and so on through veg and into flowering? Would the life cycle of a plant follow suit with our 'shortened' days? Would a seedling become vegetative sooner?
Sorry if this is dimwitted. To me, it seems like a valid question.
And, for those curious, I currently have 2 Auto Lemon Skunk plants in mid-flower as well as an Auto AK x Blueberry in flower. They look haggard, but have had a rough go in life. I'm surprised they're alive really. There is a Juicyfruit x N.L. #5 x Skunk #2 seedling that is doing fantastic as well. 7 set leaves showed today. Lighting is 8 household CFLs of varying wattages (23-42) in a makeshift stealth fridge setup that I somehow managed to build with no real tools. Pics asap, but in another thread
I'm new to greenery growing and relatively unknowledgable towards everything but the mechanical/construction side of things. That said, I have a lighting theory. It's probably ridiculous but hey...I don't know jack.
Could we in theory, trick the plants into growing faster? Well, not so much growing faster (if anything, it'd be slower I'd think) but to progress faster? To flower, we do 12/12 and the plants know that fall is coming and flowering starts. Could we do say, 8 on 8 off 8 on 8 off (or a variation on these numbers) and so on through veg and into flowering? Would the life cycle of a plant follow suit with our 'shortened' days? Would a seedling become vegetative sooner?
Sorry if this is dimwitted. To me, it seems like a valid question.
And, for those curious, I currently have 2 Auto Lemon Skunk plants in mid-flower as well as an Auto AK x Blueberry in flower. They look haggard, but have had a rough go in life. I'm surprised they're alive really. There is a Juicyfruit x N.L. #5 x Skunk #2 seedling that is doing fantastic as well. 7 set leaves showed today. Lighting is 8 household CFLs of varying wattages (23-42) in a makeshift stealth fridge setup that I somehow managed to build with no real tools. Pics asap, but in another thread