I read somewhere that cannabis plants are always producing a hormone that induces budding. Also this hormone is destroyed by light and this is why the plant will not bud when the days are long. The light is destroying the hormone enough so that it has little, if any, effect. Then when the light period is reduced to 12 hours, the reduction in light allows the hormone level to get high enough to allow the plant to bud.

I was wondering if having even less light would make much of a difference in budding. The logic being, even less light means more bud hormone.

Maybe going to 8 or 6 hours of light would make bigger buds. Maybe it would make them bud faster.

Anyone of you ever try this? What are your thoughts?
pepurr Reviewed by pepurr on . Light cycles and budding hormones? I read somewhere that cannabis plants are always producing a hormone that induces budding. Also this hormone is destroyed by light and this is why the plant will not bud when the days are long. The light is destroying the hormone enough so that it has little, if any, effect. Then when the light period is reduced to 12 hours, the reduction in light allows the hormone level to get high enough to allow the plant to bud. I was wondering if having even less light would make much of a difference Rating: 5