Best Light Cycle
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kgp
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You will get a lot of mixed replies spouting this and that. The best cycle is the one that works for you.
I personally use 24 hour veg and love it. The plants are all healthy, green, and full of vigor. I have been doing it for a couple years from switching from 18/6 and I personally think they have more vigor than before. IMO
I personally use 24 hour veg and love it. The plants are all healthy, green, and full of vigor. I have been doing it for a couple years from switching from 18/6 and I personally think they have more vigor than before. IMO
Frank Nitty
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Autos or regs???
potroastV2
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Well, you can run your lights for 24 hours during veg if you want to, however ...
growers discovered over 20 years ago that 18 hours of light per day is sufficient to keep every strain in vegetative growth, and giving them more light per day does not improve anything very much. So you may as well save that 6 hours per day of power usage. Any difference in growth is minimal and not worth the money.
growers discovered over 20 years ago that 18 hours of light per day is sufficient to keep every strain in vegetative growth, and giving them more light per day does not improve anything very much. So you may as well save that 6 hours per day of power usage. Any difference in growth is minimal and not worth the money.
smokelax5
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Well, you can run your lights for 24 hours during veg if you want to, however ...
growers discovered over 20 years ago that 18 hours of light per day is sufficient to keep every strain in vegetative growth, and giving them more light per day does not improve anything very much. So you may as well save that 6 hours per day of power usage. Any difference in growth is minimal and not worth the money.
thanks I will just keep up with the 18-6. I just wanted to give them the best chance to grow bigWell, you can run your lights for 24 hours during veg if you want to, however ...
growers discovered over 20 years ago that 18 hours of light per day is sufficient to keep every strain in vegetative growth, and giving them more light per day does not improve anything very much. So you may as well save that 6 hours per day of power usage. Any difference in growth is minimal and not worth the money.
HashBucket
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I've run my clones and teens at 24/0 for years and they seem to like it.
When time to flip, leave lights off for 24 hrs then start the 12/12.
They explode.
When time to flip, leave lights off for 24 hrs then start the 12/12.
They explode.
Kingrow1
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Ill run either but find it best be pretty darn dialled in for constant 24/0 light in veg - a more recent discovery for me as many times 24/0 seems like its killing my plants and couldnt work out why over a more healthy look at 18/6.
As said the gains past 18-20 hours light are minimal but they are gains
As said the gains past 18-20 hours light are minimal but they are gains
JohnDee
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Hi Guys,
Just thought I'd pipe in. I just switched from 24 to 18 hours in veg. I was on 24hours light because I just didn't want to deal with yet another timer.I I electrically tied my seed/clone are and my main veg area together so now all on 18/6. I believe plants do better with a rest.
I just switched 5 plants to flowering last weekend. I forgot I had changed the timers last run to 11/13 (for sativas) So my plants got 13 hours of darkness and before the week was up, they were shootin' pistils everywhere.
I'm familar with these strains and this was faster then normal flower initiation...which I am assuming is light related.
Cheers,
JD
Just thought I'd pipe in. I just switched from 24 to 18 hours in veg. I was on 24hours light because I just didn't want to deal with yet another timer.
I just switched 5 plants to flowering last weekend. I forgot I had changed the timers last run to 11/13 (for sativas) So my plants got 13 hours of darkness and before the week was up, they were shootin' pistils everywhere.
I'm familar with these strains and this was faster then normal flower initiation...which I am assuming is light related.
Cheers,
JD
Southside112
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What he said. At least for me.
Really comes down to DLI everyone has different opinions but they also have different light intensity. Less powerful lights need to be on longer to reach the same DLI
The importance of Daily Light Integral (DLI) for indoor cannabis cultivation
Daily light integral (DLI), represents the number of photosynthetically active photons that are delivered to a given space over the course of a day. Considering not all wavelengths of light…
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