Here's the idea:
13on/11off - Extra hour of light = Extra hour of energy gathering. So, more yield and Longer flower (less grow time).
12on/12off - Standard Flowering Schedule
11on/13off - Extra hour of Dark = Extra hour of growth time. So, Quicker flower and less yield (less energy gathered overall)
I want to bump this thread
I understand this answer, thanks
@mrCRC420, to be correct. Well I want to further the discussion to include humidity, and the actual spectrum of the lights...
Here's an example from SWIM
Testing 2 lights, one is a 5000k veg light, the other a standard Blurple flower light. SWIM has more than enough cabs, and so has the flower chamber with the blurple light and then a veg tent with the 5000k veg light and then 2 smaller veg cabs with cfl bulbs. First week of flower and SWIM is currently only testing for breeders.
I have read, I can't find the link, that high humidity, and basically Veg conditions for early bloom are optimal for growth. So in SWIM's situation, the cycle of life would proceed as follows:
1. Germ/clone cab
2. Teen cab
3. 5000k veg light tent with a timer set at 13-11 for 2 weeks at 65%~ humidity
4. Blurple Bloom Tent 12/12 till finish.
(Optional?)Then if SWIM has room, they can throw a finishing plant under the 5000k light at 11-13?
Now not only would that sequence allow for a bigger yield/frontier buds, but the early flower tent will catch any males a bit earlier.
Did I err in my thinking about this?