My 8hr flowering experiment

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3GT

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mr. childs said:
remember people doing the party cup grows, as the craft advances will we all now try get 5 oz's from a 1 gallon by vegging at 24/0 for 3 months then flowering for 8 hours on 16 hours off? extreme possibilities
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I'll try update with photos soon but my 4'x2' drobe houses an ak47 in 2 gal coco/perlite + expanded clay bottom fabric pot/plastic Hempy hybrid with airstone.

Veg 24/0 for 3 months under 100w bridgelux EB led strips,

flowering 8/16 with 125w+ 125w EB strips hung vertically on each side (6/18 schedule) + 315w Philips 3100k (6/18 schedule) + 600w philips son-t (2/22 schedule) the

315w wakes them up for 1hr by itself, then led strip side lighting comes on for 6hrs, on hours 4/6 the 600w HPs turns on for 1 hour at a time and the 315w turns off during hours 4/6 as well.

Anyway hope that makes sense and you're awesome torontoke :D cheers mate
 
torontoke

torontoke

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These outdoor plants are looking and smelling good but I'm very doubtful they will finish in time.
Gonna give them another 2-4weeks and see where they are at.
Worst case scenario they will get dug out and put into 5 gal buckets and finished in my buddies garage. Will suck splitting the crop but what can ya do.
 
GroErr

GroErr

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torontoke said:
I know bro I know
And the worst part is those are all usually quick finishing strains or at least they were for me indoors.
Think this is my last attempt at running outdoor plants here in Ontario without a light dep greenhouse.
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Yeah if you want a guaranteed crop those are your better options. Shitty year, too much rain, not enough sun, worst combo. All the plants I've seen and outdoor guys I've talked to offline are seeing the same thing. As the amount of light diminishes, they're not going to finish any faster :(
 
torontoke

torontoke

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So I found out I'll be going in for a series of spinal cord injections over the next couple months so I'm trying to spend as much time as possible getting my hands dirty.
On the bright side I'll be puffing on this lucky charms by then and everything else in the cabinet is looking Sheila like.
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Field trip
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More cowbell
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HotWaterKarl

HotWaterKarl

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Hey man I read like the first 15 pages of this thread, but damn it is long. Would love to see some pics of buds grown in 8/16 like I believe you have standardized on, but don't want to search through 109 pages! Would you know what page you have those pics on? Also for 8/16 is there any lessons learned, main takeaways etc. especially if applied to hydro (ebb/flow)?

In Ontario we are getting killed, especially in the north I pay over 200$/month only for ~2.2kw extra that my lights use, so this would help me a ton. Also would allow me to grow indoors in some summer months. I read earlier in the beginning of the thread(ish) that you had gotten 75% of the yield except that was on 6/18. Curious what the numbers are now that you have standardized on 8/16. Sorry if this shit has been asked 100 times before in this thread.
 
torontoke

torontoke

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HotWaterKarl said:
Hey man I read like the first 15 pages of this thread, but damn it is long. Would love to see some pics of buds grown in 8/16 like I believe you have standardized on, but don't want to search through 109 pages! Would you know what page you have those pics on? Also for 8/16 is there any lessons learned, main takeaways etc. especially if applied to hydro (ebb/flow)?

In Ontario we are getting killed, especially in the north I pay over 200$/month only for ~2.2kw extra that my lights use, so this would help me a ton. Also would allow me to grow indoors in some summer months. I read earlier in the beginning of the thread(ish) that you had gotten 75% of the yield except that was on 6/18. Curious what the numbers are now that you have standardized on 8/16. Sorry if this shit has been asked 100 times before in this thread.
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No worries sir
I realize it's long. Been mentioned a few times by people but it is what it is.
I'm still using only 8hrs
The yields really turned around when I switched to led around this part of the thread.
http://rollitup.org/t/my-8hr-flowering-experiment.865489/page-61#post-13447665

I realize the rates are insane here thats why I started playing with light cycles.
Thanks for stopping by and showing interest in the thread tho I appreciate it.
 
