First attempt at a 24-hour "Martian Method"

[Dogznova]

12 hours Standard Indoor Darkness (SID) with no Far Red is approximately the same as 10 hours Standard Outdoor Darkness INCLUDING Far Red.

735nm Far Red alone is the fastest darkness spectrum, so it takes less time than other spectrums to produce the same number of genetic clock ticks (i.e. 12/12 like results)..

So the plants indoors with (SID) and no far red is running approx 2 hours slower then outdoors? Dammm it...

So what's 12 hours (SID) with far red?

I wish more peolpe were familiar with 14/10 to 10/14 schedules..

We have flowered under 10/14 but got lower yields also we have vegged under 15.5/8.5 that was ok I guess.... I'm not sure if that's what you were referring to.

Speeding up the Darkness to get 12 hours of "work" done in 9 to 10 hours works, but putting more DAYTIME light on the daily clock by using more energy at night is not as energy efficient as optimizing the night hours for Photosynthesis in our view.

So yes it works, but it trades time for energy and produces less per watt. Luckily these type of night speed effects can be done with lower intensity Far Red than ballancing out against Red/Orange/Yellow spectrums.

A intense Far Red burst gets things rolling (at Nightfall), but then lower levels of Far Red can be used to maintain the phytochrome populations at Far Red saturation for the rest of the night (or so)..

Waite a minute here. I need to absorb all this.. I think this is MY first over load...LOL..... I need to do Just like Meatloaf says "let me sleep on it"

As always sal you leave me wanting to ask alot more ?'s :smokin:

Dogznova Reviewed by Dogznova on 12-03-2008. First attempt at a 24-hour "Martian Method" In order to keep track of events, at the request of some online friends, and in order to share the love with the rest of the cannabis community, I'm starting my first grow log using the Martian Method, which I learned about from a very helpful Salmayo, here: http://www..com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=30203&highlight=Martian and it has also been discussed in another thread on this board, starting at post 1438: http://boards.cannabis.com/indoor-lighting/150174-perfect-led-grow-light-58.html Rating: 5