24/7 LED Veg anyone?

getogrow

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like i said in my last post to you, try 6/18 for your next veg cycle. you'll see what stretching is vs growing.
now you got me interested. what is this stretching you speak of ? You need 12 hours of intense light for the plant to flower good. Thats not up for debate. What does this have to do with the plant GROWING during the night ???????
 

Dirk8==D~Diggler

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There is not much of a "spike" in a veg room. How many watts in your veg ? a 1k veg would cost me 63 cents for 6 hours of light. I guess that does add up to about 20 bucks per month an my electricty is cheaper then most.
I use a HLG 135 qb v-2 r-spec at almost full blast, I have the amperage lowered down just a tiny bit to help with the heat. I have a couple of WW autos from MSNL in there and just leave the lights on 24/7.
 

getogrow

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I use a HLG 135 qb v-2 r-spec at almost full blast, I have the amperage lowered down just a tiny bit to help with the heat. I have a couple of WW autos from MSNL in there and just leave the lights on 24/7.
Yea , you are not running enough power to create a spike in your bill. 24/7 is fine. As far as doing autos , thats outta my league.
 

rkymtnman

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now you got me interested. what is this stretching you speak of ? You need 12 hours of intense light for the plant to flower good. Thats not up for debate. What does this have to do with the plant GROWING during the night ???????
In a strict sense, plants do not grow faster in the dark; they grow slower. However, plants seem to grow faster in insufficient light due to rapid cell elongation. In other words, they don't grow faster, they simply stretch

In conditions of total darkness, plant cells will generally expand upward, a process called geotropism.
from U of Texas website.
 

crisnpropa

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According to Clarke, Marijuana Botany, plants produce more thc with 12 hours of light compared to 10 hours.
 

getogrow

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you sure about that?

pretty sure you need 12 hours of DARKNESS for a plant to flower.
12 hours of intense light leaves 12 hours of darkness. You can word it however youd like but were still saying the same thing.
I never said anything about growing FASTER in the dark , just that they do not stop growing in the dark.
You can call it geotropism , i'll call it growing. My point is still the same ,. the plany grows 24/7 and it NEEDS 12 hours of intense light followed by 12 hours of darkness. in your lil weirdo world , i suppose the dark period IS more important then the light period but were on earth right now.
 

rkymtnman

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12 hours of intense light leaves 12 hours of darkness. You can word it however youd like but were still saying the same thing.
I never said anything about growing FASTER in the dark , just that they do not stop growing in the dark.
You can call it geotropism , i'll call it growing. My point is still the same ,. the plany grows 24/7 and it NEEDS 12 hours of intense light followed by 12 hours of darkness. in your lil weirdo world , i suppose the dark period IS more important then the light period but were on earth right now.
my weirdo world? sorry science hurts your tiny little brain.
they stretch, not grow. because of science, not your opinions or feelings.
 

Kassiopeija

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The absence of light allows the buildup of the flowering hormone, there are different types of recent plants and they flower to different length of night.
Flowering can also be aided initiated by dropping temperatures
 

getogrow

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they stretch, not grow.
Maybe you should reread what you posted. So stretching is not growing ? So if your plant went to sleep at 14" an woke up at 15" , thats not gerowing ? thats stretching ?? what in the fuck are you talking about ?????
 

getogrow

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i hope your having fun googling me wrong. i am NOT dumbing myself down to google. You can play online all day and your still going to be saying the same shit you are now. ALL plants grow ALL day everyday. Thats nature and science.
 

rkymtnman

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Maybe you should reread what you posted. So stretching is not growing ? So if your plant went to sleep at 14" an woke up at 15" , thats not gerowing ? thats stretching ?? what in the fuck are you talking about ?????
i'm gonna guess that English isn't your primary language. if you can't understand the U of T explanation I posted for you, that's on you.
 
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