Lights on for 10 off for 14?

[eightenough]

some ppl say that in the last 2-3 weeks of flower if you run a shorter lights on and longer lights off it will help them mature. for example 11hrs on and 13hrs off or even 10/14.

is it true? can you rush them into maturity using this method?

has anyone done this before and if so are there any pics or info anywhere for me to look at and read?

any help is good help with this one i am in the dark completely.

 

[TalonToker]

I have read about this too, I think somewhere on Greenmanspage.com. What I read suggested you could even go as far as 8 hours of light, 16 of dark. I remember reading that if you go to such an extreme light schedule, you should wait untill you think you have enough buds as the plant may mature faster but the buds will not grow any larger. I have not ever tried this myself.

 

[darkdestruction420]

I really doubt it will do anything other than reduce yield but ive never tried it......for that reason. lol

 

[eightenough]

i too heard that you only do it if you are already happy with your yield. i am 2 days into flower now, so wat too early to try it out. depends on how things are going if i try it or not. still wanting to hear from someone who has tried it.

 

[eza82]

At times I think my shit don't stink [but my farts give him away every time].... i cant see why peolple want to re invent the wheel ?

 

[jakeman311]

basically all plants need to bud is 12 hours of uninterrupted darkness. the amount of light doesnt matter as far as maturity.. there is a timer called a light bandit that doesnt work on a 24 hours schedule t work on whatver you want it to so if you want 4 hours on and 12 off it will keep that schedule over and over so a crop that normally takes 60 days to finish would be done in 40 days instead.. but the size of the buds wont be the same at all you will pay for it in that regards

 

[eightenough]

i have decided that when the time comes i will run my 2nd last week on 11 on 13 off and the last week on 10 on 14 off.
will document the results. i still want to hear from anyone who has tried this. i want tohear about any results, good or bad.

 

[fdd2blk]

i could have sworn photosynthesis took part in all of this. which occurs when there is LIGHT present. i think you want the MOST light possible while still maintaining 12 hours of darkness. which would be 12 hours.

why is everyone trying to always fix things that aren't broken using magic tricks?

 

[darkdestruction420]

i could have sworn photosynthesis took part in all of this. which occurs when there is LIGHT present. i think you want the MOST light possible while still maintaining 12 hours of darkness. which would be 12 hours.

why is everyone trying to always fix things that aren't broken using magic tricks?

thats true, but who knows what astounding and seemingly obvious new techniques that could improve things might come along,just cuz its not broken doesnt mean an upgrade would hurt.topping was not broken but*fucking* up the process ended up being an improvement still, nothing wrong w/experimenting if youve got the time and plants to spare. dont take this like im arguing or anything negative, thats not my intention, everything you said is spot on and couldnt of said it better myself bro.

 

[deflator]

i could have sworn photosynthesis took part in all of this. which occurs when there is LIGHT present. i think you want the MOST light possible while still maintaining 12 hours of darkness. which would be 12 hours.

why is everyone trying to always fix things that aren't broken using magic tricks?

There's no faulting your logic, but can the plant tell time? I thought it was more along the lines of the plant measuring the amount of light time and dark time to tell when to flower. If that is the case, reducing the light too much could cause re-vegetation.

 

[eightenough]

i plan on doing this with the lights when i start flushing. which usualy means i am happy with the yield anyway.

 

[eightenough]

There's no faulting your logic, but can the plant tell time? I thought it was more along the lines of the plant measuring the amount of light time and dark time to tell when to flower. If that is the case, reducing the light too much could cause re-vegetation.

is that evenpossible to put it back into veg by reducing the amount of light. sounds wrong to me but i dont know anything

 

[Medical User]

Why is everyone trying to always fix things that aren't broken using magic tricks?

Two words... instant gratification

 

[darkdestruction420]

is that evenpossible to put it back into veg by reducing the amount of light. sounds wrong to me but i dont know anything

i didnt even catch that, lol, the only way to make it return to veg is to return to veg lighting cycles...and wait.....a long time. your right, decreasing light will not revert it to veg.

 

[glassblower3000]

um in nature doesn't it start cutting the light cycle down gradually anyways?..so why not try to mimic nature indoors and save some money.

 

[fdd2blk]

since this is day 1 of world wide pot growing, might as well try it.

 

[fdd2blk]

some ppl say that in the last 2-3 weeks of flower if you run a shorter lights on and longer lights off it will help them mature. for example 11hrs on and 13hrs off or even 10/14.

is it true? can you rush them into maturity using this method?


no, this is not true. you can not "rush" a plant to maturity. otherwise we'd ALL be doing it.



has anyone done this before and if so are there any pics or info anywhere for me to look at and read?

many, many people have tried this before. there should be numerous threads here. it never "helped" anything. otherwise it would be the "norm".


any help is good help with this one i am in the dark completely.

hope this helps.

 

[darkdestruction420]

because you lose photosynthesis time, going from 18/6 or whatever at the rate of the days shortening means less light=less energy=less yeild. and they takes longer to coax it into flowering hardcore(imo) than just fliiping the lights to 12/12.

 

[glassblower3000]

since this is day 1 of world wide pot growing, might as well try it.

alright you're right....god, you have a funny way of making us feel like redheaded step children lol

 

[fdd2blk]

alright you're right....god, you have a funny way of making us feel like redheaded step children lol

did you make that piece in your avatar? do you have a bigger pic of it?


someone here is till looking for a 3 day timer so they can do 20 hour cycles. lol



i don't mean to be as hard as i sound. it's all in good fun.