Increasing hours of lights in bloom ?

[driftwood]

A bud of mine swears by having his lady sin 12 hours for the first 21 days then increases the lights to 16 . Says it speads things up by about 6-10 days .
While I'm on page for faster finishes , I'm old so I tend to believe that the best things are worth waiting for .
Any thoughts or experince with this method ?
Much love ~~

[Basack]

Im not exactly sure what yuour saying. But this could mess with the plants cycle and shock them. id say 18/6 for veg. 12/12 for flowering. Cant go wrong.

[kiefcake]

I do know that when I do 12 / 12 for my light dep then stop pulling the tarp and they finish the last 4 weeks on 14 / 10 the buds get fatter and more resinous.

[BigManNew]

Everyone has their own ways to do it, and some work well and some don't work as nicely. My personal opinion on this matter would be that I like to give my girls exactly what they want; I give them 24 hours of light for veg and then shock them into flowering by 36 hours of darkness, so this will give them a jump start (as for the natural longer way I slowly step down an hour each day or so until i reach 12/12). Then for flowering I just do 12/12 and run the lights at night for a lower electric bill.

Although I did read something interesting in this thread, I would like to try for the last four weeks switching them to 14/10. ~ Thanks Kiefcake ~

I am interested to see what the other growers here have to say because they have so much more knowledge and experience with this.

[BFD253]

i do know for sure that when we do our outdoor up here we start 12/12 for two weeks inside them throw em outdoor where the light cycle shifts from 16/8 to 12/12 by the end of summer and it seems to work great.

[Jan harvey]

I agree with kiefcake about lighting (http://highpower4s.com/led-grow-lights-pros-and-cons/) timing ....