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Thread: Increasing hours of lights in bloom ?

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    Default Increasing hours of lights in bloom ?

    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 ~~

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.
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    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.

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    I agree with kiefcake about lighting timing ....
    Last edited by Jan harvey; 10-24-2014 at 11:33 AM.
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