Garden Knowm
The Love Doctor
I prefer to give my plants and my equipment at least 1-4 hours rest every 24 hours...
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Veg 24/7 or 18/6 for fastest CFL growth?
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kindprincess
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?what?
kindprincess
Well-Known Member
that it does; sounds like a sure way to produce males... but... i like to find out the hard way. next week i'll get another digital timer, and start a log. we'll find out 
skunkushybrid
New Member
Did you do that on your cfl grow? Remember the guy that started the thread wanted to know about light cycles with cfl's. Did you veg for 18 hours using the cfl's?
o'rly
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skunkushybrid
New Member
Trust me mate, under cfl's you'll want to veg' for 24 hours.Thanks for all the info guys. This actually turned into a pretty useful thread I will admit.
breakneck
Calyx LED
Yeah sounds like it. I've been doing 24 hours for 5 days now and the plant seems to be growing pretty fast. I'll keep it at 24.
breeze1106
Active Member
i use a regular 75 watt bulb for one plant...it seems to be growing talleer everyday i have it on a 18/6 cycle...is it okay to have a 75 watt bulb...can afford a high wattage lamp. pleas help....the light seems to be working for me....the soil has no nutes in it but i have mg houseplant nutes with proper nitrogen....th other plants have mg soil and no added nutes to it i need help there too..... plz pm me
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skunkushybrid
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If you can afford a lamp, buy one. That's of course, so long as you can sneak it past mommy.
bubonicchronic
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Im On A 24 Hour Cycle...... Keep It On 24 For Veg. And Switch To 18 For Flowering.
Garden Knowm
The Love Doctor
Hey Breeze.. thanks for the pictures...
now for the bad news..
theonly reason your plant is getting taller is because it is searching for light.. That li8ght you have is not DOING anything.. it blows ass...
The good news is, you can go to walmart or home depot and get a 43watt CFL for 5-10 dollars.... keep the CFL within2 inches of your foliage at all times... CFLS don't give off enough heat to burn a plant and they provide pefect light for your baby...
YOu dont want your plant to grow tall.. YOu want there to be as many nodes in the shortest tighytest plant possible.. THIS IS WHAT MAKES DENSE BUDS...
iloveyou
are you talking about an incadescent bulb? if so then nutes are the least of your worries. Replicating sunlight indoors is by far the hardest part of the equation. Incadescent bulbs are among the absolute worst types of light to grow under. They are much better served supplying excess heat to our homes.
UnEmploymentDude
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I BEG THE DIFFER! I've killed 1 mung bean plant, and almost caused a pot plant to be topped!
Simply put, if your growing fast growing plants keep an eye out on how close the plants are.
Garden Knowm
The Love Doctor
You killed a plant with a cfl... ? ummmmmmm i don't think soo...
picture me please....
Even if a cfl is touching a fan leaf, only the spot where the leaf is touching the light will die... the rest of the leaf will still thrive... this is how LITTLE heat, these lights give off..
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skunkushybrid
New Member
On the bigger cfls though, these do release a lot of heat. Maybe he's talking about the 200w type.
Although even with one of those it's hard to kill a whole plant.
If the breeze fella CAN'T afford a big light, then gk's suggestion is a good one. Although personally I'd still prefer to put them by a window while the sun is out. I do that quite regularly anyway during veg'.
Although even with one of those it's hard to kill a whole plant.
If the breeze fella CAN'T afford a big light, then gk's suggestion is a good one. Although personally I'd still prefer to put them by a window while the sun is out. I do that quite regularly anyway during veg'.