grow space
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the best cycle is 18/6 because i belive that a dark period is really important to the plant and then the plant can rest 4 a while.thats my opinion anyhow.
8 hours of light will fower???
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brick20
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Given for veg, but what about flower?
tems
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12/12 is the best for flowering. Jorge and Ed rosenthal both agree that you get diminished yeilds from the previously mentioned times. Also brick20 I think i read that you said you can see light going out of a vent but not in... I dont understand how that would work. Im guessing that the source of your light leak.
Mysticlown150
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Light leaks suck.
sirbudmaster
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the "best" cycle for you is 18/6 BUT may not be for anyone else. just simple opinions. I MY SELF like 20/4 because i can keep more compact plants which works out best for me. 18/6 i get to much vertical growth too quickly. 24/0 i was able to keep plants wide and bushy but under 2-foot tall.
Peace
simpsonsampson420
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plants dont NEED rest like humans do.. they can keep up photosynthesis as long as there is light present... its not rest that benefits them.. its the stretching that occurs from the dark cycle that, in the end, benefits your plants...
there is no "perfect" flower cycle... strains that are based closer to the equator have the ability to start flowering under 14/10 due to the fact they recieve less dark periods the further towards the equator you go.. in order for MJ to have a full life cycle she had to adapt, thus the ability to start to flower without 12/12... 12/12 is just the standard agreed on time by all growers that will DEF start flowering your girls... this way you dont have to figure out if 14/10 works.. or 13/11 works... 12/12 is just a way of garunteing that your plants will flower....
mygirls
Medical Marijuana (MOD)
how can this be. if outdoors they rest and you have a bushy ass plant, i belive its all in the amount of light you have and the penatration that you get.
Resident Kush
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honestly man its not a new idea ... a cannabis plant needs minimum 10-12 hours of darkness to flower, pending on strain and growing conditions. If you want to save money ya do it, but your yield will be smaller. The best way to do that, is by starting at ten hours of darkness, and every two weeks add an hour of darkness. This is jmore realistic to natural spectrum.
simpsonsampson420
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thats what i was sayin bro.. or was tryin to say... the streching allows for more penetration... and the more light that penetrates the better... and the more light present the better.. but i really wanted to stress the word NEED because they can grow with straight 24 hours lighting, but it is better if they are given dark to allow for the stretching which leads to better penetration...
mygirls
Medical Marijuana (MOD)
ya and im saying that the rest don't stretch the plant its the amount of light and the distance it is fromthe plant. allmy plants are on 18/6 bushy as hell just like my greenhouse that gets rest. now on relly shity overcast days that run for weeks will cause my girls to stretch a bit cuz there serching forthat sun. (light).
simpsonsampson420
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i had a HUGE response.. and it started to be rambling... but i know what your saying.. and i agree... all i was sayin is that during the lights off period there is stretching the occurs too which is beneficial.. but yes, if the light source is to far from the girls then they will stretch to reach for it... i think thats what you are saying...
can.i.buz
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I've read Ed Rosenthal's writings but I think (I could be wrong) that he wants everyone in the world growing so he talks as if he's talking to a very beginner grower. I wonder what he would say about this.
brick20
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i dont think that should be a problem because the light that comes in the tent is not strong at all and i covered up all the zippers and any possible light leak areas
brick20
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MyGirls WTF
i think you ment to say 12 hours of dark or more to flower
mygirls
Medical Marijuana (MOD)
ha ha ha ha ha ya i did mean that. this sum good buds guys...............LOLMyGirls WTF
trapper
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you can flower with 8 hours of light and 16 of darkness.their is a drop off but it does ok.it is best on short squat aphgan/kush genetics.but like most plants today because of all the breeding it is really dependent on the genetic makeup of the plant.i did 8 hours for 3 weeks only as a try before putting them out late in season and a few were nice a few were messed up.
krustofskie
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Greenhouse Seed Company recommends that growers reduce lights to 8 hours a day for the last 2 weeks of flowering, in their white widow strain. This stops regrowth of buds and encourages maximum resin production, its how you get white widow to look very very white with crystals. Maybe this would have similar effects on other strains.