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What's the most effective Veg Time for you?

What's the most effective Veg Time for you?

  • 24/7

    Votes: 25 26.6%

  • 18/6

    Votes: 61 64.9%

  • ??/??

    Votes: 8 8.5%
  • Total voters
    94
slowandeasy

slowandeasy

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So seems like alot of people use 20/4. have never tried it...but I am willing to try if it is worth it. Have always done 24, and to be honest they dont stretch...but the first 2 weeks seem really slow from seed on 24. Wanna speed up the veg time this time, dont have much room, so need to weed out the dudes asap. So maybe 20/4 will be the way? Does it seem to effect male to female ratio at all? Thanks
 
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flat5th

I've read that 20/4 gives the best growth. But 16/8 from seed encourages females. I'll post links when I get home.

Fifth.
 
toohighmf

toohighmf

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some plants will begin to auto flower with anything less than 24. some can handle 14/10
I v'e run 24/7 20/4 and 18/6.. no difference except 18/6 was slightly cheaper and my OG's preflowered.. While I have read many good things about good ol Jorge, I think a lot of his methods and ideas are old wives tales. interesting reading though!
 
K

Kal-El

20/4 is supposed to give you best yields after flipping to flower.
I read an article about this from a university, don't remember what kind of plants though.
 
toohighmf

toohighmf

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I read a lot of interesting points in this thread. less light, more growth, less light, more root growth.. More light, longer stretch, & longer transition to bloom. 12/12 zero veg. 20/4 being the best blah blah blah. I think genetics, environment and style of growing is what differentiates different results. I run NFT after years of top drip setups. roots grow 24/7. the plants eat like pigs, and grow like weeds. the new guy with 16 posts has a point..
the point being that in the right system, with the right strain, zero veg and off to the races could initially gain you the most GWP/KWR if you use less light throughout, and finish faster by vegging less. so you might need 50 plants per sq'm/2, but you can pull down 6 crops a year, per room. I run 2 rooms offset 30 days from eachother and and I veg a week. That week My OG's get over 12", while bubba gets 8... I use way too many plants and by the 8th day of bloom my OG's are 2+'!!! I even reset them with 36 hours of darkness before the 12 flip and the canopy is full by day 10 of bloom. Had I flipped from the day they all got legs, while "vegging" 5-20 days (rooting) than what is the problem with no veg after roots are present and plants can drink from them???? I actually think this guy is really on to something and I'm going to try in my vert room on the next run. less power, = more GPW no matter how you look at it.
 
madassimi

madassimi

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24/0 because of my personal set-up

i'd love to have 18/6 if i could effectively keep the room dark during lights out

it's hard enough keeping the flowering hut light safe
 
slowandeasy

slowandeasy

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Have seedlings 24hrs light right now, have always done it that way...but have considered changing them to 20/4. They are 8 days old,and only planned
on vegging 10 days more. Have always done 24 til 12/12, wanna sex them asap, guessing some lights out will help speed that up. So any suggestions?
 
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