Light cycle for unsprouted seeds?

Hi, I am not too sure about what light cycle to put my unsprouted seeds under.... Some people have said 24/0 or 18/6, so I wanted to hear some opinions.

Thanks for any help!

I have been browsing the samething.... I just germinated one bag seed. And put it in the soil. I have 4 26w 6500k CFL 2-4 inches from it. I have it on 24/0 and it popped out of the soil in one day and today is the second day and seems to be doing very well. With 4 leaves on her (hopefully) right now. So I hope you get a better response because I want to know too.

How many do you have going. What lights are you using??

Happy growing good luck

Unsprouted seeds need no light at all. They need water, air, a medium and heat, but they don't need light until they have leaves. The cotelydons (the first little nubby round leaves) provide what photosyntesis doesn't until the plant has it's first true leaves.

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I'm betting what you really meant was what light schedual to use for vegatative growth. My research has led me to adhear to 20 on 4 off. There's a point of diminishing returns after 16 hours of light and the roots like the downtime of darkness.