light time & fan?

[Openmind559]

There is a long debate over whether 18/6 or 24/0 is better. My plants grew fine under 14/10.

I would use 18/6 to more closely mimic a natural environment. You'll save alot on electricicty too.

So your saying to do 18/6 as in 6 hours of light?

[rodekyll]

14/10... i think that is a little bit too close to 12/12 for my liking, although if it works, then thats great.

I slip the light from 18/6 to 14/10 for a week or so before dropping to 12/12. When I had a PCB in a computer I programmed it to cut the light back 15min/day for a few weeks to get from 20/4 to 12/12. Probably no sound basis for doing it, and from what I'm reading on this forum it ultimately makes for a longer time till harvest, but it seems like a more natural thing than going WHAM! from 20/4 or 18/6 to 12/12. Where in nature does that happen?

[dion]

nah bro flip that. 18 hours of light and 6 hours of dark. have you formed a grow-site yet, or are you just piecing information together to figure out how you are going about it.

you can see that ive been experimenting with things and all that good stuff in my little grow log. im only using flourescent lights for my grow because im afraid that a 400 MH/HPS system would use too much energy and i am a poor poor bastage.

hope that helped,
Dion

[Villui]

I use 18/6 with a 20inch boxfan

buy lightimers at walmart about $8.00 each:rasta: