10/14 Light schedule
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Here are my I have 3 ladies by the name of Big Bang auto,Lemon Skunk,White skunk. And 1 Blue Mystic that has not showed sex yet! I am using General Organics Nutes Bio Bud,Bio Thrive Bloom. Bio Thrive Grow, Bio marine,Bio weed during the last stages of veg.Let me know what yall think I was thinking bout 10/14 light schedule for bloom feed back please!
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skinitti666
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yea you can just as long as u keep it on that schedule youre looking nice
Phaeton
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I run a test budroom just for stuff like this, OK, usually it is bulb tests.
After the first month of budding the light energy needs go down, the light period can be shortened to less than 12 or the lighting itself can be reduced 10% leading up to 15% the last week. This does not cause a reduction in yield in the sativa I used.
The start point is 130 watts/ square foot. I did side by side tests to find that number also.
Your results may vary, I add this as I find my indica does not respond the same as the sativa, at times it is a dramatic difference.
Nothing was changed but lighting, I do not do nutes or any stress techniques. I have a hard enough time trying to understand what the lights are telling me.
After the first month of budding the light energy needs go down, the light period can be shortened to less than 12 or the lighting itself can be reduced 10% leading up to 15% the last week. This does not cause a reduction in yield in the sativa I used.
The start point is 130 watts/ square foot. I did side by side tests to find that number also.
Your results may vary, I add this as I find my indica does not respond the same as the sativa, at times it is a dramatic difference.
Nothing was changed but lighting, I do not do nutes or any stress techniques. I have a hard enough time trying to understand what the lights are telling me.
So for the specific strands I have do you recommend a 10/14
So for the specific strands i have you I should or shouldnt 10/14?
Phaeton
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I did everything by averages for a couple grows after I got too fancy and hashed a crop. I ended up building the test budroom because I could not afford entire crops to have bad harvests.
All the strains grow differently, some of the same strains grow differently upstairs versus downstairs in the same house. Fussy about humidity.
But until a standard grow is performed, it is hard to judge whether non-standard procedures help or hurt any particular plant.
All the strains grow differently, some of the same strains grow differently upstairs versus downstairs in the same house. Fussy about humidity.
But until a standard grow is performed, it is hard to judge whether non-standard procedures help or hurt any particular plant.
Toolage 87
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I would never do more then 12 hours of dark time because remember the more dark time they have the lower the yield because they don't have alot of stored energy that they could get from the light time that its been on for. I heard of a guy doing 7/12 to evel 10/12. His yield was a little less but the finish time was about the same and his power bill was lower because his light wasn't running the full 12/12
michaeljdumpout
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they will finish a lil faster if im not mistaken but yeilds may be affected depending on genetics
marsellus wallace
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good thing I saw this before you ruined your crop. the 10/14 schedule is IDEAL FOR TRICKING YOUR PLANTS INTO INDUCING FLOWERING hormones QUICKER. If you are trying to use this system I would HIGHLY recommend only using it for the first week, then gradually over the next 3 weeks bring it back too a 12/12 cycle . IT IS PROVEN THAT USING A 10-14 LIGHT SCHEDUAL THROUGHOUT ALL OF FLOWERING CAN IN FACT HURT YOUR YIELD!! I have tried the 10/14 light SCHEDUAL and have seen it first hand, if you do not see me as a trustworthy source or just another guy on rollitup, ASK JORGE CERVANTES, he specifically speaks of it in his growers bible and on many forums he has online. The reason why there is a decrease in yield is the lack of energy that can be produced by your plants. Your plants NEED LIGHT TOO CREATE ENERGY, by taking away 2 hours of light a day you are in fact reducing the time that your plants can create energy through photosynthesis.
from my experience when I introduce the plants into flowering I will, KEEP THE LIGHTS OFF FOR 36 hours, then commence with a 10/14 lighting period for the first week ( this will trick your plants too start using hormones too create flowers A.K.A buds) after the first week I will gradually switch back too a 12/12 flowering cycle over the next two weeks.
I have also heard from many friends that extending the photo period from 12/12 too 13/11 will in fact INCREASE YIELD . I have never tried it soo I can not say from first hand experience, seems that Jorge Cervantes has a very similar way of thinking in the sense that he goes on too explain the reasoning behind the increased yield of changing your photo period to 13-11.
hope I was of service ! good luck =)
from my experience when I introduce the plants into flowering I will, KEEP THE LIGHTS OFF FOR 36 hours, then commence with a 10/14 lighting period for the first week ( this will trick your plants too start using hormones too create flowers A.K.A buds) after the first week I will gradually switch back too a 12/12 flowering cycle over the next two weeks.
I have also heard from many friends that extending the photo period from 12/12 too 13/11 will in fact INCREASE YIELD . I have never tried it soo I can not say from first hand experience, seems that Jorge Cervantes has a very similar way of thinking in the sense that he goes on too explain the reasoning behind the increased yield of changing your photo period to 13-11.
hope I was of service ! good luck =)
Gogowitz
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from what I understand from the Ed Rosenthal book, the 12 hours of darkness is appreciated by the plant, soley because within that time of darkness, it allows a chemical to become produced telling the plant to continue with the flowering, that is why light leaks can be so detrimental, because without a constant at least or around 12 hours of light, the chemical will fail to produce, and soon the plant will revert back into veg stage. Honestley I think the best way to go about flowering, is to find the perfect time (meaning less dark more light) to induce flowering, while still giving it all the best stuff it can take for longer in the day time. Maybe a 14/10... Couldn't be sure, honestly you would need a couple grows mirroring each other in every way but the hour of day and night in flowering, and check to see which types to the best in those scenarios. Which brings me to something else I forgot, depending on where the strain is originated from, dictates the amount of dark it will need to induce flowering, since some regions on earth don't actually get the 12 hours of darkness every night, strains have adapted to these specifications...
Alright man Im really pumped I got 4 Females on this grow .... 2 were feminized 1 was an auto and the Blue Mystic was a regular and it just showed sex and it is a girl! Which is good I pretty much just let them grow on their own no lst, or anything but I did Fim the Blue mystic incase it turn out to be a girl cause my temps get low at night so im hoping to see some colors.. Ima post some pics tommorrow the blue mystic got 2 main colas cant wait!!
