Help with lighting after 3 weeks of 24-hour

Nastnap129

Nastnap129

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I have had my four autoflower strawberry cools plants on 24-hour light schedule it's been 4 weeks just started the second day of the fourth week can I turn the lights off for 4 hours a day now or will that make the planta flower I just don't want to cause premature flowering I'm still vegging
 
LEDTonic - Daniel

LEDTonic - Daniel

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Your plants will only switch to flowering phase when they get 12 hrs of light and 12 hrs of darkness. It's recommended to give a couple of hours of darkness each night in veg, too.

Do a slow switch. Start with 1 hr, then the next day 1.5 hrs, the day after 2hrs, and so on until you're at 4-6 hours of darkness per night.
 
LEDTonic - Daniel

LEDTonic - Daniel

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My bad! I was a bit too quick there. Thanks for pointing it out.
Yes, sorry. Autos do flip on their own. But they still benefit from a bit of darkness, especially after 4 weeks.
 
Rurumo

Rurumo

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an auto won't necessarily do better under 24 hours of light, there is such a thing as light saturation even for autos. I think you'll find they grow faster with at least a 4 hour rest period.
 
Budzbuddha

Budzbuddha

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Autos prefer “ static “ light cycles , the higher cycles allow better veg / as autos are hard wired to move thru growth on its own terms. Long cycle helps get that SHORT veg stage setup for flowering, bigger root mass , bigger structure.

24/0 , 20/4 , 18/6 are typical cycles.
 
707Patrick

707Patrick

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Budzbuddha said:
Autos prefer “ static “ light cycles , the higher cycles allow better veg / as autos are hard wired to move thru growth on its own terms. Long cycle helps get that SHORT veg stage setup for flowering, bigger root mass , bigger structure.

24/0 , 20/4 , 18/6 are typical cycles.
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18/6 on my autos.... I looked everywhere for light schedules for auto... 18/6 is what I hear for optimal light.
 
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