How much longer until you can tell the sex?

bgmike8

bgmike8

Well-Known Member
Lol. Oh shit

dimebagdevin said:
Been on 24 hour light for about 9 days

View attachment 3720471
Click to expand...
Do you understand photoperiod?
They show sex after u switch to 12 12

Talkenlate04 said:
24 hr light is good and pointless. There is no plant that gets 24/7 light. Plants benefit from a rest period imo. 18/6.
Click to expand...
I did 24 .0 and mine had fast growth and did fine. I've never tried 18.6 though.
Do you know of any studies or is this just ancedotal from your experience?
 
Mr.Goodtimes

Mr.Goodtimes

Well-Known Member
I done it both ways (24/0 and 18/6). I see that the plant grows better (imo) on 18/6. Structure wise and less stress. Like said before no plant in nature gets 24/0 light cycle. But really the difference to me came down to the light bill...

I see not that much of a difference between the schedules, and think 18/6 is better, so why pay the extra 6hrs of electricity.
 
bgmike8

bgmike8

Well-Known Member
Mr.Goodtimes said:
I done it both ways (24/0 and 18/6). I see that the plant grows better (imo) on 18/6. Structure wise and less stress. Like said before no plant in nature gets 24/0 light cycle. But really the difference to me came down to the light bill...

I see not that much of a difference between the schedules, and think 18/6 is better, so why pay the extra 6hrs of electricity.
Click to expand...
I could use the energy savings but will it slow growth?
And you say structure. Do you mean it has better structure, more bud sites? Because that would make it worth it alone
 
dimebagdevin

dimebagdevin

Member
bgmike8 said:
I could use the energy savings but will it slow growth?
And you say structure. Do you mean it has better structure, more bud sites? Because that would make it worth it alone
Click to expand...
I plan on mainlining this one so that's why I had it running 24/7 so I could get to the 5 or 6 stems quicker, I'm going to slowly introduce my plant to the darkness since it's already been a week of straight light.
 
Mr.Goodtimes

Mr.Goodtimes

Well-Known Member
bgmike8 said:
I could use the energy savings but will it slow growth?
And you say structure. Do you mean it has better structure, more bud sites? Because that would make it worth it alone
Click to expand...
No it won't slow growth. Plants use the dark period to convert starches and... Well... grow lol. I get better growth from what I've seen. Structure I meant More stable stems, not necessarily more bud sites or anything.

But still, the difference was barely. It's about the same, both work. They do droop before the light goes out and they're bigger in the 'morning' on 18/6 so I know they want 'sleep' lol.

I did 24/0 my first few years and then it just didn't seem worth it at a certain point
 
Viperlock

Viperlock

Member
Talkenlate04 said:
24 hr light is good and pointless. There is no plant that gets 24/7 light. Plants benefit from a rest period imo. 18/6.
Click to expand...
If you use CFL's, they don't achieve enough light saturation and quite a few articles are saying it's better just to leave them on 24. I'm not sure how much merit can be placed on the sources, however I can say that with CFL's 18/6 took 2 weeks longer to get to the same point I am now when I Veg'd for 24.
 
H

hamdizle

Member
For the the first 2 weeks I had my seedlings under 24hr light.4 36 watt cfls. node spacing was really good. after I transplant them, they go 18-6.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top