Light tapering?

Anyone ever taper the lighting time from veg to flower? Just curious as to how things would changes since its more like how it happens in nature...

Yes Im new here, I dont know much, and I will be asking many stupid questions so bare with me here please! :)

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Originally Posted by IrOnAdDiCt

Just curious as to how things would changes since its more like how it happens in nature...

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It would just increase the time it would take to put your plants into the flowering stage.

well my plants are ready to nug now I'm just waiting to finish my big room n get em outta the closet before going 12 12

More light is better for a plant not less. The biggest plants in the world are grown in areas where there are lots and lots of sunshine. The growing times you keep seeing all over the net about 4/6 weeks veg, 8/12 weeks flower, those times assume 12 to 18 hours of full light. The plant is more then capable of knowing when there is no light, so it will quickly hibernate without issue. Again, no reason to slowly dim or lower the lights over any length of period. Bottom line, give them as much light as u can for as long as you can. The off times are for the plant to take a break, not to go on vacation. I treat my plants NOT like an Olympian, but more like a steroid popping body builder. Get your ass in the gym, pop them roids son and get to pumping that iron. That's my motto.

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Originally Posted by Prodaytrader

More light is better for a plant not less. The biggest plants in the world are grown in areas where there are lots and lots of sunshine. The growing times you keep seeing all over the net about 4/6 weeks veg, 8/12 weeks flower, those times assume 12 to 18 hours of full light. The plant is more then capable of knowing when there is no light, so it will quickly hibernate without issue. Again, no reason to slowly dim or lower the lights over any length of period. Bottom line, give them as much light as u can for as long as you can. The off times are for the plant to take a break, not to go on vacation. I treat my plants NOT like an Olympian, but more like a steroid popping body builder. Get your ass in the gym, pop them roids son and get to pumping that iron. That's my motto.

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I like how u think bro! ;)

here's a question though, just ran across someone who swears by this light schedule....."for veg. 12 hours lights on, 5.5 hours off, 1 hour on, 5.5 hours off and repeat. The one hour in between fools plants who stay in veg.." again not me doing this... to me this sounds like a "accident " that happened on a friends closet grow, he thought by cutting the 24 day cycle in half he would in theory, speed up the time it takes to grow the plant to 3 feet..... didn't work. think the stress caused them to warp and then turn male. weird.. anyway, anyone hear of this actually working, his purpose is to cut electricty cost, not concern about lenght of time to grow, but he has had some promising results ...anyone?????