My 8hr flowering experiment

[torontoke]

i always reduce from 12/12 to 8/16 the last 2 weeks to harvest then last 24 hours in total darkness

Well you can reduce it alot sooner than the last two weeks.
To each their own tho.

 

[torontoke]

Heres some pics from my buddies room.
Not the best pics he has shaky hands but these are in small 2gallon pots and have been under 6/18 for 4 weeks... 1000w hps

 

[Sunny Organics]

No offense to anyone but i dont think i need to do a side by side comparison for anything.
I dont really need to be scientifically justified in saying that i have seen enough to be converted.
If i wanted to know exactly gram for gram etc then yes i would do a side by side but im not worried about how much difference there is. If this was strictly about trying to suck the maximum amount of bud out of this cabinet i would just run 6 critical mass or some other big yielding plant on 12/12.
If someone wants to run a side by side in their room i would gladly watch along with the rest of the guys but my lil 36" x 24" x 50" cabinet isnt big enough for the type of experiment your talking about.

Only people ive found that are super focused on yields and numbers are noobs and dealers.
Im neither. I only want to keep myself occupied while doing all my r and d.

not trying to bring you down or anything bro, i really wanted to see the results from both sides 12/12 and 6/18. this is just a trial run of a 6/18 harvest not really an experiment.

 

[torontoke]

not trying to bring you down or anything bro, i really wanted to see the results from both sides 12/12 and 6/18. this is just a trial run of a 6/18 harvest not really an experiment.

Fair enough.
Its not a technical experiment.
I know what these same plants averaged under 12/12 and didnt have the room or cabinet to do both
Sorry
I will be able to give exact numbers on all these strains 12/12 vs 6/18 based on the ones in my buddies room in 4 weeks.

 

[torontoke]

He ran the same strains 12/12 and is now 4 weeks in to 6/18 so that should be a more fair comparison and closer to the experiment term.
I will post those results here too.

 

[Doobius1]

Dont apologize man. Thx to this thread Ive cut my lights back by an hour. I will cut them back another hour in a week. I figure give it a shot for the summer, save some hydro. I was thinking about shutting down but will just cut back. Thanks again for posting this.

 

[torontoke]

Dont apologize man. Thx to this thread Ive cut my lights back by an hour. I will cut them back another hour in a week. I figure give it a shot for the summer, save some hydro. I was thinking about shutting down but will just cut back. Thanks again for posting this.

Glad it is helping bro
If even an hour a day your still ahead. Slowly but surely i think reduced flower times will become the norm.

 

[torontoke]

So im officially 7 weeks since switching the lights.
The smell in my room is intense and im most likely going to chop em sooner than later.
Like i said before im mostly interested in harvesting the seeds and perhaps running a few for the next batch.

 

[torontoke]

 

[torontoke]

So not much growth or news to report. All the plants seem to be focused on making sugar. Everythings getting frosty now and all the hairs are browning up.
I was talking to my buddy last night and he told me his plants were all falling over and bending branches so he had to use a crap load of bamboo stakes to hold everything up. He said even the lil 3-4" buds are so dense and thick they are bending good size branches.

Im super excited to chop these just so i can start over except this time i will veg a lil longer.

 

[guardogz]

Hey Toronto thanks for the experiment. I ll hit week 8 on may 14-tomorrow. mine is not scientific either but i like what i see. Intrigued by the 6/12 schedule as well. Running dinachem and freedom haze w the haze plant performing slightly better. wont be going back to 12/12. Hope those seeds work out well for ya

 

[torontoke]

Hey Toronto thanks for the experiment. I ll hit week 8 on may 14-tomorrow. mine is not scientific either but i like what i see. Intrigued by the 6/12 schedule as well. Running dinachem and freedom haze w the haze plant performing slightly better. wont be going back to 12/12. Hope those seeds work out well for ya

Thanks
What schedule did u use?

 

[guardogz]

6/18 in the tent, 6.5/17.5 outside the tent(but still indoors). taking the plants outside for a few hours of sun when its nice out, and defn before harvest. prob need a few adjustments to really dial it in...but we know this can work(for us)

 

[torontoke]

6/18 in the tent, 6.5/17.5 outside the tent(but still indoors). taking the plants outside for a few hours of sun when its nice out, and defn before harvest. prob need a few adjustments to really dial it in...but we know this can work(for us)

Right on man
Im sold on reduced flowering times.
Id love to see some pics of urs girls if they are almost done.

 

[torontoke]

Well i went in to check the temperature and to check how things are going.
Got to staring at the seed pod on one of the girls and couldnt help myself i had to pluck one off and check how they looked and if they are mature looking.
I threw it straight into the wet paper towel. Lets see if it germs
Lol so heres solo stash/phantom cookie x chemdog.... #1 lol

 

[guardogz]

Ok first try at some pics. First 3 are freedom haze, slightly different ages, last two are dinachem. Have nt tasted the haze yet.

 

[torontoke]

Looks awesome man.
I hope it tastes as good as it looks.

 

[torontoke]

I will be going and taking a bunch of pics of my buddies room tomorrow.
His are 5 1/2 weeks in.
Mine are 8 weeks tomorrow and the seeds have definately slowed them down. When i grew these strains out the first time they all finished between 60-65 days this time they look like they could use two more weeks but im probably gonna chop em early pick the seeds out and blast em.
I have a bunch of seed choices now to choose from for the next run.

 

[guardogz]

Thanks. Took awhile to get used to the buttery start to the dc. the haze is a bit young but just had to take a taste. rt now she s got a cucumber,lime, melon aroma. burn starts out like menthol then finishes w a citrus then melon aftertaste. i think those are all young flavors. good to taste at diff weeks imo. u gonna blast w butane? lookin fwd to the pics.

 

[torontoke]

I will pick out all the beans and see whats left.
More than likely i will use butane on some of it or maybe i will do the alcohol evap method not sure yet.
I dont expect to get much of anything out of this run tbh