I have one female plant and my cycle is flipped so it runs 12 hours on from 8pm to 8am and then goes into sleep during the daylight. I did this because my first day I tried lighting during daytime and left the house and come back and my plants were fried from too much heat. Now I light it up during dark hours to keep it from getting too cold because temperatures are getting cooler outside, 40s in the night 70s in the day. I have a space heater set on 80 to keep it from getting too cold now. it's working and will post pictures when I see some growth. Right now it's adapting to the new environment.