Quote Originally Posted by Weedhound
I found the same thing home-grower. My plants seemed to do much better with a six hour dark period. I did try 24/0 but was not as pleased with the results as much as going with 18/6. That's what I'm sticking with from now on.
Well, plants do their chemical processes during the dark period I guess, and they also do most of their growing during the night cycle. So 24hrs of light won't display much changes until the lights are dropped. 1 week of 24 hrs of light, then dropping to 18/6 showed me the most vegetative growth as a combined method. 24hrs of light didn't show me any significant plant development untill 18/6. I reckon the plants were storing a shed load of energy up to saturation point, then 18/6 allowed them to do grow strong, fast and quick.
home.grower Reviewed by home.grower on . vegging who has tried both th 18/6 and 24hr veg cycle?which best ,,what diferences are there? doesnt the 24hr stress the plants? can u use 24hr straight from seedling? Rating: 5