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NEVER EVER grow at 24/0! ALL cannabis plants, autos included, NEED "sleep" for a correctly functioning metabolism and to have a defined daily photosynthesis cycle.........just like Mother Nature intended. You will gain nothing by doing 20/4, except a larger electricity bill..........18/6 is optimal. Put simply, just do 18/6 from day one until harvest, it is the most efficient and most effective. You will not get any noticeable gains by doing what you are thinking about..........except a bigger electricity bill! Cannabis undertakes certain metabolic processes during lights out, without a dark period it obviously can not do these processes and will have an incorrectly functioning metabolism. Any plant with an incorrectly functioning metabolism will never reach its full potential or have peak health. It is an absolute MYTH that it is ok to grow cannabis at 24/0!

* first couple days is a possible exception... but you also don't try to give max DLI the first couple days after sprouting, so it's a unique context. Too much light is just as bad as too little. Goldielocks zone is the key.

The only reason to do this is if your light struggles to provide enough DLI. (daily light integral - read wiki for basic understanding) if you provide enough DLI over 16h, that's fine. OVer 18h? that's fine. The plant absolutely benefits from some length of darkness and absolutely does not benefit when you give it more DLI than it can handle. (this amount varies due to local variables - Temperature, Relative Humidity, and atmospheric CO2 levels) -- You must derive the 'max' through trial and error. Doesn't matter if you give that same DLI over 12h or 18h. Length of time is relevant but on its own is useless. Rate x Time = DLI. Number of photons absorbed per day is what matters. Adjust light intensity or hours of operation (both can have same effect) based on plant growth pattern. If nodes are too tight, reduce DLI. If nodes are too stretched out/lanky, then you need more DLI. The area you try to cover with the light will obviously be proportional to DLI too. Try to cover twice the area, all other factors remaining the same, then you have half the DLI across that larger area. hours and umol/s PAR are directly 1:1 proportional and area (relative to 1m^2) is inversely 1:1 proportional to DLI. You can infer this from the math explained in the wiki for DLI.

Why defoliate?? What for?? What to you hope to achieve by doing so?? Just remember..........maximum amount of leaves = maximum amount of energy being made = maximum amount of growth = maximum potential! Defoliation is not a required "technique" to grow cannabis successfully! Certainly do not defoliate young plants!!

Hey there 👋 Most people on the internet say that defoliation should be started in the first weeks of flowering. Also you should not defoliate in one step, as this would harm the plant too much. Hope this helps you 👊 Happy growing 👊🍀

Dude, don’t take anything off, just grab the leaf stem and give it a little pinch to lower it down so the light reaches the stem and the tops. And then the leaves help absorb energy to produce more compact and uniform flowers.

Your auto’s big fan leaves are your solar panels, at three weeks let them stay. Wait for the first white pistils at the nodes (pre-flower) before you trim, and even then only pull a few leaves that block light or are yellowing. Autos hate heavy defoliation, so minimal cleanup just before bloom is safest.

I usually start defoliating around day 20, as the plant typically isn’t strong enough before that. I focus on keeping the lower third of the plant airy – lollipopping helps with that. However, each strain reacts differently to defoliation, and it always puts some stress on the plant. That said, you can definitely remove a few leaves here and there, as long as you keep a balanced approach.