I have read aabout the short day cycles and am very interested...

harvest-master.com/casestudies.html

If you have tried this technique please share your results,or if you personaly have seen this work.

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I read in the clone contest thread that you were going to do this for comparison.

Are you using the harvest master to set the light cycle?

Will you be keeping a journal? I'm very interested...though, it kind of sounds too good to be true.

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Lol
youd think thered be a bit more buzz on thiz thread?!
I am not using a HM controller {do the come with short day option for timer?}
I was digin there controllers then alot of stores discontinued there gear<so i held off.

I found a random note in paperwork my friend gave me when he handed over his old gear.There was a brief comment about the 6/12 saying the sources saaid they did well with 6/12 but claims couldnt be verified.

Then i found this:
harvest-master.com/casestudies.html

After readin that i talked with a friend who uses it and gets good results,maybe a gram or 3 less than reg yield,but way less electricity.

There are many reasons this is so attractive,
you heard anythingabout this cycle?

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Hmmm..how does that save electricity? isnt it still 12 hours of lights on during any 24 hour period? 6 on 12 off 6 on =24 hrs?

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with 6/12 a "day" is 18 hours, instead of 24 hours

so every day you save six hours... every four days, you gain a day.

in 28 days, you would gain a week (7 days)

so if the plant finishes that much faster, that's less time that you'd have your HPS's blaring and your electricity dial spinning like a turbo frisbee.

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maybe im missing something? how does that equate to saving energy? i mean maybe you can fool the plants but how do you fool the electric co?

or do the plants finish up a week early?

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I'm a medical marijuana patient protected by California's prop 215, SB420 and H&S code 11362.5. I dont support illegal growing or use of Cannabis.

i was liking the look of that harvest master thing, it has a setting for fast flowering, but then i looked at the price. anyone found anything like that for cheaper, or even just timer that does 6/12 would do??

"supposedly" it finishes early.

an 8 week strain 56 days divided by 4 (because every four days you "save" a day) is 14, so you'd finish 14 days earlier. so... two weeks less of running electricity for that particular harvest.

I do have to say though... there are a couple articles on the internet about how great it works, but I havent found anyone on this forum that has completed a grow this way to say yay or nay on the method.

the issue is with a timer that you can set for 12 off, 6 on, 12 off...etc. etc. you'd need a special timer.

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so this will not work with a perpetual harvest. ( SAVING MONEY) beacuse theres only so many hours in a day,week month year. but it might make you harvest some strains quicker and make the rotatation rotate faster?

If you ran lights 12/12 for a year your bill would be= ?

If you ran 6/12 for ayear your bill would be= ?

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Solatel pro timer has 6/12
$233 aint so bad,If you guys pitch in buy the timer for me ill post a whole thread
witha whole room on 6/12! Whatta deal! So whos in?

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