light

B

britishred

Member
ive asked this qu be 4 does any1 no y you swich your light from 12hrs to 14hrs in the last 3 weeks what does it do??????????

CAN SOME1 PLEASE HELP:wall::wall::wall:
 
Geozander

Geozander

Well-Known Member
Never heard of that mate. Keep it on 12-12 then when they are ready, 48hrs of dark, then chop it.
 
M Blaze

M Blaze

Well-Known Member
I cant tell you why people would do that because I see no reason to do so. I sometimes bump my lights down to 10/14 during the last 2 weeks but I would never increase the light hours during flower.
 
Geozander

Geozander

Well-Known Member
Plants flower because of the decrease in lighting hours i would imagine bumping it back up again would only stress the plants.
 
Geozander

Geozander

Well-Known Member
Yeah mate seriously dont do it. You dont want to grow plants just to Fuck em up just before they ready. You cant argue with the laws of nature mate, plain and simple!
 
T

T.H.Cammo

Well-Known Member
I don't do it, myself. But the theory is sound and comes from a reliable source.

It takes about 12-12 hours of light vs. dark to trigger the flowering responce - after maintaining this ratio of light photoperiod for a few weeks, the flowering responce becomes stabilized or "locked-in". Once the flowering responce is "locked-in" it becomes a bit more tolerent to, somewhat, extended periods of light without switching back to veg cycle (as I recall, 2 hours is about the limit [or maybe it was an hour and a half!]. So the highest photoperiod should be 14 [or 13 1/5] hours on and 10 [or 10 1/2] hours off. The whole point of this exercise is to "Cheat" the photoperiod a little, without triggering a switch back to veg cycle - giving a little more light per "cycle" for added photosynthesis (better yield).

This "flexability" makes a lot more sense when you think in terms of natural plants, growing in the "wild". What this flexability in the flowering cycle actually does, is allow some plants (that might have been a little late in switching into flowering "mode") to remain in flowering mode, even though the days are getting longer - up to about 1 1/2 or 2 hours!
 
Geozander

Geozander

Well-Known Member
If anything, during flowering the light can be reduced below the 12 hr mark. As for sound theory? Nah mate nothing sound about it. If anyone wants to try it. On you go, but me for 1 would rather continue the way i am, getting results i am.
 
kmoo

kmoo

Well-Known Member
if you increase the light cycle you are increasing the chances of making hermies, trust me, it sucks lol i know when yer in the final stretch and SO excited about the bud to come you want to push it on that last mile, but it's just gonna make yer girls unhappy.
 
kmoo

kmoo

Well-Known Member
if only i'd known ya when i was living in the uk and only able to get shitty moroccon hash lol yikes
 
darkdestruction420

darkdestruction420

Well-Known Member
T.H.Cammo said:
I don't do it, myself. But the theory is sound and comes from a reliable source.

It takes about 12-12 hours of light vs. dark to trigger the flowering responce - after maintaining this ratio of light photoperiod for a few weeks, the flowering responce becomes stabilized or "locked-in". Once the flowering responce is "locked-in" it becomes a bit more tolerent to, somewhat, extended periods of light without switching back to veg cycle (as I recall, 2 hours is about the limit [or maybe it was an hour and a half!]. So the highest photoperiod should be 14 [or 13 1/5] hours on and 10 [or 10 1/2] hours off. The whole point of this exercise is to "Cheat" the photoperiod a little, without triggering a switch back to veg cycle - giving a little more light per "cycle" for added photosynthesis (better yield).

This "flexability" makes a lot more sense when you think in terms of natural plants, growing in the "wild". What this flexability in the flowering cycle actually does, is allow some plants (that might have been a little late in switching into flowering "mode") to remain in flowering mode, even though the days are getting longer - up to about 1 1/2 or 2 hours!
Click to expand...
hahahahaha, thats funny.so you like smoking chrophyl and big leafy buds with no potency? thats all you'll get from doing it.
 
T

T.H.Cammo

Well-Known Member
darkdestruction420 said:
hahahahaha, thats funny.so you like smoking chrophyl and big leafy buds with no potency? thats all you'll get from doing it.
Click to expand...
Read it again Peckerwood - I started out by saying "I don't do it, myself". It's easy to pooh-pooh something that you obviousely know nothing about! "Chrophyl" [sic], I'll assume you meant chlorophyll.

The "grassy" chlorophyll taste (that is presant in all fresh-cut strains) is normally removed by slow drying then curing. I would think you would have known that, considering all the time you spend here! You should pay better attention!

Perhaps you would care to explain to me (and the other good readers) how an extended photoperiod would produce "big leafy buds with no potency" - your words, not mine.

Like I said, I don't do it, I'm aware of the potential trouble involved and I'm not even reccomending it. The point is that the OP was asking why anybody would do this sort of thing, so I told him. If you've got a better explaination for the OP's question, I'm really curious to hear it. Otherwise, back-off, cool down and cut your loses!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top