BM9AGS
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Thought I posted this earlier:
https://www.vutra.org/threads/tips-on-breeding-by-dj-short.9935/
https://www.vutra.org/threads/tips-on-breeding-by-dj-short.9935/
11/13 flower cycle
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Darth Vapour
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here is a plant i forced flowered when out door light was 15 hrs or close to it lol i mean litterally beginning of summer ..
placed in garage for 2 days then outdoor for 12 then back in garage for 12 after second week i got lazy and said hell with it she is staying outside what i observed is wow buds got huge and to be honest some concern was it was going to reveg i did not see it until final chop week where it was evident she was reverting but she was done lol
placed in garage for 2 days then outdoor for 12 then back in garage for 12 after second week i got lazy and said hell with it she is staying outside what i observed is wow buds got huge and to be honest some concern was it was going to reveg i did not see it until final chop week where it was evident she was reverting but she was done lol
BM9AGS
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That's a great looking plant.
That would be a cool experiment. During mid summer changing the sun light exposure manually for a 12/12 effect.
But I bet I'd get lazy too.
bravedave
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Ever switch back to the MH for that finishing? I hope to mimic what you have done here this grow except but will augment HPS with t5 uv/blues.
Darth Vapour
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light Dep is common for my self next out door season that is the plan 30 of them like small one mid summer harvest then have a few trees for end of 
lol here is a 10 footer and 12 foot wide tree picture took from top of a ladder lol sides are pretty much the same one of my first real big tree grows comparable to my brothers down south mind you i am litterally on the north pole 
lol here is a 10 footer and 12 foot wide tree picture took from top of a ladder lol sides are pretty much the same one of my first real big tree grows comparable to my brothers down south mind you i am litterally on the north pole
Darth Vapour
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yo Brave dave i thrown out all my MH lights pretty much i have done some mh grows start to finish mixed and straight hps you know what MH with out a doubt throw out more leafs no different then that small plant i flowered mid summer lots of leafs
for what its worth personally to each there own not really worth it
if anything 1 MH inbetween 2 HPS
MrStickyScissors
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last three weeks of flower I dump the light to 10/14, works well for me. I also drop the temps to 59/ 60 degrees last two weeks
SPLFreak808
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I've never got around to finishing up with my blue's late in flower. I try to conserve whatever life i can out of them bulbs to minimize buying more as i only grow for myself. I've heard many times about finishing with them, when i start growing the same strains yearly i might give that a try for comparison. I can definetly say though, with confidence that the MH at 13/11 sure kept them shorter then using the HPS. it also seems that 11/13 at the end of flower, seemed to have made my random bag seeds swell up around a week quicker then the same beans in my 12/12 cabs. Still experimenting here though
BobCajun
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What made you think of doing that anyway? Seems like an odd thing to just think of out of the blue. I only knew about it from an experiment I read once. I did post about it in a forum years ago though. Maybe somebody read it and tried it and spread the word. Or did you just randomly think of it? Maybe you're psychic and the plants were telepathically saying "turn the light off for an hour in the middle of the light cycle, it will make us happy".I do 5on, 1off, 6on, 12off. Ive notice my plants are happier, and increase in quality.
pineappleman420
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I read a couple of people doing this. so i decided to do a few side by sides and i liked the results i got with this cycle. i experiment a lot. I think it's call midday depression.
I've tryed a number of different light cycles threw the years and for flower this is the one i Liked the results. I suggest with everything you read on the forums to test yourself with a side by side experiments. The only way you will know if it works for yourselves and your style of growing is to test it.
pineappleman420
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It dosent increase or decrease yield from what ive seen but i have noticed that my plants finish a little faster(not much just a few days). and are in a more relaxed happy state.
Gquebed
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Actually... i forgot about the finishing faster part. I read that too.
ButchyBoy
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I run 11/13 also. I have been reading about mid day depression and might give the 1/2 hour break thing a try soon. I wanted to see if the reduced time made a difference. So far it looks like flowering starts sooner by maybe a day depending on the strain.
