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does quality of night period matter
- Thread starter wibe
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Cloud
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im going to be trying this lighting method soon. https://www.growweedeasy.com/12-1-lighting-method
Weed Pharma
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It's hard for me, to equate growing in a tent with the natural light cycles-as the sunlight provides an unlimited amount of light energy and indoor grows only provide a fraction (1/3?) of that amount and therefore need to be on longer than the sun for maximum benefit. ie 18/6 and all variations up to 24/0.
There is no stress changing the grow lights from 18/6 to 12/12 or whatever schedule is in vogue.
Once a photo is in darkness for about 2 hrs- it begins to trigger/begin the flowering processes.
Your plant will use what it can for the first phase of photosynthises- lights on-(maxing out at 17.5 hrs) and then enter the second phase of photosynthesises during the dark/rest period (photosythized sugars are mobilized for storage).
That said: I keep lights on 20/4 for auto's even during flower- just to be sure- (FastBuds recommends only 14 hrs of light for Mexican?)
If you followed the outside cycle you would be reducing the light to about 10 hrs a day.
Why do buds get the largest when we reduce the amount of light- either in nature or under grow lights?
There is no stress changing the grow lights from 18/6 to 12/12 or whatever schedule is in vogue.
Once a photo is in darkness for about 2 hrs- it begins to trigger/begin the flowering processes.
Your plant will use what it can for the first phase of photosynthises- lights on-(maxing out at 17.5 hrs) and then enter the second phase of photosynthesises during the dark/rest period (photosythized sugars are mobilized for storage).
That said: I keep lights on 20/4 for auto's even during flower- just to be sure- (FastBuds recommends only 14 hrs of light for Mexican?)
If you followed the outside cycle you would be reducing the light to about 10 hrs a day.
Why do buds get the largest when we reduce the amount of light- either in nature or under grow lights?
Farmall
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Hey Cali. Thanks for the printed schedule...@weed pharma ...there is logic in every statement here and I tend to believe we all look for that magic bullet. What makes it so difficult for me is that I can not afford all of the time it takes to check out each possibility and then prove it again.. waiting 4 months for a result and then doing again to see the same end is crazy for us. What part of photosynthesis takes place at night that has such benefits. It’s certainly different than the daylight events. My autos were a complete accident by the seed supplier and they had no choice but 12/12 as the group they lived with were photos. The yield was minimal but acceptable. On the other hand, the type of growing made them a touch desirable
LurkingInTheGrass
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I found a thread, grower runs with it and gives opinion, short and sweet (2 pages on my phone 
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https://forum.growweedeasy.com/foru...utine-12-1-lighting-grow-journal-bruce-banner
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