So I was sittin on my bed smokin an L and I was thinkin about my plants. :thumbsup:. And a thought came to me about flowering. I have read numerous times on the internet on the best way one should go about switching the lights from veg to flower.

Some people say give 72hrs darkness and then start flower, others say just 24hrs, and even some have said that it doesn't matter, and just switch the lights but try to maintain the same mornings as veg. Isn't the whole point to try to imitate nature? Thats how these plants have grown for thousands of years without these lights and fans and nutes that people use nowadays growing indoors.

So my point being, an hps bulb is used to imitate the 'autumn sun' that comes lin september. If you think about it, as the days progress nearing early fall when plants start to bud because of the shortened days, it is a gradual decrease of daylight, the day doesn't just shorten all at once; over the previous weeks the days have been gradually getting shorter and shorter. So how should one go about switching the lights from veg to flower in the best manner? my theory is that if your running an 18/6 cycle for veg, you'd have a schedule that would look something like this

(Also weeks will vary depending on how long you veg. Mine is on an 8 week veg schedule)

All weeks up to week 5 maintain an 18/6 schedule. Middle of week 5 starts the decrease in lighting hours.

My Very Own Natural Light Schedule

Week 5- Sun.--------Mon.---------Tues.--------Wed.------- Thur.------Fri.-----Sat
----------18/6--------18/6----------18/6--------18/6---------17/7------17/7----17/7

Week 6-17/7--------16/8----------16/8 -------16/8 ---------16/8-----15/9 ----15/9

Week 7-15/9--------15/9----------14/10------14/10--------14/10----14/10---13/11

Week 8-13/11------13/11---------13/11------12/12--------12/12----12/12---12/12

If this is hard to understand I apolize i'm not the best at making organized tables.

If this is totally whack then someone please tell me. It just came to me and I thought it made so much sense.:stoned: I have not tried this but will the next chance I am able to grow (selling the house so after this one I have to pause for a little while). However if someone has done this then please let me know!

peace
bcals0087 Reviewed by bcals0087 on . So I had a thought... So I was sittin on my bed smokin an L and I was thinkin about my plants. :thumbsup:. And a thought came to me about flowering. I have read numerous times on the internet on the best way one should go about switching the lights from veg to flower. Some people say give 72hrs darkness and then start flower, others say just 24hrs, and even some have said that it doesn't matter, and just switch the lights but try to maintain the same mornings as veg. Isn't the whole point to try to imitate Rating: 5