lets talk yield, .5g to 2.5 grams per watt. how can we get there?

Chillin chillin said:
12 hours light, 5.5 hrs dark, 1 hr light, 5.5 hrs dark
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Aka gaslight timing, after the practice of using gas lanterns at night to interrupt the dark cycle. I think it's fascinating that the technique is older than electricity.

It's not a bloom technique, it's for veg, but I also seem to remember that people say the plants really jump into flower hard after vegging in gaslight timing.

Is that why you do it?
 
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It's basically manipulating the circadian rhythm... It's assumed that since Earth has 24-hour days, all plants and animals are entrained to it. But in my opinion, not every plant or animal is created equal... 24 hours is just the average norm. Some things might do best with longer or shorter days...

I found the article you were talking about:
https://www.rollitup.org/advanced-marijuana-cultivation/75957-growing-18-hour-day-night.html
The source it references, http://www.intelli-cycle.com/information.php , doesn't seem to work anymore but is still in Google's cache

Too bad it says it gives the same yield... but doing it in less time with less power is still pretty awesome...
 
I, personally, will more than likely continue using 24/0, but what you're saying mostly makes sense. I just would be really wary of using that technique. I'd assume certain strains with weaker genetics would go balls-up.
 
ttystikk said:
Maybe, maybe not. I veg with low light intensity. Gaslight timing did nothing for me. Those who veg with more power report better results, so it seems to me there's a pattern. Nothing is for sure because it's all anecdotal evidence at this point, but it would seem to account for the differences.
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I've begged for 24,18 and this gas veg also. The gas makes shorter internodes and thicker stems. W 24 hr light it took me 10 days longer to veg, w 18 it worked great but you know
 
Very quickly, not trying to hijack, I'm thinking about starting a seed for my next run. Considering Jack Herer or GSC. Considering saving the Sour D for the Winter.
 
It worked to keep them from flowering with minimal power but nope didn't seem to produce more and not proven but actually seemed to lower yield for me so I stopped. And yes it's is an old technique used by mostly poinsettia growers at first I thought.
 
Chillin chillin said:
Bud blood, bud igniter, kool bloom. Actually we get 9-10 week strains to finish in 7
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Interesting. You're the first to mention using nutes to accelerate things.

You sure it doesn't have anything to do with your gaslight veg? That would be my prime suspect.

I'd love to shorten my bloom cycle by a week, that would be 7 and a half turns a year!
 
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