flowering cycle does not need to be 'exact' no worries, ... nature is not 'exact' ... there are cloudy days, rainy nights, you get the picture ... after vegetative growth during the long-days, the plant starts flowering shortly after encountering shorter 'days', thinking Fall is fast approaching ... in nature, the hours of light would be slowly, and gradually changing ... the plant switches to flowering when the daylight hours are shortened, not necessarily by a 'set' amount (the typical 12/12 works very well for cannabis, but can vary quite a bit without much difference)... :smokin:
the image reaper Reviewed by the image reaper on . A Perfect 12/12? How close does a 12/12 cycle need to be? The numbers on this vacation timer that I have don't exactly line up consistently with the printed times. So then I thought "hey, the printed times are in two-hour intervals, so maybe each button is 2-hours." That didn't quite work out, so apparently 6 tabs does not equal 12 hours. Who designed this thing?! It actually works out that if the light and dark periods are each 7 tabs, I have 14 groups to account for the week (2 * 7 = 14), but two of Rating: 5