Quote Originally Posted by oldmac
Hey gypski,

Here's an idea that some grower's use that might tickle your fancy.
Adopt a "20hr day" for your plants and use 10/10. For every 6 calender days you have 7 "20hr days"; so for a plant that has say an 8 week (56 calendar days) flower time you can cut that down to 7 weeks (abt 48- 49 calender days).

The "20 hr day" could be even 12/8 or 11/9, since most strains won't fall outta flower @ 8hrs of dark, tho you may want to use 36-48 hrs of darkness between veg and flower to kick start the induction phase of flowering.

Yo bigsby,

That leads me into this, 48 hrs of dark at the end of the flower period, IMHO, does not add anything to the plant. It won't help with trichome finish or bud growth. I think this myth got started by someone not understanding the use of 36-48 hours of a dark period between vegative and flowering. This btw does have an effect on how fast a plant makes that transition.

Hope this helps and is maybe some food for thought. :thumbsup:
OM
I don't get the 20 hour day........must not be stoned enough.......

If one thinks of the homeostasis of a plant that lives in an environment......
Spring brings longer days, summer of course has the end of one and the beginning of the reduction of light, signaling time to reproduce.
Fall brings the shortest days and the plant still has not succeeded in reproduction, so it will try harder to collect pollen and produce more chemicals to attract pollen.

It is all as simple as that.

I think changing lighting to this and that sends signals to the plant. When we light stress during the dark phase is when we get the intersexual and hermaphroditic displays. A gradual change is much different.

As things stand now, I may just experiment with that, as I am going to expand a little and have a different veg area with a different lighting schedule for one specific plant.........Stupid to spend so much to make one plant do it's thing, but if I succeed, I will revive some of my young adult years with real Thai.

These are opinions, not facts, so if you disagree, be my guest, just theory that needs to be proven.