Veg to Flower different transition techniques.

So as I have gone down the learning road of growing I have used and heard alot of different opinions on ways to transition from a veg to flower.
At first i started out like most everyone else and just did a straight transfer from 18/6 one night to 12/12 the next, I used the with good success as do alot of people.
Next I tried doing a multi day dark period transfer from 18/6 to 12/12 with 2-3 days of darkness in between. This method also seemed to work pretty well.
As i was growing I took a trip to British Columbia with my buddy to stay with his relatives who are pretty heavy into bud. While we were there he was transitioning from veg to flower but he was COUNTING BACK the hours. The transition he used counted back an hour every day for 7 days until he reached 12/12 then he would leave it and they would go crazy.
As i think about it does slightly imitate the changing of summer into fall it makes alot of sense so i tried it.
I've gone through a couple of grows doing this transition and I think it works the best I'm seeing a fairly quick onset of flowering as well as less stretching which i like.
I thought this would be an interesting thread to start cause it seems everyone has a favorite transition style and it seems to me to make a difference.
So
What way do you use?
Have you heard of any other ways?
What works best for you?

Happy growin Vic.

I am a guerilla grower or rather was now I grow indoors but did love the results of the sun is had been wondering about that everyone says that their plants stretch after switching to 12-12 I will take mother nature's plan and run with it all the way down till 12-12 for six weeks then 11-13 the last two weeks

I taper back as well. Quote from my current grow journal: "I went from 18/6 down to 16/8 for 2 days. Then down to 14/10 for 3 days before finally moving into 12/12. That's just how I do it and the plants seem to respond well." I think it helps because when I hit 12/12 sex always shows within just a few days versus the week or two it used to take just jumping right into 12/12.

I hit the button that says "timer"
the end

i flush the veg nutes out about a week to a week and a half before the flip that way they are getting used to the flowering nutes so that the day i do the flip i can bump to like 1200-1300 ppm but i gas-lantern then jump straight to 12/12 so far some sugar coated shit

Trelliscrazy said:

i flush the veg nutes out about a week to a week and a half before the flip that way they are getting used to the flowering nutes so that the day i do the flip i can bump to like 1200-1300 ppm but i gas-lantern then jump straight to 12/12 so far some sugar coated shit

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Do they take long to show sex or are u buying female seeds

im strictly 12-12 from seed but this time im also cutting the light down to 9 hours by end of harvest

Are you gonna ween them off slow over a week losing more time along the way or all at once.

@ Space Ghost shouldn't you already be able to tell the sex of ur plants before u put them to 12/12 or do u just do a really short veg?

MyndMy said:

Are you gonna ween them off slow over a week losing more time along the way or all at once.

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slowly down over 3-4 weeks

less actually only about 5 or 6 days

dvs1038 said:

@ Space Ghost shouldn't you already be able to tell the sex of ur plants before u put them to 12/12 or do u just do a really short veg?

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Nah. Not really. A month. Maybe more sometimes. I usually run fem seeds though so I don't worry about preflowers.

Nice $50.00 females that's what they cost at the end of the block!

Ok so Y'all talked about ur Light cycle transition from veg to flowering but I'm also curious about what ppl do with their nutes when transitioning from veg to flowering. Do you just switch from one another, do u gradually tapper off ur veg nutes while increasing ur bloom nutes, should you go with straight water before and during ur light transition(if u have a light trans)?

veg nutes til week 2 of flower then bloom for me.........

del66666 said:

veg nutes til week 2 of flower then bloom for me.........

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Agree 100%

alp

alotapot said:

Agree 100%

alp

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you must be the first ever person to agree with me.....

What are your thoughts on transition from fluorescent lighting to hps. From veg to flower?. Would it be better the last two weeks of veg switch the light, so the plants have some time to cope? What are we thinking...?

I'm new to this, my plants are 8 weeks old, is that a good time to start switching them? They are pretty good size.

I did the 18/6 to 17/8 to 16/8 for a day 15/9 for a day 14/10 for a day 13/11 then 12/12 and it seemed to slow down the "super stretch" you get from straight flipping to 12/12. It seemed to add bud sights. I should have done a more precise experient but it was my best crop to date. 2.25 per light. But there are so many facts involved its hard to say that was the desiding factor to get the extra .25......... I'm doing it again this time......... Why change anything after a crop like that