Flower Better on Night Cycle

[Nosehit]

This is the only exception for moonlight. But don't try to simulate nature, because it is nearly impossible, if any at all.

http://greenmanspage.com/guides/moon.html

Nature isn't perfect. The reason we grow indoors is so we can eliminate the variables, all the research suggests that total darkness is optimal. Now thats not to say that you cant have a decent harvest it just means that you aren't creating the absolute best conditions.
Personally I continue reducing the light time during flowering 15 min/week until I reach 10 hours, because in nature the days continue to grow shorter even after it reaches the magic 12 hour cycle, even though the research doesn't support this. Intellectually I know its wrong but it just seems to work for me.
BTW, Looks like a great plant!!!

Nosehit Reviewed by Nosehit on 02-24-2005. Flower Better on Night Cycle what does ur plant see when ur lights are out for 12hrs? do u have white walls? mirrorlike mylar walls? or red walls? blue walls? ---theres got to be some kind of sparkly light reflecting to be like stars and the moon to be what a plant sees which is the suns reflected light anyway---i go red...iv put an infrared 150W lamp on and off every 2 hours during the dark cycle for flowering .It comes on along near the floor not aiming at the plant but enough of the red light reflcts Rating: 5

[Bspectral]

Nature isn't perfect. The reason we grow indoors is so we can eliminate the variables, all the research suggests that total darkness is optimal. Now thats not to say that you cant have a decent harvest it just means that you aren't creating the absolute best conditions.
Personally I continue reducing the light time during flowering 15 min/week until I reach 10 hours, because in nature the days continue to grow shorter even after it reaches the magic 12 hour cycle, even though the research doesn't support this. Intellectually I know its wrong but it just seems to work for me.
BTW, Looks like a great plant!!!

i agree ---i'l even give give her an extra hour of dark once in a while just like a day might be duller and think of a lightning storm going all night on her ---lots of bright light blasts that night maybe 1 night every 2weeks.

[crackhheadchris]

I wouldn't do that. Plus the intensity from the stars and moonlight (the sun's light) is too weak for cannabis or any plants to sense. They do not factor towards the growth in any away. There is however a exception to this rule.

hey if the moon's light is to week to have any effict on plants then what about those plants that only flower during i full moon and they only stay bloomed for the night and then they close. not trying to say anything just had that thought to my head you know how it is when you are stoned

[smokinlowrider4u]

Flat white walls and 12/12 works great . I do think reduce light as time goes on is ok .

[newgroweroldsmoker]

adding lights right underneath the plants is a great idea....well done BSPECTRAL.....i will do the same with 3 floros i happen to have....this way i hope to strengthen the lower parts that do not get light because of the fan leaves that get in the way.....

[newgroweroldsmoker]

hey, BSPECTRAL, can you help me out man? do you have any pics of your lady at the first week into flowering and maybe the second week?can you post em so as to see them and compare with mine? i see some pics around, even yours and don't think that my plants will be finished within 6 weeks time.....if they continue to grow with that rate i will need propably not 6, but, 16 weeks.....fuck....am i missing something?

[Bspectral]

give them 24hrs light 7 days a week until u put her at 12/12,it cant be done any better than that with whatever lights u have,and different lights are better than just one light.I think i was flowering for 1 week to separate males from girls before i repotted in these pics for u...i only got 1 girl out of seven seeds

[dylan]

how far along is you female? got any more pics?

[kuri]

bspectral, if you don't me asking, i see in your pics, that you use floros. when you have time can you give me a bried description of how many floros you use and what are is the total wattage? thanks

[newgroweroldsmoker]

my guess would be around 14 fluoros each 120 cm long of those grolux type......i'm not sure about the wattage though.....36 or 72 watts each....also from what i've read from Bspectrals' posts, he uses a MH as well.....nice setup, like a sunbed created just for plants!