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Since photosynthesis is the process that turns light into growth, would it make sense to give a plant more light after the plant has established itself into the flowering mode to produce more buds?

What I'm suggesting is after about 4 weeks from the start of flowering when buds start to form, one starts to add more day than night period. For example from 12day/12night, one adds an half-hour per day until one reaches, oh let's say, 17/5. The real question is if the plant will revert back into vegging if given more light periods gradually?

i wondered the exact same thing but i wld post this in the basic growing cuz more ppl check it

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Originally Posted by tekneeqs

Since photosynthesis is the process that turns light into growth, would it make sense to give a plant more light.....one adds an half-hour per day until one reaches, oh let's say, 17/5. ?

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Your basic idea of giving more light is corrcet, but the way you plan on doing it would result in a reversion to vegetative growth.

Instead, you can add another LIGHT. Some growers have a 'finishing room' where plants live for the last month of flowering, that has SUPER high light intensity, like along the lines of a closet with a HPS1000.

That's the 'safe' way to do what you're talking about.

yeh, i reckon you could go to about 14/10 and that would be the limit, better to do what stinky says, nice idea tho... at least it shows some kind of thought process lol

Yes it will revert back to Veggie growth....

IMO best way is strong growth in The Veggie stage, and then you will have strong flowers.

Not streached, weak plants going into Flowering stage


Atumnal equinox
Vernal equinox.......

This sounds like it might be something along the lines of what you're thinking:

http://www.drugs-forum.com/growfaq/607.htm

Good luck!

leave it in 12/12 until the last two weeks b4 harvest then put it to 15/9

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Originally Posted by afghooey

This sounds like it might be something along the lines of what you're thinking:

Grow Marijuana FAQ, Cannabis cultivation - marijuana growing tips & photos

Good luck!

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Very interesting link.

I wouldn't increase your daytime above 14 once your 12/12 is established. In theory you could increase it more and use products such as Bud Blood and Overdrive in proper concentrations to chemically trigger the flowering horomone in the plant to make up for the reduced strenth of the flowering light signal.

Also if you go super crazy with a high intensity room a plant may become "light bleached" where parts of the leaves turn white instead of green. Simple physics of wave length absorbtion tells you that much of the light is reflected off the leaf and little light can be absorbed from this area of leaf. Just thought you should know...