cool guy thats what i was trying to ask dude
yes, you could veg under w/e light schedule you'd like, so long as they don't receive enough dark to build up the flowering hormones which would make them start flowering..
Photoperiod plants like marijuana respond to shortening light cycles to trigger the bloom phase and eventually seed production. Pot will indicate, flower and complete fruiting with as little as 9 hours for many strains. I have found this true mainly of sativas or sativa dominant hybrids from gene stock in equatorial latitudes. I have flowered indicas with 10 with no increase in hermie production. But you have to resort to total darkness for a period (I do 36 hours pitch black) and then 12/12 for a few days to make the buds tight and finish quickly. In my own experience. I stick to 12/12 now for ease of operation.
My experience with 24 hours is similar to yours. No noticeable benefit and increased light bill. I think everything on earth deserves some rest anyway, including sharks.yes, you could veg under w/e light schedule you'd like, so long as they don't receive enough dark to build up the flowering hormones which would make them start flowering..
also, plants and sugars are made during photosynthesis, so i think more light is better, but only to a point.. i once read jorge cervantes say that if you veg your plants under 24 hours of light that they will grow 33% faster than lights grown under only 18 hours of light..
so of course after reading this, i thought to myself, shit, i want my plants to grow 33% faster, and through mine into 24 instead of 18 / 6 or 20 / 4... it seemed to me that my plants actually didn't grow any faster under 24, and in fact seemed to be doing a bit worse imo.. not that they looked bad, but it was very evident that they were doing much better when they had some dark time.. whether it's 4 hours or 6, i don't think it really mattered too much, but ime, some dark is better in veg than no dark at all..
That's almost as good as asking "when does REM sleep begin".