I have heard evidence of i beleive a dark period before going into flower. Something like 24 or 48? I am coming up on 12 hours dark before i put the hps in.

I would not mind waiting this out if gives me more and better bud. hehe. I am finally at the stage of discovering patience for the plants. After all a blub change on a sealed hood and a res change are not all that fun after work. Forget it's friday, the girls need me.

So 6 weeks veg and they coming up on 12 hours dark. They were under 24/0 for the last few week of their veg. Should i give them another 12 the go.

I foget where i read this dark period is beneficial.

ty for your responsesl.

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i put mine in the dark for about 36 hours before flower.

supposedly it resets the plants internal clock and helps the transition from flower.

they get a really long night so start to think that they need to bud, then the 12/12 comes and they know they need to bud... i have found it takes a couple days off of the total time, and i start to see flowers earlier.. i wouldnt say it adds onto the yield tho

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+1, 24 hours dark then 12/12 is what I do... Lets them really know it's time for flowering.

I noticed a little faster setting by week 2, no real yield increase.

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Based upon experience, I too can vouch for the effectiveness of 24 hours of continuous darkness before 12/12.

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thanks guys. Sadly I was talking with this other guy and he told me that nah, just to flower. I checked he had a lotta informative looking posts.

But I did give them a 8 hour flower period first, they about to go lights on now for their first full 12 hour day. So they got a short day, their first time out. I wanted to keeep the flowering to the night for heats sake.

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