cincity420
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Is there any proof that my plants will grow faster under 24/0 rather then 18/6?
This might sound like an obvious question..
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Its a subject of much debate.
I saw one study that always sticks out to me of a guy that grew 3 sets of clones with 3 different light times.
20/4 was the most overall productive.
18/6 was a slight drop-off.
24/0 was a big drop-off.
I personally run 18/6 ive done all 3 and it didnt make much of a difference that I could tell. Thing about veg, you can let them get as big as you want. Just veg them until you are ready to flower them.
I saw one study that always sticks out to me of a guy that grew 3 sets of clones with 3 different light times.
20/4 was the most overall productive.
18/6 was a slight drop-off.
24/0 was a big drop-off.
I personally run 18/6 ive done all 3 and it didnt make much of a difference that I could tell. Thing about veg, you can let them get as big as you want. Just veg them until you are ready to flower them.
Legalize Nature
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Not sure about growing faster, as I think any difference will be slight at most.
But... having lights on 24/0 will keep internode as short as possible.
I always keep 24/0.
But... having lights on 24/0 will keep internode as short as possible.
I always keep 24/0.
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cincity420
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Well I'm running 1400w in flower and I want to start these new seedlings under 2 t5s should I run them all day since they are kinda weak compared to a mh ?
kindnugz
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As a headstash and personal medical grower, I grow one or two plants at a time so I veg/scrog plants at 18/6 for months and months to get the desired canopy. My theory is that if I get in trouble, the cops will look like fools busting a guy with one or two 16" tall plants in the closet. If I had a SOG with a few dozen seedlings they would blow it out of proportion.
This Power Kush plant below has been growing since august. At one point it was left for dead, then I decided to revive it and scrog it using an 18"x30" piece of white wire Lowes closet shelving. I flipped it to flowering about 4 weeks ago and the buds have formed nicely. There are about 50 mini-colas all together. I'll probably get 5 jars off this. Power Kush is a moderate yielding plant so this is pretty good I think.
I might move to 20/4 to see if that works but I'm getting good results using 18/6 with big CFLs before moving to 12/12 under a 600 watt Lumatek/yieldmaster II (dimmed to 400 watts). The plants are either DWC or drip with drip producing the best yield. As you know there are so many variables but I am having decent results. I pulled 9 jars off a Northern Lights/Big Bud scrog plant last month! Took over 5 months from seed to bong though.
This Power Kush plant below has been growing since august. At one point it was left for dead, then I decided to revive it and scrog it using an 18"x30" piece of white wire Lowes closet shelving. I flipped it to flowering about 4 weeks ago and the buds have formed nicely. There are about 50 mini-colas all together. I'll probably get 5 jars off this. Power Kush is a moderate yielding plant so this is pretty good I think.
I might move to 20/4 to see if that works but I'm getting good results using 18/6 with big CFLs before moving to 12/12 under a 600 watt Lumatek/yieldmaster II (dimmed to 400 watts). The plants are either DWC or drip with drip producing the best yield. As you know there are so many variables but I am having decent results. I pulled 9 jars off a Northern Lights/Big Bud scrog plant last month! Took over 5 months from seed to bong though.
