Quick Lighting Questions

[JediTangerine]

Hi RIU members. Kinda new to posting but have been a long time reader of the forums.

i currently have 2 seedlings on 24/0 lights. by what week should i go 18/6? since weeks in comparison to how plants actually look can be vague, i guess id like to know at about how many nodes would be a good time to switch to 18/6.

also. i have 4 clones that i am receiving and i dont know what their lighting schedule was like before. on top of that, i have to make a 2 hour drive with these clones. what do you guys recommend me doing to keep these clones safe on the drive and with the lighting. when i get home, should i just pop it in 18/6 starting with the light period or the dark period?

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[Boneman]

You can do the 18/6 anytime.

 

[TwistedBladez]

24/0 or 18/6 it doesn't realy matter. They are both veg time. It goes down to if they are using CFLs , or grow lights. I my self am going with 24/0 for veg since I will be using CFLs

 

[JediTangerine]

im using cfls for vegs. 24/0 is better for cfls than 18/6? any suggestions for the clones?

 

[shapeless]

for clones, i like to use 20/4. when the lights are on, the foliage grows. when the lights are off, the roots grow. since the clones need to be rooted asap, i like to give it a short dark period to establish a strong root system, then i can go back to 24/0 if i want to.

 

[KushCanuck]

I've had really good results with my schedule, it goes as follows:

2 weeks 24/0 (seedlings and starts)
2 weeks 18/6 (preflower, nutrient schedule begins, third week)
7-13 weeks (flowering, strain dependant)

I usually switch my cycle from 24/0 to 18/6 at the 2 week mark or when the plant gets 3-4 true sets of nodes, whichever comes first. This gives the plant the appropriate amount of vegetating time and gives you the ability to direct your growth to the top with trimming of lower branches entering flowering. Good luck, keep us updated mate

KC

 

[TwistedBladez]

I've had really good results with my schedule, it goes as follows:

2 weeks 24/0 (seedlings and starts)
2 weeks 18/6 (preflower, nutrient schedule begins, third week)
7-13 weeks (flowering, strain dependant)

I usually switch my cycle from 24/0 to 18/6 at the 2 week mark or when the plant gets 3-4 true sets of nodes, whichever comes first. This gives the plant the appropriate amount of vegetating time and gives you the ability to direct your growth to the top with trimming of lower branches entering flowering. Good luck, keep us updated mate

KC

what does giving the plants 18/6 and flowering nutes do for the advantage?

 

[KushCanuck]

The way my soil is composed allows me to give my plants nutrients throughout their life essentially, I only need to make small contributions with waterings such as guano, kelp oils, and superthrive. The nutrients that start on the third week include 1 tbls of high N bat guano and likewise dosage of superthrive, vegetative dominant nutrients. One my flowering has started, my feeding changes to supplemental high P guano, wormcastings at 1 tbls : gallon of water, and superthrive. The change in lighting allows for a smoother transition into flowering with decreased plant stress. The 24 hours of light intake allows the young starts to store up energy for the approaching dark periods; growth periods. The 2 weeks of 18/6 lighting is explosive in growth because the plant has acquired enough energy through photosynthesis to start accepting nutrients by the third week. By training the plant(s) at flowering allows the plant to realize that it needs to flower and redirect it's growth upwards by pruning back lower, base, branches on the plant. Hope I could be of some assistance, let me know if you need anything else mate

KC

 

[TwistedBladez]

The way my soil is composed allows me to give my plants nutrients throughout their life essentially, I only need to make small contributions with waterings such as guano, kelp oils, and superthrive. The nutrients that start on the third week include 1 tbls of high N bat guano and likewise dosage of superthrive, vegetative dominant nutrients. One my flowering has started, my feeding changes to supplemental high P guano, wormcastings at 1 tbls : gallon of water, and superthrive. The change in lighting allows for a smoother transition into flowering with decreased plant stress. The 24 hours of light intake allows the young starts to store up energy for the approaching dark periods; growth periods. The 2 weeks of 18/6 lighting is explosive in growth because the plant has acquired enough energy through photosynthesis to start accepting nutrients by the third week. By training the plant(s) at flowering allows the plant to realize that it needs to flower and redirect it's growth upwards by pruning back lower, base, branches on the plant. Hope I could be of some assistance, let me know if you need anything else mate

KC

cool thanks , that made sence

 

[JediTangerine]

thanks for all the replies everyone. cleared up all the uncertainty for that area but im still uncertain with how i should transport my clones during the 2 hour drive

 

[KushCanuck]

No worries mate, anytime you need anything

KC

 

[TwistedBladez]

thanks for all the replies everyone. cleared up all the uncertainty for that area but im still uncertain with how i should transport my clones during the 2 hour drive

if they are freshly rooted and they are on 24/0 light time , you could nicely pack them into a box to trans port them then once you get to where you want them to be you just simply unpack them

 

[JediTangerine]

if they are freshly rooted and they are on 24/0 light time , you could nicely pack them into a box to trans port them then once you get to where you want them to be you just simply unpack them

cover the box top or have light on them during the drive?

 

[TwistedBladez]

cover the box top or have light on them during the drive?

you can have the top closed , better since there might be snoopy people , to them the dark would be like sleep time so if you have your lights on 20/4 I wouldn't worie about stressing them but if you are doing 18/6 I wouldn't be transfering them with 2 hours of darkness