Flowering: how dark is dark enough.??
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hotrodharley
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Dude, we are trying to teach YOU. You're quoting books and "sources". I'm quoting what was then my young dumbass growing pot at the end of runway shared by military fighters thinking it would never be found. It wasn't t8hat year and if the weed could have been stronger it could only have been incremental! But refuting something said by someone who has done it by posting a reference that is not applicable gets you nothing as far as respect.i said higher probability and that it doesnt always happend. but in todays breeding world with all the unstable crap that is flowing around..
and yes no proof there but you can easy make a logic assumption from that chart if uoi use your brain
and hotrod harley i am not saying it wont work. it wll stunt the growth and make the weed less potent than if offered a full dark cyckle. but im sure you had the possablity of growing in the same spot with and without full light cycles to compare? whatever man im out of this conversation.
When giving people advice, i do not belive in saying "do this it works". teatch people how to properly grow good quality marijuana. saying something like "interupted light cycles is np" is complete BS and not good advice. some people out there are trying to make quality meds because they acctualy need it.
hotrodharley
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I use green LED but the same thing.
Xrangex
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Haha, that's pretty badass i'd never have thought to look that upFact : You get stunted growth from not giving a plant the complete darkness. even outdoor the moon shining is about max light for a dark period + light scatters in a completely different way outside than inside a growtent. Also you get a higher probability to get some first hand hermie experience, not necessarily tho. also the lightintesity differs a lot depending on daylight or moonlight or a hid light outside in the night about 15 meters away etc.
Why even try to argue with something that has been proven time and time again?
10[SUP]−4[/SUP] lux
Total starlight, overcast sky[SUP][3][/SUP]
0.002 lux
Moonless clear night sky with airglow[SUP][3][/SUP]
0.01 lux
Quarter moon
0.27 lux
Full moon on a clear night[SUP][3][/SUP][SUP][4][/SUP]
1 lux
Full moon overhead at tropical latitudes[SUP][5][/SUP]
3.4 lux
Dark limit of civil twilight under a clear sky[SUP][6][/SUP]
50 lux
Family living room lights (Australia, 199 [SUP][7][/SUP]
80 lux
Office building lights in hallway/toilet[SUP][8][/SUP][SUP][9][/SUP]
100 lux
Very dark overcast day[SUP][3][/SUP]
320500 lux
Office lighting[SUP][10][/SUP][SUP][11][/SUP][SUP][12][/SUP]
400 lux
Sunrise or sunset on a clear day.
1,000 lux
Overcast day;[SUP][3][/SUP] typical TV studio lighting
10,00025,000 lux
Full daylight (not direct sun)[SUP][3][/SUP]
32,000130,000 lux
Direct sunlight
wikipedia mate
EDIT : Just so you know, THC is actually produced during the dark cycle.
Lord Kanti
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2 LUX.
I just found a plant in flower that was in an area getting up to 3 lux. Possibly a 3>4.
Some of its neighbors appear to be in flower as well. Good thing I have a mother still in veg. This isn't what I was hoping for, but I can appreciate a happy accident in the name of science.
Knowing this I won't waste time, money, or effort building light deprivation chambers. Also, I now feel confident that I can induce flower any time of the year if I can do it in the middle of summer.
I just found a plant in flower that was in an area getting up to 3 lux. Possibly a 3>4.
Some of its neighbors appear to be in flower as well. Good thing I have a mother still in veg. This isn't what I was hoping for, but I can appreciate a happy accident in the name of science.
Knowing this I won't waste time, money, or effort building light deprivation chambers. Also, I now feel confident that I can induce flower any time of the year if I can do it in the middle of summer.
1st time growing 1 plant outside. Seed was 1 of 1 in a good sack. Type - ? Is the light of a full moon too much? it has lots of pretty little buds, but they are very small. No other light. I even blocked my house windows. I could build a top shield of wood since its right next to my house. Forgive my ignorance, but is this a chart of how much THC builds up under these light conditions? If so, fascinating.Fact : You get stunted growth from not giving a plant the complete darkness. even outdoor the moon shining is about max light for a dark period + light scatters in a completely different way outside than inside a growtent. Also you get a higher probability to get some first hand hermie experience, not necessarily tho. also the lightintesity differs a lot depending on daylight or moonlight or a hid light outside in the night about 15 meters away etc.
Why even try to argue with something that has been proven time and time again?
wikipedia mate
10[SUP]−4[/SUP] lux Total starlight, overcast sky[SUP][3][/SUP] 0.002 lux Moonless clear night sky with airglow[SUP][3][/SUP] 0.01 lux Quarter moon 0.27 lux Full moon on a clear night[SUP][3][/SUP][SUP][4][/SUP] 1 lux Full moon overhead at tropical latitudes[SUP][5][/SUP] 3.4 lux Dark limit of civil twilight under a clear sky[SUP][6][/SUP] 50 lux Family living room lights (Australia, 199 80 lux Office building lights in hallway/toilet[SUP][8][/SUP][SUP][9][/SUP] 100 lux Very dark overcast day[SUP][3][/SUP] 320500 lux Office lighting[SUP][10][/SUP][SUP][11][/SUP][SUP][12][/SUP] 400 lux Sunrise or sunset on a clear day. 1,000 lux Overcast day;[SUP][3][/SUP] typical TV studio lighting 10,00025,000 lux Full daylight (not direct sun)[SUP][3][/SUP] 32,000130,000 lux Direct sunlight
EDIT : Just so you know, THC is actually produced during the dark cycle.
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Kushash
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Welcome to RIU.
This is an old thread, the person you are asking has not been around in years.
The moon will not be a problem for a flowering plant.
Ok thanks for letting me know.