What would happen if...

Was thinking about light cycles, and i got to wondering, what would happen if you put a plant in like, 24 hours of light and 24 hours of dark, instead of 12/12. just keep it the same 50:50 ratio but add more hours. would the plants grow faster or just screw up?

Cause the way i understand it, the plant makes hormones in the day that tell it to direct growth toward leaves/stem and hormones at night to tell it to grow more bud, and that these hormones cancle eachother out, thus the reason you need light cycles to begin with. this would keep the same ratio of light to dark, but just add more of both.

any thoughts?

if more that 13 hours of light - plant will not flower

so you think if the hours of light are more than 13, even if the dark is 13 too, the plant still would not flower?

the cannabis plants in the nature begin to flower when the Fall comes.....that mean that the days begin to shorten.

Maturation The maturation of Cannabis is normally annual and its timing is influenced by the age of the plant, changes in photoperiod, and other environmental conditions. When a plant reaches an adequate age for flowering (about two months) and the nights lengthen following the summer solstice (June 21-22), flowering begins. This is the triggering of the reproductive phase of the life cycle which is followed by senescence and eventual death. The leaves of Cannabis plants form fewer leaflets during flowering until the floral clusters are formed of trileaflet and mono-leaflet leaves. This is a reversal of the heteroblastic (variously shaped) trend of increased leaflet number through the pre-floral stage. Robert Clark - Marijuana Botany

Latitude and Photoperiod Change in photoperiod is the factor that usually triggers the developmental stages of Cannabis. Photoperiod and seasonal cycles are determined by latitude. The most even photoperiods and mildest seasonal variations are found near the equator, and the most widely fluctuating photoperiods and most radical seasonal variations are found in polar and high altitude locations. Areas in intermediate latitudes show more pronounced seasonal variation depending on their distance from the equator or height in altitude. A graph of light cycles based on latitude is helpful in exploring the maturation and cycles of Cannabis from various latitudes and the genetic adaptations of strains to their native environments. The wavy lines follow the changes in photoperiod (daylength) for two years at various latitudes. Follow, for example, the photoperiod for 400 north latitude (Northern California) which begins along the left-hand margin with a 15-hour photoperiod on June 21 (summer solstice). As the months progress to the right, the days get shorter and the line representing photoperiod slopes downward. During July the daylength decreases to 14 hours and Cannabis plants begin to flower and produce THC. (Increased THC production is represented by an increase in the size of the dots along the line of photoperiod.) As the days get shorter the plants flower more profusely and produce more THC until a peak period is reached during October and November. After this time the photoperiod drops below 10 hours and THC production slows. High-THC plants may continue to develop until the winter solstice (shortest day of the year, around December 21) if they are protected from frost. At this point a new vegetative light cycle starts and THC production ceases. New seedlings are planted when the days begin to get long (12-14 hours) and warm from March to May. Farther north at 600 latitude the day-length changes more radically and the growing season is shorter. These conditions do not favor THC production Robert Clark - Marijuana Botany

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i may be missing something, but the question still seems unanswered. the paragraph above talks about light cycles in outdoor plants in a 24 hour period, meaning for each hour more of light, there is one less of dark, and vice versa.

what happens if you change the whole period? make it non-24hour? will the plants just veg even if you give them longer nights than days, as long as the light is more than 13-14 hours?

sorry can't answer your question more clear .

thanks for trying man. was a good read anyway.

anyone else want to take a shot at it?