24/7 light on veg stage
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Aurora Borealis
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im doing that too and so far its all good.
jimmyspaz
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According to Ed Rosanthal you will get 25% more growth by runnung lights 24/7 opposed to 18/6. I usually run my veg room 24/7 but have it on 18/6 right now because I have clones for outdoors in there.(damn frost, I'm waiting to plant outdoors).I haven't noticed any real difference though, maybe a little slower growth,but nothing to worry about. It may only affect electric bill.
BigBudBalls
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I think 25% is rather generous.
alright thenn i guess ill leave it on 24/=] ....
btw this is a test run ... soo im not expecting any bud
this is for like ... ughh .. whats the word(s) ...
.. trial and error ...
i honestly doubt i have enoguh room forbudding
but hey ... if the plant loves me enough then it will
if it doesnt... then ill love it for teaching me how to grow it
btw this is a test run ... soo im not expecting any bud
this is for like ... ughh .. whats the word(s) ...
.. trial and error ...
i honestly doubt i have enoguh room forbudding
but hey ... if the plant loves me enough then it will
if it doesnt... then ill love it for teaching me how to grow it
jimmyspaz
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Not my numbers. I was quoteing Ed Rosenthal. I don't see anything like that much difference myself.
Ghost420
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i disagree. being i biologist plants need a time to rest after a days work. thing about nature there isn't light on 24/7 plants have adapted to time to rest. 18/6 gives time for plant to process sugars ect.
don't believe me look it up. many people on here will agree with me
don't believe me look it up. many people on here will agree with me
superhighme
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Im doing 24/7.
as for saving costs on electricity bills it has been pointed out before that since your plants would grow a bit slower on an 18/6 cycle you technically still will consume almost the same amount, but just over a longer period of time.
i think its just personal preference. since youve already started 24/7 might as well stick to that and if you want to test the waters and do an 18/6 cycle you can try that next time.
as for saving costs on electricity bills it has been pointed out before that since your plants would grow a bit slower on an 18/6 cycle you technically still will consume almost the same amount, but just over a longer period of time.
i think its just personal preference. since youve already started 24/7 might as well stick to that and if you want to test the waters and do an 18/6 cycle you can try that next time.
superhighme
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its me. hehe. theres other girls on the forums besides me though!
tommy gibbs
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when you say 24/7 light, do you mean light on always. or light on 24 hours, dark for 7 hours. probably a stupid question, i know.
LMFAOO
well when we say 18/6 we are talkign bout the hours of the day ( 24)
light/dark ... but i can understand why u would think it was 24 light and 7 darkness
because people mix up formulas ...
keep this inmind ... if its ratios add up to 24 then its hourly .. and well 24/7 is 31 hours ...soo that wont work .. meaning it must be the old saying " twenty-four seven )"
superhighme: really .. maybee but ur like the only one dat made it clear ( with the d.p )
but nice to meet u ..
well when we say 18/6 we are talkign bout the hours of the day ( 24)
light/dark ... but i can understand why u would think it was 24 light and 7 darkness
because people mix up formulas ...
keep this inmind ... if its ratios add up to 24 then its hourly .. and well 24/7 is 31 hours ...soo that wont work .. meaning it must be the old saying " twenty-four seven )"
superhighme: really .. maybee but ur like the only one dat made it clear ( with the d.p )
but nice to meet u ..
Charlie Green
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IMO, plants needs to sleep like humans, so they can work harder and better. But in otherhand if u are in stress 24h you can go crazy
Pookiedough
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I vegged mine 24 cycle with no problems other than very fast growth,being that I was in a hurry to get it to a budding size quickly only did it for a month and that sucker was ready to go.
tripmix
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Where I live there are light outside 24/7 during the summer, and there is plenty of plants and trees and stuff outside. So even if I'm not a biologist I'll have to say that you are wrong. 24/7 light do occur in nature, maybe the plants here are different somehow but your still wrong
NLXSK1
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On the other hand plants dont have a central nervous system and drive SUV's...IMO, plants needs to sleep like humans, so they can work harder and better. But in otherhand if u are in stress 24h you can go crazy
I guess the important part I learned from this thread is that it cannot hurt either way.