My 8hr flowering experiment

Ace Yonder

Ace Yonder

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I'm interested to see how this goes! And for whoever was asking, this isn't gas lantern technique, however gas lantern technique is kinda like a similar flipside version of this for veg, because GLT is meant to cut veg down from 18 hours of light to 13 hours of light by using a veg cycle broken into 12 hours light, 5.5 hours dark, 1 hour light, 5.5 hours dark, the idea being that the one hour of light is enough to prevent flowering hormones from building up, and that the increased hours of dark are actually a beneficial "rest" period. I've never tried it so I can't speak to it's efficacy, but I have done a bit of research into it and it was brought up so I figured why not share. If this 6hr flower works out, I would love to try running GLT in veg and this in flower and really saving some serious moolah on the power bill. Consider me subbed up!
 
makka

makka

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Ace Yonder said:
I'm interested to see how this goes! And for whoever was asking, this isn't gas lantern technique, however gas lantern technique is kinda like a similar flipside version of this for veg, because GLT is meant to cut veg down from 18 hours of light to 13 hours of light by using a veg cycle broken into 12 hours light, 5.5 hours dark, 1 hour light, 5.5 hours dark, the idea being that the one hour of light is enough to prevent flowering hormones from building up, and that the increased hours of dark are actually a beneficial "rest" period. I've never tried it so I can't speak to it's efficacy, but I have done a bit of research into it and it was brought up so I figured why not share. If this 6hr flower works out, I would love to try running GLT in veg and this in flower and really saving some serious moolah on the power bill. Consider me subbed up!
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That would be really good!
I've heard some strains don't do very well with GLR/glt is this true?
Can cause Hermie's or something like that?
 
chuck estevez

chuck estevez

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if it was true that less light equals bigger buds, Lower wattage lights would produce huge yields, and we all know that the more light the bigger yields, so, No, just no.
 
torontoke

torontoke

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chuck estevez said:
if it was true that less light equals bigger buds, Lower wattage lights would produce huge yields, and we all know that the more light the bigger yields, so, No, just no.
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It was never said that less light equals more buds.
Instead they state that less hours of light produce a faster growth rate because people tend to believe the plants get nothing out of the dark period. I disagree.
 
torontoke

torontoke

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And too much light is never bad either right?
The article says that most plants under 12/12 recieve twice as much usable light than they can process.
Wasted light equals wasted money. Thats just common sense.
I know that some of the people on here will say im wastin my time and they may be right but what if im not
 
makka

makka

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I read somat other day about trying to induce red nm light in flower dark cycle?
Sure it was on riu?
As the plant can still use this spectrum or sonar I'm not to sure so don't qoute me if it works or not??
Interesting tho.
 
torontoke

torontoke

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Hey chuck im not arguing on something that as far as ive seen no one has actually tried.
You may be right its a waste but thats ok.
Its worth the risk to me.
I didnt write the article or have any vested interest man just trying an experiment that could help us all
 
chuck estevez

chuck estevez

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torontoke said:
It was never said that less light equals more buds.
Instead they state that less hours of light produce a faster growth rate because people tend to believe the plants get nothing out of the dark period. I disagree.
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I agree that a lot happens in the dark, i think i see the biggest change in buds size after the dark period vs the light. I guess we will see. Good for you on trying it.
 
torontoke

torontoke

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I read an article a while ago about a team of breeders that were trying to develope a strain that actually flowered in the dark they called it the vampyre strain.
Now that seemed impossible and im not surprised i havent heard about it since. Thats a crazy idea but again if it worked id want to know about it
 
Gaz29

Gaz29

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torontoke said:
Anyway back to my cab.
These plants are under a 400mh/hps
Temps are around 80-85
Humidity is around 40-45
Screen has filled out pretty good considering they have only been under it for a week
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Torontoke,I'll be watching this post with interest as I'm gonna be flowering shortly and I also agree that plants NEED dark periods,it's gotta help.! Anyway i may copy your technique on next flowering, keep us updated..
Cheers..
 
torontoke

torontoke

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Its not my technique homie
Im just being a willing guinea pig in the hopes that it works.
Its joe pietris article and i think it will either work or not. If i get a few weeks into flower and its not working i will switch back to 10/14 or 11/13
Only time will tell now.
I will keep this thread updated as it goes along.
 
torontoke

torontoke

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Here a few pics to prove the plants are still alive and are actually under the screen and light.
I was wrong or overmedicated when i said id lose 6 plants theres actually 8 under the screen but two are tiny and were easy to not count.
So theres 2 chemdog
2 apollo x snowlotus
3 chuckys bride x lemon skunk and 1 solo stash x phantom cookies
 
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