which is better for early stage of growth: 18/6 or 24 hours. i know this has been debated a lot, but i feel like the plant needs the dark cycle. i don't know. mine have been under 24, and it seems like it stopped growing suddenly. looks healthy and all but not much actual growth.

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I prefer 18/6 myself

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Mother Nature does it with 18/6. I think I'll stick with Mother Nature. I mean, looking out the window tells me that She's doing a pretty good job.

Vi

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I'd go with the 18/6. On my first two plants, I went 24/0. I transplanted them at 3 weeks and they had good roots. Then I found out those were males. After doing some more reading, I grew a couple more (same strain) at 18/6 and transplanted those at 3 weeks. The roots were at least twice as dense. Luckily those both turned out to be females. Someone else around here posted some article about how dense root growth is more important for yield than denser foliage. So the 18/6 grew more roots for me, and I'm sticking with it. I don't remember there being much difference in how fast the plant grew, either. And a dark period may influence more plants to be females.

I agree with ViReed, I try to mimick mother nature....she knows her shit.
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You are correct! You should give your plants and your equipment some rest.

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dunno but i stick with 18/6 gets the job done vegstage