Shorter 12/6 flower cycle

[Legalizdahurb]

Unfortunatly I can't be to helpfull either but I remember on O.G. some people were getting 5 on/offs over a 7 day week. I think they were getting more yield off the plants but it took upto a month longer to flower them. I can't remember if the incresed yield would be worth the wait.
It was more about giving more light time like 18/12 but as perp said i think 12/6 (or 6/12) would decrese yeild but would bring harvest date forward.

[growinforthefuture]

12/8 is what was reccomended in HT, they had an ad in the issue with the article you are talking about for a timer that ran on 12 dark 8 or 9 light. i think it was programmable so you pick whatever cycle you want.

[rnichilo]

good thread, i never really thought about speeding up days, i think ill stick with 12/12 it works fine for beginners :rastasmoke: also its easy to do manually like turn em on at 12am off at 12pm

[canuck grower]

Here's some info on it:
Advanced Nutrients Medical - 6 hrs 40 mins ON 12 hrs Off

It's pretty interesting, but I won't be trying it myself for years (until I have a lot more experience).

There's some on icmag too I think, but you'll have to search for that yourself.

-cg :jointsmile:

[Tomthehippie]

It's pretty interesting, but I won't be trying it myself for years (until I have a lot more experience).


-cg :jointsmile:

Snap!

[oldsanclem]

Funny thing happend on the way to earth, plants are stuck in max blooming 12/12.
I have a automated system relayrunner, plants are stuck in a 12/12 blooming sequence. In nature a plant starts do bloom when the days get shorter. and the nights get longer. Muther nature has been stuck that way for a few million years on earth.
Things I have found out , feb extra day every 4 years , it still harvest in 63 days. When the extra one second was added a few years ago. I harvested my plants 1 second sooner.
Bottom line its not nice to screw with muther nature.
I do not think anything has changed over the last 35 years , but someday , maybe.
You can have your computer check in with the time standards once a week, so you do not loose any growing time. ( computer clocks need to be updated every so often)
Grow for piece , and peace on earth, but do it on a blanket, the sands of time got stuck in weird places.

[jonnyganjaseed]

the plant would still Veg in 12/6, and i would bet that the roots would become sickly and weak as you are basically speeding up the plants light/dark cycle from a 24hr period to an 18hr cycle, which also equals major stressing on your plants, thus increasing the likelihood that they will turn out male.

to truly take advantage of a 12/6 cycle, you would need plants that have had some kind of genetic engineering done since the light cycle is programmed into the plants through eons of evolution.