24/0 vs 16/8 lighting times

[PassTheBiff]

Yo, so i'm doing my first grow

Germinated my seeds in soil (in peat pots already buried in the pot for full growth, so no transmitting needed)
checked on them yesterday and 2/3 have started showing tap roots (been in soil 48 hours, so not lost hope on the 3rd yet)
so i'm thinking about lighting times

Read online that 24 hr light can cause growth to increase by 25-30% so was thinking of doing a week of 24/0 (light/dark) to force growth 'till they're strong
little seedlings (got a fan in room to help strengthen stems and keep warm) and then going to 16/8 (light/dark) for the remainder of the veg period (going to grow one tall SOG style and 2 will be trained to be short but stocky plants (wanna see what gives best yield)

Plan to move onto flower when short plants are 12" tall, and however tall that makes the tall one will be seen (thinking it will be about 18-22", but that's just a gut feeling)

Does anyone see a problem with this plan?
Lighting for veg growth is under a 6400K 300W CFL bulb
Have a red light for adding more spectrum for flowering but know i'm at least 5-6 weeks off flowering.
Growing "easy kush" strain from a seed store (60% sure its satvia, but this is my first grow so don't REALLY know much about the differences in breeds)
also growing for my own smoke, no intention of selling on, just pissed off at paying through the nose for a baggy!

Cheers in advanced for your help y'all!

 

[graab187]

i do 20/4 and it works great for me.

 

[Bakatare666]

For my edification, what is 'transmitting'?

 

[PassTheBiff]

i do 20/4 and it works great for me.

is this just for veg yeah?

For my edification, what is 'transmitting'?

and not 100% sure what everyone calls it, but when you transmit one plant from the sprouting medium into the growing medium, i'm avoiding this entirely to save the root

 

[er0senin]

imo never go below 18/6.. Rest is usally strain dependant but anywhere between 18/6 and 24/0 and you are good to go

 

[er0senin]

is this just for veg yeah?


and not 100% sure what everyone calls it, but when you transmit one plant from the sprouting medium into the growing medium, i'm avoiding this entirely to save the root

and i think you mean transplant

 

[smellzlikeskunkyum]

every stage, every plant is different when it comes to 24/0 versus 18/6. ive experimented alot with both over the years and i cant find a whole lot of difference. i do notice clones seem to do better on 24/0 thats about it tho... if ure running a big light go with 18/6.

 

[graab187]

is this just for veg yeah?

yep, flowering cycle is always 12/12.

 

[PassTheBiff]

and i think you mean transplant

haha thats the fella! didn't read up on transplanting cuz I'm not intending to do it

okay, so general consensus seems to be that 18/6 and 24/0 work just as well for veging, then i'll pull it back to 12/12 when flowering.
just got my first little seedling popped up this morning feel like a new father

cheers all!

 

[MrGreenTooth]

at some point you are going to have to learn to transplant , might as well read up on it

 

[Lilstoneddude17]

Transplanting is a big part of indoor growing might wana do your research now lol

 

[Lilstoneddude17]

And MrGreenTooth you signature is fucking great

 

[graab187]

xplanting is not hard. you;ll get the hang of it

 

[SteezyDee]

Don't listen to these guys LOL.. I grow indoors and never had to transplant. Know why? I grow using DWC buckets. So no, transplanting does not have to be learned in order to grow indoors.

Also, if you start out in your final pot, like say a 5 gallon, you wont have to transplant from the smaller pot to the larger pots later on. So once again, knowing how to transplant is not necessary.

Happy growing!

 

[SOMEBEECH]

I start mine in Solo cups,less space and can discard the Runts.
Also very easy to transplant they just slide RT out,Without disturbing
roots.

Beech

 

[jhod58vw]

I start mine in Solo cups,less space and can discard the Runts.
Also very easy to transplant they just slide RT out,Without disturbing
roots.

Beech

Hell yeah bro I do the same thing solo cups to 2 gallon bags. Veg for a month or so and flip can even smash the bags abit by rolling them to break up the roots and give them more room. Just don't be to rough.

 

[PassTheBiff]

Cant see it being rocket science (transplanting in soil) just pop one plant into its full term bucket when its developed a decent enough root ball (i'd guess 1-2 weeks after sprouting?), and don't damage the roots?
Will learn one day but just didn't want to risk damaging anything if i could avoid

checked on my seedlings today, ones sprouted a fine and healthy looking stem, waiting for the seed to fall off, ones still rooting but just starting to leaf,
the other, however, as best as i can tell, is sending out 2 tap roots, been keeping the top soil moist but wondering if it could be lack of moisture? (they've all been watered the same, and this plant is actually furthest away from the heater though)
Thought best to run it by people that know what they're doing before i go over watering my plants ;D

 

[jhod58vw]

Cant see it being rocket science (transplanting in soil) just pop one plant into its full term bucket when its developed a decent enough root ball (i'd guess 1-2 weeks after sprouting?), and don't damage the roots?
Will learn one day but just didn't want to risk damaging anything if i could avoid

checked on my seedlings today, ones sprouted a fine and healthy looking stem, waiting for the seed to fall off, ones still rooting but just starting to leaf,
the other, however, as best as i can tell, is sending out 2 tap roots, been keeping the top soil moist but wondering if it could be lack of moisture? (they've all been watered the same, and this plant is actually furthest away from the heater though)
Thought best to run it by people that know what they're doing before i go over watering my plants ;D

I would just leave them along for now don't over water. They will try to search for water with their roots 1st. But as long as the soil is some what moist.