plants need a dark period its during the dark they grow using all the energy from the light they have gathered during lights on. i have experimented with different lighting schedules and 18/6 does seem best for veg.
(CAM) A form of photosynthesis first described in the family Crassulaceae and since found in many other succulent plants. CAM plants keep their stomata closed during the day to reduce water loss by transpiration. Carbon dioxide can therefore only enter at night when, instead of combining with ribulose bisphosphate (as in conventional *C[SUB]3[/SUB] plants ) it combines with the three-carbon compound phosphoenol pyruvate (PEP) to give the four-carbon oxaloacetic acid. This is then converted to malic acid, which can be stored in the cell vacuoles until daylight, when it is transferred to the cytoplasm. Here it is broken down to release carbon dioxide, which is then fixed in the normal manner. This adaptation allows such plants to flourish in arid habitats but their growth rate is slow. CAM can be induced in certain C[SUB]3[/SUB] plants by water shortage. See also Hatch-Slack pathway.
yes sir. you are 100% correct , i am wasting electricity. i am lazy an never got around to hookin up the timers an re-wiring my lights. they still grow the same , just a lil bit slower , not enough to care about. i dont need to move that fast.so in your opinion with 18/6 they grow a little faster and its more natural for them but you still use a 24/0???
i dont have an argument ? i just simply said the plant dont need the dark period. if you would have stated that it was your opinion to begin with ..... i couldnt have said nothing to you.and it is during a dark period the plants like to use there stored energy to build. these are my opinions but based upon tried and tested methods. i dont see your argument. i know i stated they need a dark period and this is of my own opinion i know they grow better with 18/6 hence why i gave the advice..
I've also seen arguments regarding plant processes that they can only do in the dark, however I've not been able to find anything to back up that idea at all except speculation.