Light schedule variations during flowering and consequences...

[Rusty Trichome]

Lmao i love that my thread got hijacked, but ....

Awww...did we ruin the continuity of your thread...?
Sorry if we know each other and converse freely, but your question was answered, and there were no further questions from you.
Here is the answer again in a nutshell: (in case you can't muddle through the hijacking)
Keeping them on a strict schedule is a must. Improper or inconsistent schedules cause stress and weaken the plant.
Sure, you can dick with the lighting schedule all you want. But if you want quality and consistency, get a friggin timer and quit whining.

[stra8outtaWeed]

No disrespect intended, but I'm not a believer. Especially since claiming they are more potent. Perhaps better than you've grown before, but potency is subjective. :jointsmile:
How's your yield in comparison?

none taken Rusty....been growin for 6 years and smokin since i was 19 so i have a great appreciation for our fine herb. I was injurred in a bad snow skiing accident basically disentragating my T-12 vertabrea...i am incomplete spinal cord injury and i have severe nueropathic pain...most strains do not even come close to helping me with my pain so after i started using LED's i noticed that my joints burned longer and has a liquid ring of oil on the paper that devlops soon after lighting up...more so than ever before and when i can still feel the effects hours later which was not happening under the HPS grown...i smoke 24/7 to control my pain. This is the main reason i joined the forum to share my experiences as growing under HPS seemed old hat and nothing new. I have noticed that many LED grow threads stop without finishing...so i do understand your skepticism!:thumbsup:

I always ran my plants 70 days of flower to insure my meds would be as couchlock as possible just to calm the crazy burning sensations in my legs. i have only finished 3 crops of full LED and the first was 380 grams, the second was 437grams and third was 357....the third one was during some really cold weather and i sturned the exhaust fan way down to conserve the heat in the room and my plant did not transpire as much and i also overwatered them severely...so my yields are good i just am relearning that i cant pump the water to them like i did under my 1000's. The LED's i use were designed for commercial grenhouses as supplemental lighting and to be hung at 13 feet above the plants...using 3w diodes not the 1 watters in the UFO lights.

here is a few shots of my past grows under HPS!

and sorry TRR...didn't mean to hijack your thread :hippy:

on a final note Rusty T....i like your motto in your sig:jointsmile:

[Rusty Trichome]

I wasn't implying LED was lesser-than. Was just saying that there is a subjectiveness to every gardener's claims. After all...everyone want's to produce the best. Claiming they are equal to HID's, I'd likely hesitantly agree to, but better than...? Still I'm skeptical, but it is a young science I haven't needed nor could I afford anyway.
For me, it's akin to hydro versus soil. Been doing this a while, and have smoked many hydro buds that were supposedly "killer". And likely they were...until compared to mine. :thumbsup:

[stra8outtaWeed]

I wasn't implying LED was lesser-than. Was just saying that there is a subjectiveness to every gardener's claims. After all...everyone want's to produce the best. Claiming they are equal to HID's, I'd likely hesitantly agree to, but better than...? Still I'm skeptical, but it is a young science I haven't needed nor could I afford anyway.
For me, it's akin to hydro versus soil. Been doing this a while, and have smoked many hydro buds that were supposedly "killer". And likely they were...until compared to mine. :thumbsup:

i think were on the same page...my friends covet my smoke when i have enough to share....i am first choice and i am always told mine is better than anything they find elswhere....and i can just say from my own pain levels that since smoking the LED bud it works better for me. Everyone is different and i will never claim "my weed is best" because everyone has different needs and wants...maybe someday we partake of each others bounty and share notes!
:smokin::jointsmile:

[therealribbit]

Awww...did we ruin the continuity of your thread...?
Sorry if we know each other and converse freely, but your question was answered, and there were no further questions from you.
Here is the answer again in a nutshell: (in case you can't muddle through the hijacking)
Keeping them on a strict schedule is a must. Improper or inconsistent schedules cause stress and weaken the plant.
Sure, you can dick with the lighting schedule all you want. But if you want quality and consistency, get a friggin timer and quit whining.

Hmm, bad side effects i guess.

[Rusty Trichome]

Stressed ladies don't grow well. Changing their light spectrums and light rhythms is stressful.
For some strains, (especially if already stressed) one "oops" wipes away ten "atta-boys". During flowering, one trip to the smoke shop after work, or stopping by the grocery store for munchies...can and will have very negative results.

Best to do what you can to eliminate causes of stress before it becomes a problem. You'll already be tied to the plants till harvest, might as well make 'em shine. :thumbsup:

[therealribbit]

Crap i meant my response in a really sarcastic and ironic way to go in tune with your attitudey response

But, since i got ya talkin! Do minutes count, or are we talking about hours? i guess i'm not asking the right questions... wondering how 'strict' ...strict is

*edit...could one slowly change time by changing minute to minute every day

[Rusty Trichome]

Crap i meant my response in a really sarcastic and ironic way to go in tune with your attitudey response

I've been doing this a while, and flamers don't really phase me at all. Especially those that aren't any good at it. Usually sounds more like whining than flaming.
You think this is attitude...? LMAO. You haven't been around here much, have you. (this is a statement, not a question)

In my growrooms I keep to within a 15 minute timeframe. My flower room lights are set to go out at 4:45. I usually go in at around 4:30 to check temps, turn on heater, tidy-up and close-up shop. Not schedule-anal, but a rigid schedule nonetheless.

[therealribbit]

Holy crap how did you figure out i haven't been here long?

[Rusty Trichome]

You got your answer, anything else we can do for you? :jointsmile: