DawgMountain
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I've been leaving my lights on 24/0. Should I put them back to at least to 20/4? Does it matter in any way?
this is true, but why i recomend 24/0 is because most new growers will forget to turn there lights on/off every single day, and actually endup stressing the plant by having wacked out cycles.i like to give them a rest of 4-6 hrs. In the wild plants see a cyclic day and i like to replicate their real growing environment so they get some night time. Allows for a temp drop too (necessary for healthy plants) and if there is no diff btw 18/20/24hrs growth like previously stated why use more electric then necessary? Using a lil biology, also in the dark cycle/calvin cycle co2 is made into water, sugars and amino acids, depriving them of rest deprives them of growth in my opinion. Think you can function normally without sleep?
THIS THIS and SO MUCH THISGet a timer.
why would you go 24 for clones when you are trying to encourage root growth? just wondering lolI personally only use 24 hour periods on clones/ cuttings
it is not natural to have light cycles that are never ending.....
Get a timer.
the calvin cycle happens irrespective of whether the lights are on or not.i like to give them a rest of 4-6 hrs. In the wild plants see a cyclic day and i like to replicate their real growing environment so they get some night time. Allows for a temp drop too (necessary for healthy plants) and if there is no diff btw 18/20/24hrs growth like previously stated why use more electric then necessary? Using a lil biology, also in the dark cycle/calvin cycle co2 is made into water, sugars and amino acids, depriving them of rest deprives them of growth in my opinion. Think you can function normally without sleep?
exactly, thank youthe calvin cycle happens irrespective of whether the lights are on or not.
plants don't sleep.
I should add however that it takes the energy gained from photosynthesis (therefore the light) for the calvin cycle to happen in the first place. the calvin cycle is only known as a dark response because it happens independently of (even though it is a direct result of) photosynthesis. it happens when the lights are on or off... but a plant has only so much energy to last it while the lights are down. when the lights are down the plant can't make any more energy and uses the stores gained from when the lights are on.the calvin cycle happens irrespective of whether the lights are on or not.
plants don't sleep.
No it isn't...24 hours light is just wasting electricity.