My 8hr flowering experiment

torontoke

torontoke

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hillbill said:
If I hadn't stumbled across this thread I never would have tried as short of lights on time and that would have been my loss. Thank you!
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No need to thank me sir
I didn't invent the method
It is reassuring that my journal has "helped" anyone besides me.
A lot of good growers have offered helpful tips and opinions on here and we have all learned as we went.
Cheers bill
Enjoy the fruits of labour
 
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j.t.1986

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actually i tried a 10/14 light schedule this round as well with inspiration from this thread. the results are in line with hillbill's, yield doesnt seem to be effected much, and i think i saved about a week.One of my starfighter f2/lbl's are on track to be plucked at 50 days fully mature.

Keep up the great work!:clap::bigjoint:
 
torontoke

torontoke

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j.t.1986 said:
actually i tried a 10/14 light schedule this round as well with inspiration from this thread. the results are in line with hillbill's, yield doesnt seem to be effected much, and i think i saved about a week.One of my starfighter f2/lbl's are on track to be plucked at 50 days fully mature.

Keep up the great work!:clap::bigjoint:
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That's awesome to hear
Thanks for stopping in and letting us know.
50 days is about my new "standard" aswell.
Glad to hear so many people are seeing good results
:bigjoint:
 
torontoke

torontoke

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Feeling like I got kicked in the gut today.
The more cowbell plant I had outdoor and posted a few pics of had to be removed today.
Well over 7' tall 5-6' wide and more balls then ive ever seen on one plant.
Couldn't risk all the others so he had to go.
The rest are all female so not that upset about it.
Space monkey is looking decent
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Tiger mountain
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Deadhead x lbl
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farmerfischer

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zoic

zoic

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torontoke said:
more balls then ive ever seen on one plant.
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I had 3 males this round but one looked like it had enough balls to propagate an entire
LP crop, which of course led to events happening in my mind. :twisted:

So do lower temps usually equal more frost? What sort of range are we talking?
 
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torontoke

torontoke

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zoic said:
I had 3 males this round but one looked like it had enough balls to propagate an entire
LP crop, which of course led to events happening in my mind. :twisted:

So do lower temps usually equal more frost? What sort of range are we talking?
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You took me far to literally sir
It was a play on words with "frost"
My temps have been fairly steady since I switched the light out.
76-82 almost all the time.

mistermagoo said:
I read the first 25 pages and said wait, I'm still in 2015 post?!??

Good read, cool info thanks a lot, good to see you're still going strong
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Thank you sir for stopping by I usually tell people to ignore the first year and a half or until I switched to led.
Seemed to change my dli and bring yields closer to par for 12/12
 
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mistermagoo

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torontoke said:
You took me far to literally sir
It was a play on words with "frost"
My temps have been fairly steady since I switched the light out.
76-82 almost all the time.


Thank you sir for stopping by I usually tell people to ignore the first year and a half or u til I switched to led.
Seemed to change my dli and bring yields closer to par for 12/12
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I'll have to cycle back and give it a good read, I went led 2 years ago and will never go back ... no temperature isssues alone are a godsend , always consistent environment now.

Very intriguing info this thread, and your current outdoor girl , she looks beautiful in the woods , feel we "forget" as a solely indoor grower that these plants actually come from outside ! Who would of thought !

Hello all, nice to meet you guys
 
torontoke

torontoke

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mistermagoo said:
I'll have to cycle back and give it a good read, I went led 2 years ago and will never go back ... no temperature isssues alone are a godsend , always consistent environment now.

Very intriguing info this thread, and your current outdoor girl , she looks beautiful in the woods , feel we "forget" as a solely indoor grower that these plants actually come from outside ! Who would of thought !

Hello all, nice to meet you guys
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For me it was kind of the polar opposite
I started as an outdoor guy and never really thought about growing indoor.
Seemed a waste of money since the sun was free and the plants were three times the size. Wasn't until a few fields were ripped and one was trap camera'd and obviously compromised that I decided to try my hand at indoor.

It's been an interesting adventure with lots of twists n turns.
Always seems like there's lots to learn and cool things that make indoor more challenging.
The fact that the bud is far better in my opinion is simply a bonus
 
farmerfischer

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torontoke said:
For me it was kind of the polar opposite
I started as an outdoor guy and never really thought about growing indoor.
Seemed a waste of money since the sun was free and the plants were three times the size. Wasn't until a few fields were ripped and one was trap camera'd and obviously compromised that I decided to try my hand at indoor.

It's been an interesting adventure with lots of twists n turns.
Always seems like there's lots to learn and cool things that make indoor more challenging.
The fact that the bud is far better in my opinion is simply a bonus
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Agreed .. Nothing beats the Sun but rippers, cops and hunters those guys are a Bitch.. And growing indoors gives you way more control of the outcome of quality one can achieve and its fun trying different things even out of the box things..
 
torontoke

torontoke

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farmerfischer said:
Agreed .. Nothing beats the Sun but rippers, cops and hunters those guys are a Bitch.. And growing indoors gives you way more control of the outcome of quality one can achieve and its fun trying different things even out of the box things..
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Yes sir
And those out of the box things can be surprising. If I listened to all the nay Sayers
Then I would have never bothered trying anything. I can't comment on outdoor down south because I'm up here where we get one short ass season that never seems long enough and therefore mediocre imho bud
 
farmerfischer

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Yeah if I can get past the third week of September I'm lucky. Very short here as well ,but my fingers are crossed that we make it to the second week of October or longer.. Like last year...
It was you and someone else that was running the 8 on cycle and seeing this pushed me to try 10 /14 and lower cost and carbon footprint. When I have the extra income I'm going to make the switch to cobs or something similar .
 
torontoke

torontoke

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farmerfischer said:
Yeah if I can get past the third week of September I'm lucky. Very short here as well ,but my fingers are crossed that we make it to the second week of October or longer.. Like last year...
It was you and someone else that was running the 8 on cycle and seeing this pushed me to try 10 /14 and lower cost and carbon footprint. When I have the extra income I'm going to make the switch to cobs or something similar .
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You won't regret switching to led.
The heat savings alone make it worth it.
When I tell people I flower my cabinet with 180watts they almost all laugh and think I'm joking.
 
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