Buba Blend

Buba Blend

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HotWaterKarl said:
Hey man I read like the first 15 pages of this thread, but damn it is long. Would love to see some pics of buds grown in 8/16 like I believe you have standardized on, but don't want to search through 109 pages! Would you know what page you have those pics on? Also for 8/16 is there any lessons learned, main takeaways etc. especially if applied to hydro (ebb/flow)?

In Ontario we are getting killed, especially in the north I pay over 200$/month only for ~2.2kw extra that my lights use, so this would help me a ton. Also would allow me to grow indoors in some summer months. I read earlier in the beginning of the thread(ish) that you had gotten 75% of the yield except that was on 6/18. Curious what the numbers are now that you have standardized on 8/16. Sorry if this shit has been asked 100 times before in this thread.
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What I did worked well for me.
If I saw pictures in veg I'd jump a month forward and speed scroll forward to find pics. Then going by those picks I'd estimate when harvest would be and jump forward to that date then speed scroll in both directions if necessary till I found pics. Found harvest pics fast after a few times of doing it. Click on the arrows between the pages to jump around.
 
torontoke

torontoke

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Buba Blend said:
What I did worked well for me.
If I saw pictures in veg I'd jump a month forward and speed scroll forward to find pics. Then going by those picks I'd estimate when harvest would be and jump forward to that date then speed scroll in both directions if necessary till I found pics. Found harvest pics fast after a few times of doing it. Click on the arrows between the pages to jump around.
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Ya that works too.
Because it's my journal I did tend to over post and maybe over share a lil bit lol.
Makes it difficult to wade through for others.
I apologize
 
Buba Blend

Buba Blend

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torontoke said:
Ya that works too.
Because it's my journal I did tend to over post and maybe over share a lil bit lol.
Makes it difficult to wade through for others.
I apologize
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It's your journal, I and many others respect that to the max. There are some members who do not have the same respect for journals as you know. I'm not speaking about HotWaterKarl here, so he knows.
You have other things to worry about. I hate needles and hope your injection is not to painful. That procedure would have me stressing more than I already do.
Good Luck!
 
HotWaterKarl

HotWaterKarl

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Hey not worries mate, that's fine. Wow those buds look great. I myself have started with 12/12 before and after week 4 gone down to 11/13 then week 6-8 10/14. Did not notice a difference in yield If I could do 8/16 from start thought that would be great, I will just have to man up and try it I guess. Not sure if I could survive with a loss of yields in my meds though, I guess just have to try it and see what % of yields I get.

Yeah, and good luck with the procedure, I may be doing a similar one myself soon.
 
torontoke

torontoke

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Buba Blend said:
It's your journal, I and many others respect that to the max. There are some members who do not have the same respect for journals as you know. I'm not speaking about HotWaterKarl here, so he knows.
You have other things to worry about. I hate needles and hope your injection is not to painful. That procedure would have me stressing more than I already do.
Good Luck!
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Thanks a lot
It was meant to be just my journal and I have been surprised that a lot of people have gotten interested in what I do with my tiny lil cabinet.

HotWaterKarl said:
Hey not worries mate, that's fine. Wow those buds look great. I myself have started with 12/12 before and after week 4 gone down to 11/13 then week 6-8 10/14. Did not notice a difference in yield If I could do 8/16 from start thought that would be great, I will just have to man up and try it I guess. Not sure if I could survive with a loss of yields in my meds though, I guess just have to try it and see what % of yields I get.

Yeah, and good luck with the procedure, I may be doing a similar one myself soon.
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Honestly if your considering something besides 12/12 I always recommend people start off slow and ease into it to gauge your own results. I'd start at 11/13 or even 10/14 and if your happy and curious keep reducing.
I'm able to supply myself with enough smoke for the most part but ymmv because we are all different.

And again thanks for the feedback guys
It's nice to know that my journal is helping anyone else even if it just gets your curiousity going enough to think a lil differently.
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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torontoke said:
So I found out I'll be going in for a series of spinal cord injections over the next couple months so I'm trying to spend as much time as possible getting my hands dirty.
On the bright side I'll be puffing on this lucky charms by then and everything else in the cabinet is looking Sheila like.
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Field trip
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More cowbell
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OUCH. Hurts just to think about it.

Hope it works out for you.

Girls look great as always!
 
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