As for the electricity savings... I run 1200 watts in the flower room. reducing the usage by 1 hour reduces the cost by 12 cents per day or roughly $3.60 per month. My rate is 10 cents per KWH at tier 3 usage. watts x hours divided by 1000 = KWH
Not much of a savings in my opinion.
As for the electricity savings... I run 1200 watts in the flower room. reducing the usage by 1 hour reduces the cost by 12 cents per day or roughly $3.60 per month. My rate is 10 cents per KWH at tier 3 usage. watts x hours divided by 1000 = KWH
Not much of a savings in my opinion.
DesertGrow89
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Both
DesertGrow89
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Switching to metal halide during the final two weeks will increase THC content, seems worth is to me
MrStickyScissors
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running a 6 hour light cycle may not reduce yield for a lot of people that are allready pulling shitty yields so they don't realize it. but I know if I onlyi ran my lights 6 hours a day my yield would drop like a mother fucker.
MrStickyScissors
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show me 2 lbs off a 6 hour light cycle per 1000watt
MrStickyScissors
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I'll give you a reach around if ya can do it
Darth Vapour
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What are people seeing with the extra darkness ???? possibly more stretch and little bigger plants ( Taller) as for yield what drives that ???? photosynthesis does now making carbs and sugars we must remember that giving plants fake artificial light is no where as close as the sun can provide ..there for giving them as much light is important really important we cannot use the well plants use approx 9 hrs of actual sun there fore we can do this in our grow room lol
Remember out door is like 140 watts per Sq foot of full spectrum most growers are lucky to have 40 watts so were behind the driving force of energy to begin with
Everyone has got to stop with there dabbing and becoming the next legend that came up with a idea ,, dont waste your fucking time on a grow doing stupid things stick with the basics experiment on training techniques not fucking lighting ,, You cheap mofo's
plants grow in both light and darkness more so in light and heal replenish and move molecules and what have you in darkness both stages are important ..in order for the plant to do its thing
And as for the post adding MH last couple week will increase THC ??? you got personal lab results ?? to prove it ??? and i mean your lab results if not then do not spew shit like that .
Seriously your plants/ strain will only produce as in THC as to what its capable of to say last couple weeks throwing MH on them might be the biggest mistake anyone can ever do
by sending different light waves could very well trigger the wrong hormones ,, and god forbid if you so happen to see nanners shortly after or a hermie from plant stress
You cannot just figure ok today she is getting reds tomorrow blues whats next day GREEN ???
these plants evolved as mother nature intended which means slow gradual decrease as Fall sets in so with that said you really never go below 11 hrs don't short your plants out with that nice fake sunlight you have
Remember out door is like 140 watts per Sq foot of full spectrum most growers are lucky to have 40 watts so were behind the driving force of energy to begin with
Everyone has got to stop with there dabbing and becoming the next legend that came up with a idea ,, dont waste your fucking time on a grow doing stupid things stick with the basics experiment on training techniques not fucking lighting ,, You cheap mofo's
plants grow in both light and darkness more so in light and heal replenish and move molecules and what have you in darkness both stages are important ..in order for the plant to do its thing
And as for the post adding MH last couple week will increase THC ??? you got personal lab results ?? to prove it ??? and i mean your lab results if not then do not spew shit like that .
Seriously your plants/ strain will only produce as in THC as to what its capable of to say last couple weeks throwing MH on them might be the biggest mistake anyone can ever do
by sending different light waves could very well trigger the wrong hormones ,, and god forbid if you so happen to see nanners shortly after or a hermie from plant stress
You cannot just figure ok today she is getting reds tomorrow blues whats next day GREEN ???
these plants evolved as mother nature intended which means slow gradual decrease as Fall sets in so with that said you really never go below 11 hrs don't short your plants out with that nice fake sunlight you have