Maxsisun PB2000 Pro (light intensity question)

SkEE87 said:

24 hours of light is what most people do for auto flowering plants but, its not absolutely necessary. I do 18 only bc i need to sleep&the plants r in my bedroom-lol The schedule I do is lights on 7am to 1am. I know a lot of people that have autos but run the lights at night time to take advantage of the cooler air as well.

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Best yield comes from 24 hr light. The only time they need rest is if your flowering photos. And until they go.into flower they get 24 hrs. My moms haven't seen darkness in over 10 months and.that was.only because a storm knocked out the power for an hr.

Kvdavesexyshad said:

I've also a bit worried that heat will cause problems as I raise the intensity in the near future. Currently at 50% in this tent I get Temps around 77-83F and summer is just around the corner here in Socal. I don't have an exhaust fan installed yet but I think I may have to install that soon. Thinking also of running the lights during the nighttime hours when it's a bit cooler when I flip to flower.

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I would install ventilation ASAP reguardless of temp, keeps the air exchange fresh so that o2 doesn't build in the tent and they have fresh air

Thanks everyone for their replies. I have since installed an exhaust, with carbon filter, raised the light as high as it can go in my tent, and have been raising the intensity slowly while monitoring temps/rh.

I have also changed my light schedule to run on during the cooler time periods (I'd love to run it 24/7 as I tend to agree with those that say autos do best in 24/7, but I think for my personal cost/efficiency/temp/sanity, I can live with slightly less yield with an 18/6 schedule).

I may try a grow in the future side by side with an 18/6 and a 24/0 to observe yield differences, but I think I can live with this for now.

These are my ladies now, and I'm trying my best to make sure they stay healthy through flower. About to start my bloom nutes soon. Hopefully I'm not starting too late.

I'll continue to take recommendations based on what y'all see from my pictures.