Bloom timing and incremental light depravation.

Running with scissors said:

Weight as in harvest weight or more flower bud sites? I'm just looking for personal consumption. If you look at my plants in the noob section, what would I have had (estimate) if I had run both lights? Because there was alot there and I don't need a ton. I'm still trying to find something, a strain, to cope with my Multiple Sclerosis.

Yeah, I have a fan inside and another outside blowing into one of the vent holes for fresh air. The grow tent is tucked in on the right side of my laundry room. I have a charcoal filter inside and there's a bathroom exhaust fan in that room for backup.
I bought the whole set-up with government stimulus money , and rigged it myself. FJB!
Maybe I'll run both lights next time. The only way I'll be sure for myself. I just don't want to waste time and kill a plant on re-pot into the tent. That would suck.

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Richard Drysift said:

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Running with scissors said:

Wassssuuuuuuuuupppp!

So, my first marijuana grow was generally based on alot of information that I gathered online that I picked through with a fine toothed try comb... A lot of it was anecdotal. When I switched to "bloom" I went by instinct. Basically, plant size and health.
I just switched the light to "Bloom", changed the timer to 12/12, and let er rip. Didn't seem to affect anything but I have not tested yet.
I've seen some articles that suggest changing the timing incrementally and gradually dropping "sun" time like the way the season change would. A little at a time.
Has anyone compared the results of doing this? I imagine there's some shock to the plant just switching from 18/6 to 12/12 but that might be a good thing to get the plant moving into flowering quicker. OR, it could have a negative effect and actually cause the plants buds to be stunted and smaller and maybe not as many as you could have.

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hotrodharley said:

Product weight. Light is the key. Light and water and a place for roots are the necessities. Light is extremely important. If you are running an LED with separate switches it's closer to full spectrum when you run both on.

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