20/4 for veg, 12/12 for flower. The photoperiod tells them the days are getting shorter and they bud for the end of the season.
They also stretch a lot during this phase so for your first go around I would flower when you think they're going to double in height.
For instance, if I had a 1 inch...
Between those I would do 20/4. Weed doesn't really need a dark period until flower. Marijuana is a C3 plant which means it uses light and CO2 for photosynthesis. During the light phase two reactions happen (I forget the names) and during the dark only one does.
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AN is easy, just follow the instructions and google. Not sure if AN has their formula set to 1/4 strength but most bottles are way too strong out the gate and need to be toned down so the plant can get acclimated to the nutrients and not get burned.
Unless you're running 1kw+ in a...
My concern as well :/,
like @ttystikk said, that initial investment is crazy for a small scale op. Have to find a way to cool it down and water bottles sound tedious.
Been debating getting a chiller. I run a 8x4x6.8 room with two 1000ws air cooled, 6" 720 cfm fan blowing through CF to lights.
Probably going to get a 4" to cool both those lights. Just got an RDWC system but haven't set it up in the flower tent yet. My biggest fear is that the two 1000ws will...