Quote Originally Posted by dylan
the days get shorter in the fall and force the plant to flower. eventually the days will reach 12/12 or less.....at least in the USA.
what he said

it makes the plant think that the days are getting shorter, by giving it more hours of dark.

to induce flowering it's suggested to have at least 12 hours of dark period, some people have been known to go 13 or 14 hours, different methods often result in different results.
BobBong Reviewed by BobBong on . why 12/12? Hi, I am growing 3 plants for the first time but I'm doing it mostly for the fascination of taking care of plants, seeing them grow and develop, getting strong and beautiful etc. I've been playing music to them :p and talking, I've always heard that plants like this so I'm giving it a try. Yesterday while I was thinking whether I should buy lights or not (I'm in Portugal and there is a place in my attic that is very warm and the sunlight hits the floor really perfectly, so I thought I won't Rating: 5