Welsh-Smoker
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I'm doing my first grow now and wondering if its better to vege with 18-6 or 24 hours light, what will give me best and fastest results? People have always told me the plants need darkness to grow?
24 hours light or 18-6
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Welsh-Smoker
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Can anyone please give me some info on this?
i prefer 24/0
all light all the time
i feel like the plants grow faster
my mentor told me "they can sleep in flower"... so the philosophy was workem when the 'sun' shines....
someone did a 'study' and concluded 20/4 was best....
alls i know is i definately prefer not to use 18/6
whatever works for you
all light all the time
i feel like the plants grow faster
my mentor told me "they can sleep in flower"... so the philosophy was workem when the 'sun' shines....
someone did a 'study' and concluded 20/4 was best....
alls i know is i definately prefer not to use 18/6
whatever works for you
BullnAChinaShop
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I use 24/0 as well. But mainly because my veg cab gets too cold with the lights out! Plants don't seem to mind.
Welsh-Smoker
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Thanks the info was verry helpful I think ill switch them to 24 hours 
can you help me with something else please? My white rhino plant indicate dominant was dieing all the leafes were drooping down and she looked really sick I think I over watered her and was using a home made pot with only one small centre hole, so I think water sat at the roots and started to rot, so i took cuttings of the whole plant and got six cuttings she was topped twice and a lovely little bush. Is there any chance of the cuttings surviving I used rooting powder and cut them at 45 degree angle?
can you help me with something else please? My white rhino plant indicate dominant was dieing all the leafes were drooping down and she looked really sick I think I over watered her and was using a home made pot with only one small centre hole, so I think water sat at the roots and started to rot, so i took cuttings of the whole plant and got six cuttings she was topped twice and a lovely little bush. Is there any chance of the cuttings surviving I used rooting powder and cut them at 45 degree angle?
usda your pic aint showing....
heres a couple of ogs that got 24/0 for quite a while
actually, they get daylight from about 630am til sunset.... then they get moved under a small bank of t5s....
and a few more... for shits and giggles
heres a couple of ogs that got 24/0 for quite a while
actually, they get daylight from about 630am til sunset.... then they get moved under a small bank of t5s....
and a few more... for shits and giggles
Welsh-Smoker
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Nice pics they are looking healthy and bushy hope my rhino cuts turn out like that they are in a 1.2 m tent with 600hps ill get some pics up when they have a bit of growth
BullnAChinaShop
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Thanks the info was verry helpful I think ill switch them to 24 hours
What medium are you using for your cuts?
ELuminated
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24/0 and 12/12 with 24hrs of dark time between any change in light photo period..
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DU420
There's a grow guide on here somewhere that said 20/4 was best, but if you want to save power you can go 18/6.
Welsh-Smoker
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Sorry I don't quite understand, what medium am I using not quite sure what that means?
Welsh-Smoker
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Ok thanks everyone you have been verry helpful iv thrown all the cuttings they done nothing and was getting more droopy but its all well as iv ordered some skywalker kush and OG kush and should be here any day
iv thrown all the cuttings they done nothing and was getting more droopy but its all well as iv ordered some skywalker kush and OG kush and should be here any day
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OrganicOzarks
18/6 for the win. I have tried 24/0, ad 18/6 and there was no benefit to keeping the lights on for 24 hours. The plants get a chance to rest, and you save energy with 18/6
stickshift
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I run them 24/0 in smaller pots to keep the node spacing nice and tight, then on transplant into bigger pots I switch to anything from 16/8 to 18/6... then you get a bit of stretch in the node spacing and upward growth... so usually 24 hours under high cfls and 16+ under hps/mh... each to own though.
TOM BOMBADIL
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depends on amount of electric you want to use. is the slight gain worth 25%more consumption of 24/0 compared to 18/6 are you in a hurry or enjoying a pleasant journey?
Welsh-Smoker
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I think ill just try 24 hours light for now and then experiment with others in the future. Thanks for all the help people what will happen if I grow strait from a massive pot with no pot change?
what will happen if I grow strait from a massive pot with no pot change?
Welsh-Smoker
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Well I'm in a hurry at the moment because i need to move into a new property after this crop, as there is many people I can not trust around here if you now what I mean!
TOM BOMBADIL
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every time you transplant it slows the plant down.
ELuminated
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I use 18gal pots to start my plants for the patio from clone,.. deal is just only water a small amount around the rootzone not the entire huge container so that you get wet dry cycles and that is what draws the roots down.. ya dig? Goodluck!
