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DonCorleone
DonCorleonestarted grow question 3 years ago
I want to try 24 hour light period. What is the formula 24/0 or 24/7?
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Setup. Strains - Photoperiod
Setup. Strain - Autoflowering
Setup. Lighting
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 3 years ago
NO, NO, NO! Plants NEED sleep to finish their daily photosynthesis cycle and this allows them to have a correctly functioning metabolism. A plant with an incorrectly functioning metabolism will never grow to its full potential. 24/0 could only be recommended by people who don't understand photosynthesis or uderstand how plants function either. Everything on planet earth survives by having a circadian rhythm, without one, life is screwed. 18/6 is optimum.
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NobodysBuds
NobodysBudsanswered grow question 3 years ago
just in case you aren't joking around -- you want some dark period unless you have shitty lights. With weak lights relative to area of coverage, you'd probably benefit from 24 hours light cycles in vege. if photoperiod, i'd do 13/11 on/off or even try to push 13.5/10.5... 8-10% more DLI. (the closer you get to 14/10, the more likely you find some variance in what causes bloom phase to start) Again, only with weak lights that cannot pusha plant near its upper limits relative to existing environmental conditions.
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NobodysBuds
NobodysBudsanswered grow question 3 years ago
You should definteyl do the 24/7... 24/0 has inherent problems with quantum mechanics.. .then, you got the whole arguement of whether "0" even exists... can you have nothing? It just starts to become some sort of exestential mess.
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HerbalEdu
HerbalEduanswered grow question 3 years ago
what about you google "circadian rythm in plant lifecycle"
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GrowCN
GrowCNanswered grow question 3 years ago
What is the formula for what? Generally it is NOT recommended to run your lights 24 hours a day as plants, like everything else on the planet evolved with a night rest period. The most I have gone is 20 hours lights on (20/4) but my normal is 18 lights on 6 hours lights off (18/6). I noticed no increased growth with lights on longer than 18 hours a day so providing light for longer was a waste of electricity.
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DonCorleone
DonCorleoneanswered grow question 3 years ago
Do you recommend this method?
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XperencdGmanXG
XperencdGmanXGanswered grow question 3 years ago
never turn the lights off 24/0
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