Does a plant get stressed IF...

Cissy

Cissy

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You normally run a 18/6 veg cycle, but occasionally you run it for 24 hours on days when you need to work on the plants or system?

I know a plant will stress if light creeps in during flower, but does the plant notice the difference between 18 and 24 hours of lighting?

ty
 
Cissy said:
You normally run a 18/6 veg cycle, but occasionally you run it for 24 hours on days when you need to work on the plants or system?

I know a plant will stress if light creeps in during flower, but does the plant notice the difference between 18 and 24 hours of lighting?

ty
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Plants like consistency, if you change the light schedule it will cause some stress and some strains can take as much as a week to adjust which causes growth to slow, if you are changing it often (before it can adjust) there will most def be stress
 
I don't think dark time in veg does anything so neither does removing it. 24/7 has pretty much been proven superior.
 
the easy answer is dont do it. but if u think ur going to need to go in to ur grow area regularly when its the normal dark time then just put them on 24/0 continuous and that saves any light changes/ possible stress. btw why are u going in at dark time so often?
 
dura72 said:
the easy answer is dont do it. but if u think ur going to need to go in to ur grow area regularly when its the normal dark time then just put them on 24/0 continuous and that saves any light changes/ possible stress. btw why are u going in at dark time so often?
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It's not that often, but a couple of times in the last week I have had no choice. Life has dictated my schedule and its been a whip cracking bastard lately.
 
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