growtosmoke
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So I'm ready to switch to 12/12 and start flowering, do I need to give the plants 24 hours of dark or just switch to 12/12 after the next dark cycle??
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Flower Time!!!! How to switch to 12/12?
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ReggaeGanja
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give em 12 hours dark bro then u tart it from there
growtosmoke
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Normally my lights would shut off at 11pm tonight and 12 dark would be 11am, I would like them to be on a 7pm to 7am scheudle just for ease of me being able to tend to the plants and the darkest times of the day here... sooooo should I turn the lighting back on at 7am tomorrow morning or should I shut it off at 7pm tomorrow and start the cycle that way......
Tyrannabudz
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I thought long and hard about this one, it is very challenging. LOL
What if you let the light run thru the night until your normal on time which I believe is 5am. Turn the light back on at 7pm tomorrow and there you go 7pm - 7am. That would give 6 extra hours of light for today which shouldn't hurt any thing and only 2 extra hours of dark.
What if you let the light run thru the night until your normal on time which I believe is 5am. Turn the light back on at 7pm tomorrow and there you go 7pm - 7am. That would give 6 extra hours of light for today which shouldn't hurt any thing and only 2 extra hours of dark.
growtosmoke
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makes sense probably what I should do......Thanks for the input btw saw your thread eariler nice grow!!
bigbudjohn420
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i would do the 11 to 11 seems like it would be better for the plants or plant you should post some pics of this trees
growtosmoke
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why would 11 to 11 be better than any other time? you can leave light on 24 hours with veg so I guess you could really turn dark at anytime couldnt' you?
If you give them 24-36 hours dark it is supposed to make them show sex a week early, this is something Ive seen posted on here several times. I am doing this myself, just started last night and am gonna do 32 hours of dark as I started from seed so anxious to know how many ladies I got.
IAm5toned
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i ran a 12/12 setup from 24 veg cycle... after i had a few weeks of veg ( im a big believer of lst and topping) and since i didnt want the lights on when i wasnt home, i opted to have them on @ 7pm and off @ 7am. acquiring a simple plastic torx garden timer from home depot (15.99) makes this easy... all i had to do was shut the lights down at 7am one day, and set the timer for activation @ 7pm on and 7am off. double check the time of day on your timer to make sure it matches your local time. walk away... i havent adjusted the lighting schedule since that day, 44 days ago though in 9 days i will kick it back to 8/18 to start the final 7 days of flower followed by 48 hours of darkenss to enrich those beautiful nugs with lotsa tri's 
growtosmoke
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mmm hummm.......Yeah I got them on a timer and there is someone home all day so it's not a big deal...........started 12/12 2 days ago can't wait to see sign of sex..............ladies......please be ladies......i ran a 12/12 setup from 24 veg cycle... after i had a few weeks of veg ( im a big believer of lst and topping) and since i didnt want the lights on when i wasnt home, i opted to have them on @ 7pm and off @ 7am. acquiring a simple plastic torx garden timer from home depot (15.99) makes this easy... all i had to do was shut the lights down at 7am one day, and set the timer for activation @ 7pm on and 7am off. double check the time of day on your timer to make sure it matches your local time. walk away... i havent adjusted the lighting schedule since that day, 44 days ago though in 9 days i will kick it back to 8/18 to start the final 7 days of flower followed by 48 hours of darkenss to enrich those beautiful nugs with lotsa tri's
bigbudjohn420
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well if you ask for help people are going to tell you what they think... from there growing terms 