I read someone that said "18/6 is for people who want to save electricity or need their equipment to cool down, pro growers use 24 hour veg"

so I switched from 18/6 to 24/0. Today I had to drive my buddy to the airport, so I figured I would turn off the light since we'd only be gone 2-4 hours and Im not totally fire-proofed. I work from home so im normally here monitoring things. It seemed that my newest seedlings grew a whole shitload while we were gone. Maybe im imagining things, but id rather hear what you guys have to say about this. My roomate told me plants grow most at night, but he isn't a grower. Whats the scoop?

i think it's always nice to give them a little bit of rest, i think it helps development a little bit, but 24 hours of light is good too, i personally keep it around 20/4 but it all works out fine, can't say which one is necessarily better

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i did 18/6 and think i saw the best growth. something has to be going on in the plant when the lights are off i figure

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plants transfer sugars into the root system while its dark (so dark time is mostly for root development). a plant under 24 hour light will not have as strong of a root mass as one under 18/6, and root mass is directly correlated to yield. from what i know, there really isnt that large of a difference in top growth, you might get a very slightly larger plant under 24 hour light, but its really not worth the extra 6 hours of electricity. save yourself a few dollars and 18/6 it up! you'll have a better yield to show for it, with less money spent!

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ur room mate is right. they grow the most at night. i do 18/6 as i like to give them a little break. how would u feel if u had to stay up for 24 hours?! at least if ur up for 18 hours u get 6 hours sleep.

anyway, i did it on my 1st grow. will be doing it again on my up coming 2nd very soon.

plus,........ it does save on elec spesh when im running a 600w

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btw, if ur not convinced, u can always go half way and go 20/4

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okay, I remember reading about this, apparantly someone did a comparison and determined that while 24/0 does result in a higher yeild, it didn't offset the higher electric bill.

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20/4 it is. Not because im not convinced, but because I want the best of both worlds! My electricity costs are divided like 100 ways before I gotta pay it =)

i always and probably will do 24 hours straight!

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ive been doing 24hr light during veg and my plant grows at least an inch a day but i might switch to 20/4 just to see if theres any difference.