18 or 28 hour day ???

[kingkewl]

what about it folks... any input??... what about growing plants under an 18 or 20 hour day.... instead of 24..

kingkewl Reviewed by kingkewl on 04-09-2006. 18 or 28 hour day ??? what about it folks... any input??... what about growing plants under an 18 or 20 hour day.... instead of 24.. Rating: 5

[kingkewl]

thinking about starting a grow on each cycle....

[Punani Jack]

That would be a nice experiment. I would think that 24hr days would be best for growth, but 18 saves you on electricity... If you did that experiment we could see how much more growth you get from an extra 6hrs of light a day...

[LIP]

Nope, 24 is not the best for anything at all.

18 light 6 dark for veg.

With the dark cycle your plants will grow so much faster than if there was no dark cycle. Inside your trying to replicate the outdoors, and they need their dark...

[postmandave]

Lip if the plant grows better with 18 hours light 6 dark .then why do people grow 24 with no dark period. Is this just your own opinion or are you stating this as fact. the postman.

[BlueDragonSmoke]

To each his own.....No one way is the perfect right way....thats whats cool about growing...there are unlimitid ways on doing everything.

[postmandave]

well said bluedrogonsmoke. im just intrested if lip read somewere that this was the case the postman.

[Villui]

i use 18/6

[Swizzy89304]

I remember Del or Zandor saying that 23/1 was the best, because in the dark period plants store up energy to continue growing... and 1 hour is more than enough time.
Something like that anyway.

[BlueDragonSmoke]

Iv heard that also and it wasnt in here...put one on 23/1 and one on 24 and see ..that would sorta make sence..