Thats not true at all...
(U should type in photosynthesis and reread the meaning of it...)
yes you can grow with 24/7,20/4,WHATEVER THE NUMBER..but its not the best...THERES A REASON WE DO 18/6 AND 12/12,BECUZ IT WORKS WELL AND IS PROVEN...
your plants (NEED dark time) for photosynthesis to even work THE RIGHT WAY)...your plants store energy fROM the light,then when the light is shut off..it releases the energy into growing roots,and growth..
and if your going from inside to outside..
its best to work your plants down to 18/6 and in the meantime..when your lights are on..move them outside for a few hours each day..sticking them directly outside after being on 24/7 could shock the shit out of them..im not a expert,and im not going to tell you anything that would harm your plants...
but i def dont like when people say things that arent true...and id hate to see you lose your plants over a stupid comment,made by someone that ...
(just thinks)
Im just saying..Try it..and thank me laterz..peace homie
ok lazy.. here you go.. straight from wiki...
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Photosynthesis[α] is a process that converts carbon dioxide into organic compounds, especially sugars, using the energy from sunlight. Plants produce their own food in this process. [1] Photosynthesis occurs in plants, algae, and many species of Bacteria, but not in Archaea. Photosynthetic organisms are called photoautotrophs, but not all organisms that use light as a source of energy carry out photosynthesis, since photoheterotrophs use organic compounds, rather than carbon dioxide, as a source of carbon.[2] In plants, algae and cyanobacteria photosynthesis uses carbon dioxide and water, releasing oxygen as a waste product. Photosynthesis is crucially important for life on Earth, since as well as it maintaining the normal level of oxygen in the atmosphere, nearly all life either depends on it directly as a source of energy, or indirectly as the ultimate source of the energy in their food.[2][β] The amount of energy trapped by photosynthesis is immense, approximately 100 terawatts :[3] which is about six times larger than the yearly power consumption of human civilization.[4] In all, photosynthetic organisms convert around 100,000,000,000 tonnes of carbon into biomass per year.[5]
Although photosynthesis can occur in different ways in different species, some features are always the same. For example, the process always begins when energy from light is absorbed by proteins called photosynthetic reaction centers that contain chlorophyll. In plants these proteins are held inside organelles called chloroplasts, while in bacteria they are embedded in the plasma membrane. Some of the light energy gathered by chlorophylls is stored in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). The rest of the energy is used to remove electrons from a substance such as water. These electrons are then used in the reactions that turn carbon dioxide into organic compounds. In plants, algae and cyanobacteria these reactions are called the Calvin cycle, but different sets of reactions can be found in bacteria, such as the reverse Krebs cycle in Chlorobium. Many photosynthetic organisms have adaptations that concentrate or store carbon dioxide, this helps reduce a wasteful process called photorespiration that would otherwise consume part of the sugar produced during photosynthesis.
Overview of cycle between autotrophs and heterotrophs. Photosynthesis is the main means by which plants, algae and many bacteria produce organic compounds and oxygen from carbon dioxide and water (green arrow).
Photosynthesis evolved early in the evolutionary history of life, when all forms of life on Earth were microorganisms. Although the dates are difficult to estimate with any accuracy, the first photosynthetic organisms probably evolved about 3,500 million years ago, and used hydrogen or hydrogen sulfide as sources of electrons, rather than water.[6] Cyanobacteria appeared later, around 3,000 million years ago, and changed the Earth forever when they began to oxygenate the atmosphere, beginning about 2,400 million years ago.[7] This new atmosphere allowed the evolution of complex life such as protists. Eventually, about 550 million years ago, one of these protists formed a symbiotic relationship with a cyanobacterium, producing the ancestor of the plants and algae.[8] The chloroplasts in modern plants are the descendants of these ancient symbiotic cyanobacteria.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis
theres more if you want to read...
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NO WHERE in there does it say that dark is needed to complete photosynthesis...NOTHING about needing dark to complete photosynthesis or to make it work properly... the dark needed for root growth argument is just GROWERS URBAN LEGEND... this was proven in another thread where it was proven through pictures that ROOTS CAN AND WILL GROW IN LIGHT... maybe not direct light from lamp... but as long as the roots STAYED MOIST that they would grow even if light shown directly on them...
and the argument you made about plants storing their enegry and releasing it at night is way way way off... are you sayin that the only growth of a plant happens when lights are off?? that the entire day is spent storing energy to grow in the few hours of dark it might recieve?? thats just stupid... plants are constantly using light to make energy to grow... both roots and vegitation.. throughout the ENTIRE day... 24/0 means that it wont stop this process and wont stop growing... when you eat food is that energy stored for when you sleep?? NO.. its used throughout the day... when you need it.. when you are using it... AGAIN.. im not sayin 18/6 doesnt work... it does... but your argument is weak and makes no sense...
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