18/6 under red light

[emmpey]

Dear fellow growers,

my veg cab is bursting at the seams so I'm gonna move a couple of plants to the flower cab after re-potting.

I was thinking it might be a good idea to let the plants veg for a week longer to allow the new root growth to get established. Will they be ok on 18/6 under a red CFL?

I've read that the red light will cause em to stretch a bit but thats not a problem, are there any other things I need to be aware of, or should I just go straight to 12/12 after re-potting?

cheers all.

emmpey Reviewed by emmpey on 11-27-2006. 18/6 under red light Dear fellow growers, my veg cab is bursting at the seams so I'm gonna move a couple of plants to the flower cab after re-potting. I was thinking it might be a good idea to let the plants veg for a week longer to allow the new root growth to get established. Will they be ok on 18/6 under a red CFL? I've read that the red light will cause em to stretch a bit but thats not a problem, are there any other things I need to be aware of, or should I just go straight to 12/12 after re-potting? Rating: 5

[BONG0]

give it a day to get used to it, but keep them under blue spectrum lighting dont switch it to red untill you are ready to flower, and put it into 12/12 never do 18/6 during veg 24/7 allways. :thumbsup:

[GollyWog420]

what you said :thumbsup:
love the video

[emmpey]

]never do 18/6 during veg

I always do 18/6. during veg. thanks anyway - btw aint you Mr WIlliams?

Once I repot I wont physically be able to put them back in my veg cab (i.e. under the blue light) so what I was asking is... will they be ok with a red light on a vegetative light cycle for a week? - just until they settle into the new pots, or is it not worth worrying about that and just put them straight into 12/12?

[BONG0]

no, im not Mr williams,

that 8 hours of darkness isent needed, your plants arent doing anything but sitting there not growing when u do that, they dont need rest because they have all the water and nutes they need to go 24/7, your slowing down the photo period also, thats the time the plants turns light into energy to grow, and when u turn of the light it stops, and takes to to restart once u turn the lights back on.

[emmpey]

firstly it's six hours darkness and not eight, secondly plants DO grow in the dark. I am aware that plants grow continually under 24/0 but I also know that they store energy during the day and use it at night. I presume your use of 24/7 was a 'typo' or do you mean 24 hours on/7 hours off?

I personally have found that plants grown from seed on 18/6 flower better than those on 24/0, maybe the roots are able to store more energy, maybe they adjust quicker to the longer dark period - i dunno I'm not a botanist. I also do 18/6 cos I have to worry about the electric bill.

You know what - I'm just gonna flower them and let you get back to pissing in your hydro.

[CCIE]

Flip your thesaurus to 'Expert Cannabis Farmer: Antonyms' and you'll see my smiling face, but I can report this: Adding the warm HPS to my 6500 CFL veg lighting only increased the plants' growth rate. They did begin to stretch, but not excessively.

edit: I have to turn the darn thing off to take pictures though. S'like focusing at the sun.

[BONG0]

You know what - I'm just gonna flower them and let you get back to pissing in your hydro.

Whatever you say guy, the only good time to use 18/6 is a few days befor u go to 12/12 u dont know squat, and dont u talk crap to me little man, ill piss on your head. :thumbsup:

[BONG0]

Urine Works great by the way

[emmpey]

ill piss on your head

LOL - piss seems to be your answer to everything.
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