What happens if you switch to 18 hour light 5 weeks into flower with 3 to go?

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smotts

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• Oct 3, 2024

• #1

Would there be any growth, or would it just be better to chop them early?
Problem is my cucumbers want more light.

 

Larf_Man

Active Member

• Oct 3, 2024

• #2

No they will stop budding and re-veg. And week five is too early too chop.

 

Larf_Man

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• Oct 3, 2024

• #3

Let’s see a pic of what you got.

 

Unga Bunga

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• Oct 3, 2024

• #4

If we're talking weed pretty much nothing good is going to happen, unless you're keeping them at 18 to reveg a mother plant .

Cucumbers I have no knowledge of .

 

eddy600

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• Oct 3, 2024

• #5

Fifty cents should buy you a couple of cucumbers, stick to 12 hours

 

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smotts

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• Oct 3, 2024

• #6

I've reveged after flower, but never during when buds are still on it.

Think I'll wait. Not certain on how the cucumbers would react too.

 

hillbill

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• Oct 6, 2024

• #7

Cucumbers should maybe be the lower priority here.
Just got a price of $1.29 lb delivered.
.25 lb at the store.

 

coreywebster

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• Oct 6, 2024

• #8

smotts said:

Would there be any growth, or would it just be better to chop them early?
Problem is my cucumbers want more light.

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You'd just be throwing away the whole crop and costing yourself a lot of time.

Get PayPal credit or something and get a light.
But at week 5 you've already diminished your harvest return , if they've been under lit all this time

 

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Phytoplankton

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• Oct 6, 2024

• #9

smotts said:

Would there be any growth, or would it just be better to chop them early?
Problem is my cucumbers want more light.

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Cucumbers only need about 8 hours of light a day.

 

by2

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• Oct 7, 2024

• #10

smotts said:

Would there be any growth, or would it just be better to chop them early?
Problem is my cucumbers want more light.

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5th week might be to early but I have heard that you can switch the last 2 weeks.
Rasta Jeff from Ire genetics swear by 18/6 the last 2 weeks and that it shorten the flower period and make better flower.

 

DOCTORDOOB

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• Oct 11, 2024

• #11

smotts said:

I've reveged after flower, but never during when buds are still on it.

Think I'll wait. Not certain on how the cucumbers would react too.

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Are your cucumbers in movable pots? If so you can put them near a window during daylight, then have them in with the bud plants when the 12/12 light pops on. If you do 18/6 and start to reveg your bud, all your work will be ruined, if you try then try to switch back your plants can seed itself, make non usable smoke, or even die