I found an article about the opposite of your flower light cycle for use in veg mode. See pg 77 here. It says growth is vastly enhanced using 12 on, 5.5 off, 1 on, 5.5 off over what you get with 18/6. I guess it would be similar to my proposed 6/6 cycle but I suspect that mine would work even better due to photosynthesis supposedly stalling after the first 6 hours of light. This way they never get more than 6 at a time.These novel light cycles are going to revolutionize weed growing by saving power, speeding up harvests and confusing meter reading cops.I do 5on, 1off, 6on, 12off. Ive notice my plants are happier, and increase in quality.
Darth comes in being the self-appointed expert and contrarian asshole in most every thread and every subject he decides to shit in or on. He deserves no defense. As far as I have seen, he is very good with google and CutnPaste. I question, if not the content, the source, of his every picture and post.
dark period is when ur plants produce the most hormones for thc production...atleast thats what i read sumwhere
again where on earth do you see this ??? could this be one of the culprits that cause many growers to see hermies and nanners from light stress
Yo Brave question this ??? lmao
I question why you are hiding all that yellowing in the back. Other than the dullness and early yellowing it looks alot like my first grow....View attachment 3507984
again where on earth do you see this ??? could this be one of the culprits that cause many growers to see hermies and nanners from light stress
we all know when flipping to flower what we have to understand is Auxins are pretty much what we're looking at & may appear to be light sensitive as they move to the shaded areas of the plant of the apical dominate stems, also related to plant organ production which we may think off pre flowers/buds/pistals etc
From my own experience a large majority of growth does occur through out the night time period !
This i presume to be the optimal time of auxins hormone & growth ? as light may cause lower levels of the hormone ?
Hence some may believe a prolonged period of darkness may enhance early flowering by increasing hormone level etc !
Now my theory on this is down to - veg lighting regime...
If using 24/7, 20/4 & even 18/6 may lower auxin levels hence a longer early flowering phase or intill sexed or pistils are formed, due to lack of night/dark hours.
I may put this total darkness before flowering, down to growers using above lighting regime - hence this method being used ?
Where as growers who use a more normal lighting regime or longer dark periods are less likely to suffer with longer/late early flowering as auxin levels may be more normal than when switched to 12/12 flowering regime.
It may be wrong !
I'm just a guy who's been a gardener for some 20 years expanding his knowledge basis, easy done when knowing the basic's...
P.s - i'm not botanist or hold a degree in the matter & all of the above is a self educated assumption based on what was aviable to me to read asap to form my conculsion !
If interested in the matter, home work/research is always worth while
Yo Brave question this ??? lmao View attachment 3507983
The thing is i know im a rookie and your going around acting all know it all giving the most basic advice
well dude when a person has grown for over 25 years you can act that way also ok .. thing is most threads are just right stupid not saying this one is but 99 percent of them rather then just posting and being lazy maybe learn by the search button on top of the page ?? That is what its really there for us vets are getting sick n tired of the same shit over n over
Your late read his first post very disrespectful
Yeah but most old post get carried away from the topic and have multiple pages im not gonna read all that when i get newer more updated opinions and if thats the case then this website would never be what it is if we cant continue to ask the same questions because all grows have the same basics right?and if your tired of the same question being asked why bother clicking on the link? Let someone else of the many members on this website chime in then you are not mandated here
i know he can be a lil cantankerous, but his pics, advice and plants are for real man.
unless he edited, i disagree, i just re-read the thread...look man, me and darth have disagreed before, it's important to look at this site as a collective, you can respectfully disagree, and that's where things happen, mostly good things. Like learning.
that's the problem.
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OMG. Not a conservative!!!! The horror!!! You don't have to touch it but if what he expresses there towards the end makes him an "alright guy" with you then you too would be an immoral ass.