Gas Lantern Routine
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BobCajun
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I don't go lower than 10 hours myself, because that's the shortest the days ever get in the hash growing areas of Afghanistan so that's the lowest any Indica could be acclimated to. I figure why go lower than necessary and sacrifice yield? The difference between, say, 9 and 10 hours is 10%. That's substantial. And with 8 hours it's 20% less. They sure won't magically grow more or the same with less light. I've never seen evidence of that.
higher self
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I don't do a lot of indica plants So definitely not gonna do the light diminishing for my cookie tent. After this Zamaldelica run it's Zipolite or Colombian ya know those landraces from Bodhi so I need to develop a light routine to speed them up if possible.
Dr. Who
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Never had any "need" to run Indies under speed up conditions....
chemphlegm
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not sure if related but one part of my room is lit with a (6')moving 1k hps. the plants if left on the ends are bigger and do produce more buds
but the buds in the middle are always the prize. I stopped moving light and added another instead
but the buds in the middle are always the prize. I stopped moving light and added another instead
torontoke
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I don't think many people really "need" to run things in sped up conditions but cropping out every 50 days versus 65 could mean an entire extra harvest to make up for any loses that bob or anyone else is sure of happening.
Im not so convinced but then again I'm not online to argue
BobCajun
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No, I don't normally take pics of under-developed buds, sorry. However I do recall having to chop at 8 weeks once and the buds were very lacking in density, barely usable. At 7 weeks they would have been completely useless.
BTW I posted earlier that I was using 10/2 for veg. Well it didn't seem to be working that great so now I'm trying 5/1. I think they still need 20 hours light per day but I think they need less light hours at a time, and that will require also less dark at a time. I think this may just be the ultimate veg light cycle, at least if you use LEDs. Obviously a lot of starts are bad for the life span of HIDs.
sandhill larry
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Did not read the whole thread, but the light on for an hour at midnight has been used by outdoor growers forever to keep plants in veg. The longer length of night is what triggers the plants to flower, not the shorter length of day. So by breaking the night up into two shorter nights, the plant thinks it's summertime, and keeps on keeping on.
Xs121
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KK, I'll add my 2 cents to this routine. 
I been using this lighting routine to my current grow both in veg and flowering. I dont know if I'm just seeing things or feeling things but during the veg you get the sense that the plant is about to burst into flowers. Since you get that 1hr light on between lights off, it keeps the plant in veg as long as you want.
After the flip (no more 1hr lights on), it took about 6 days for my plants to start to show pistils and all over the place at once. Not just the apical shoot but all over the plants.
Plant just finished 5th week of 11/13 and the flowers are healthy and covered with resins.
I would recommend this lighting technique.
I been using this lighting routine to my current grow both in veg and flowering. I dont know if I'm just seeing things or feeling things but during the veg you get the sense that the plant is about to burst into flowers. Since you get that 1hr light on between lights off, it keeps the plant in veg as long as you want.
After the flip (no more 1hr lights on), it took about 6 days for my plants to start to show pistils and all over the place at once. Not just the apical shoot but all over the plants.
Plant just finished 5th week of 11/13 and the flowers are healthy and covered with resins.
I would recommend this lighting technique.
Budley Doright
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The last thing I want is my outdoor plants to veg longer lol I'd be covering those bitches if I could.
sandhill larry
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I'm with you. I started late this year so my season would be shorter. I might give it a try for my Spring crop next year. I think I would get better growth from the sun than the redneck light setup we used this past season.
mallorca0700
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JUST to let you guys know that IT works just fine !!!! GLR.... alldayeveryday
Miyagismokes
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I'm intrigued in this based on the co2 added, but the only way to know if the light technique works is to try...
too larry
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I saw I was subbed to this thread under my old name. I had forgot about it. Too many threads.
LewberDewber852
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Hello is anyone here?
Stumbled upon this thread and figured I’d see if this was still a thing. I’m gains are cool but I’m investigating this for energy savings.
Stumbled upon this thread and figured I’d see if this was still a thing. I’m gains are cool but I’m investigating this for energy savings.
cannapotimus
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It works well. It’s a good way to get rid of purple stems and leaf discolouration that lots of people get when vegging with led lights.