if i were to flower my plants with 10 hours light, then 10 hours dark, instead of the usual 12/12. therefore making each day 4 hours shorter, would my plants flower faster? I know i would need a special timer that doesnt function on a 24 hour clock, and also the times i could visit my plants would change everyday, but could this method possibly save 2-3 weeks of flowering time?

anyone have any ideas or tried something like this before?

Give it a shot. I would be interested. Keep me posted.

I too would be interested in this. You should try this method and post results.

Greenthumb

my brother was on about this but doing 6/6 got to be worth a try you could use a 24hr timer for this aswell

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Messing with the plants natural day cycles may stress it a little. Flowering has been shortened naturally by giving her 13 hours dark 11 light. This way, the plant thinks its getting closer to winter, so begins to flower faster. But keep in mind, you will lose yield.

You're right about this. The shorter days and night will probably cause the plants to finish flowering faster but the buds will not be developed as well.

Still worth a shot IMO.

Greenthumb

You saying I'm not normally right? You can keep decreasing the light hours, up until 6 hours of light, where it stops having effect on flowering speed. I really wouldn't man, keep it under 12/12 for good bud

I would like to hear the results. Maybe we're way off on the whole smaller buds thing. If I had a different setup I would try this.

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im not sure if you guys understood what i meant, i meant like tricking the plant to believeing a full day is only 20 hours, so during veg the schedule would be something like 16 hours on/4 hours off, and then in flower going to 10/10...... that way, 8 weeks of flowering should only take 6-7....... I wonder if a plant could adapt to 20 hour days?

I know what you're saying. The reason I think the buds will be smaller is because the plant need the light and dark times at 12 and 12 for development. If you shorten this they may not develope to their full potential but may ripen faster. Give it a try I would like to know if I'm wrong about this.

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