First attempt at a 24-hour "Martian Method"

[salmayo]

It seems that the log ends after the 18th of December now, so I guess everything after that disappeared?

Right after the forums became unavailable, I switched my lighting to:
6 hours everything on
7 hours Red LED and Red Incandescent
10 hours darkness
1 hour Red LED and Red Incandescent

That seemed to sit the plants right down so they didn't grow any taller, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't allow for much new root growth, and since roots decay over time, the plants don't have much chance of reaching their potential.

Under conventional (THE OLD) timing concepts, you're flowering under a 14/10 schedule, but by AD definitions you're using a 6/18 schedule and more specifically a 6/(7/10/1) schedule, or less specifically a 6/(10/8) schedule.

Congratulations are definitely in order. :thumbsup:

Now consider that the slower growth rate can be attributed to a SID equivalent time similar to 10/14 or something more extreme in that direction away from 12/12 to something more likely to induce dormancy/senility/ceasence.

So I hate to say it, but you need to consider whether or not you got the AD moving faster than you thought and overshot your equivalent SID time beyond 12 hours SID.

The root mass factor is there, but it takes some time for the plant to slow down due to root growth imbalance.

The good news is, you can go back the other way on the timer, and you now know you can get it to flower in the zone.

You could trade some Blue for SID time, but that would only add a small amount of Blue with Red time. Whereas if you trade AD for SID you will get more AD without changing the Blue (root) factor, giving a better AD verses SID comparison result.

Also, the more SID you exchange to AD, the more photosynthetic energy you can deliver to the plants.

Congratulations again mother. :thumbsup:

I was hoping you had gotten there during the interrum this thread was down.

The Perfect LED Grow Light thread is still down unfortunately, I hope they saved that Big Monster.

Good to see all you guys back.

Take Care, Sal.