Ramping down light cycle to stay vegging but not flowering

obijohn

obijohn

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Funkentelechy said:
I think that what you are asking is, how much can you reduce the light cycle at a given time without causing the plants to flower so that you can over time bring their light cycle close enough to the natural light cycle to allow them to be grown outside with no additional light source?
I don't know the answer to that question, but hopefully, someone with more experience with doing that can chime in.

At the summer solstice in Northern California we get about 15 hours of sun, that's the maximum light hours we get. So, the goal would be to eventually get your light cycle down somewhat close to that cycle, without inducing flowering, before they go outside full time under natural lighting.
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Bingo!

That's exactly what I'm asking, so maybe start at normal sunlight plus LED for a few extra hours to start at 18, then maybe cut an hour in a few days, cut another hour out few more days etc? I feel that outdoor/normal sunlight only should be good by mid May without flowering.

Lastly, back to the actual LED light pictured in my OP. Never used LED before ,does it get hot enough that it would be dangerous to set the ends on a box or something (since I have no place to properly hang/attach). And, how far away should the plants be from the light?

Appreciate the help guys!
 
Johnny Lawrence

Johnny Lawrence

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You could probably just rig up some sort of hanging system using zip ties. That light isn't going to get hot enough to do anything to them. Just get creative. You'll figure something out.
 
Funkentelechy

Funkentelechy

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obijohn said:
That's exactly what I'm asking, so maybe start at normal sunlight plus LED for a few extra hours to start at 18, then maybe cut an hour in a few days, cut another hour out few more days etc?
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That's what I would do.

would start off with the LED around 18 inches above your plants. Good luck.
 
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