Autoflower Plants Light Cycle 16/8

smokie1411

smokie1411

Member
Hi all, I have my big budda s.a.s autoflowers on 16/8 light cycle they seem to be growing good but is the light cycle o.k for autos?
My next grow i was going to do this the whole way though.
thanks
Smokiebongsmilie
 
HighLowGrow

HighLowGrow

Well-Known Member
I have done several auto grows. My light schedule is 24/0 with CFLs from seed to harvest. Soil grow. Pretty simple.

-HLG
 
*smokey*

*smokey*

Active Member
I would do at least 18/6 from start to finish, thats what i do, lots of people use 24/0 or 20/4 though.
 
mr.sessemia

mr.sessemia

Well-Known Member
for auto flowers anthing will work 12/12 18/6 20/4 24/0 it it is believed amoung the masses of auto growers that 18/6 and above is best....
 
G

GaiaGuy

Member
smokie1411 said:
Hi all, I have my big budda s.a.s autoflowers on 16/8 light cycle they seem to be growing good but is the light cycle o.k for autos?
My next grow i was going to do this the whole way though.
thanks
Smokiebongsmilie
Click to expand...
I've done 2 CFL grows and both were under 14/10 light cycles start to finish. The first produced nearly double what I expected (Lowryder 2), and the second produced the upper-end of what is considered normal (Afghan Kush Ryder).

But the right type of lighting is also important. Make sure you are getting enough lumens of the right spectrum to the plants. I hope this helps.
 
smokie1411

smokie1411

Member
GaiaGuy said:
I've done 2 CFL grows and both were under 14/10 light cycles start to finish. The first produced nearly double what I expected (Lowryder 2), and the second produced the upper-end of what is considered normal (Afghan Kush Ryder).

But the right type of lighting is also important. Make sure you are getting enough lumens of the right spectrum to the plants. I hope this helps.
Click to expand...
Thanks mate, what weight did you get per plant in the end from the lowryder2's? was thinking of trying them next
 
darkdestruction420

darkdestruction420

Well-Known Member
You want to go 24/0 at least till you hit the flowering stage, with autoflowers youve only got a limited amount of time to veg the plant and get it as large as possible before it goes into flowering. the plants still hit around the 2-3x larger than when they start flowering size.
 
smokie1411

smokie1411

Member
darkdestruction420 said:
You want to go 24/0 at least till you hit the flowering stage, with autoflowers youve only got a limited amount of time to veg the plant and get it as large as possible before it goes into flowering. the plants still hit around the 2-3x larger than when they start flowering size.
Click to expand...
O.k nice one, was thinking of going with normal strains next instead of auto can i get away with doing 16/8 light with some clones untill they hit 12/12???????
 
G

GaiaGuy

Member
smokie1411 said:
Thanks mate, what weight did you get per plant in the end from the lowryder2's? was thinking of trying them next
Click to expand...
It was late 2010, and I pulled 2.18oz dry. 2.43oz if you count the 7g of crystal-caked sugar leafs I pulled off the buds to use for baking. Picture link in my sig.
 
B

brock271981

Active Member
Im doing 20/4 ur plants need dark...Im 16 days from seed on 6 dinafem HAZE AUTOS and they r between 6-9 inches tall and 3or4 sets of leaves hoping for a zip apiece...Also have 1 deimos 1 white dwarf and 1 syrup from buddah as well all r very happy...
 
darkdestruction420

darkdestruction420

Well-Known Member
cannabis plants dont need a dark period. They gather and use c02 while photosynthesising, making them a c3 plant while A c4 plant collects c02 during night to use for photosynthesis so does need a dark period.

Anyway,back to the question- you could do 16/8 if you want with photoperiod plants. What kind of lighting you using and how much room you have? in general i'd run the lights as much as possible as suits your situation.
 
darkdestruction420

darkdestruction420

Well-Known Member
Why do they need dark exactly? A c3 plant gathers and uses c02 while photosynthesis is happening, ie when the lights are on. A c4 plant gathers c02 at night to use during photosynthesis the next day.Cannabis is c3. Whats confusing about that?
 
PeacefulKid1992

PeacefulKid1992

Well-Known Member
brock271981 said:
Im doing 20/4 ur plants need dark...Im 16 days from seed on 6 dinafem HAZE AUTOS and they r between 6-9 inches tall and 3or4 sets of leaves hoping for a zip apiece...Also have 1 deimos 1 white dwarf and 1 syrup from buddah as well all r very happy...
Click to expand...
yoo take a picture of ur syrup from buddah seeds. i got one of em 2
 
darkdestruction420

darkdestruction420

Well-Known Member
If your going to do a normal 12/12 flower light cycle your auto's wont bulk up as much, it takes away the advantage of autoflowering plants that they dont need 12 hrs of dark to flower. if you have no choice but to run a 12/12 flower cycle b/c of security or something you'd be better off getting a non-auto strain that does need it imo. youll get more bang for your buck so to speak.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top