But you just said:
you don't run an average of 42-49 days. You've got to add a further 21-28 days veg' to that. What's the point in placing them straight to 12/12 if they take 3-4 weeks veg anyway? You have nutrient management problems too.
Of course increasing the light schedule will make for tighter nodes... it's the dark that causes stretch. if you're going to veg them at all you might as well do it on 24/0, less elongation, more division.
The only reason i'm doing this now is because i recently force-flowered some seed plants and they flowered far faster than usual... and i remember once a guy talking about how heat is a form of light and that a plant may be able to photosynthesise (to a degree) with it. Cannabis doesn't need 12 hours dark to flower, many will flower on 14/10, so maybe even after the lights go down cannabis can still photosythesise for a while using heat.
anyway, i'm going to see soon enough whether the warmer nights has an effect on flowering.
apparently you have problems reading and comprehending english.
i run 42-49 days, regardless of light schedule. when i said i run 42-49 days, i meant day 1 being as the day i soaked the seed, and day 42-49, the days they are cut. its pretty simple, its not rocket science.... day 1= seed soaking. days 42-49= harvest. i could do nothing but run 12/12, and do just fine, however i found that it is to my advantage to run 18/6 the first 3 weeks, the shortened node lengths are nice, but the true benefit comes from root mass.... i dont care if your running autos, sativas, or indicas, if you start form seed, the first 3-4 weeks the plant will veg, regardless of light schedule. in fact, you could run 4 hours of light, and 20 hours of darkness during that period, and still have a plant that is in the veg stage when its done, itll just be the weakest, stretchiest looking plant you've seen.
i have no reason to lie, brag or boast, i have been growing using this unique style for only 18 months.
i have been growing since st elswhere was on the air.......
your words themselves show your ignorance.... heat is a form of radiant heat, that is, the photons are in the infrared wavelength, and do not have the proper PAR to even be 'seen' by the plant, nevermind actually sustain a photosynthetic reaction. If your looking to increase your potency, i would suggest using a MH or CMH to get more UVB to your sugar leaves, which will promote trichrome growth, for the last 2-3 weeks of flowering, but im sure with your mighty intellect and immeasurable experience you will only tell me I am wrong, and that HPS is the only lamp that should be used for flowering because of its 2200-2700k rating, which coincidentally matches the afternoon/evening spectrum of the autumn sun at tropical lattitudes, cannabis's native habitat.
i appreciate the input, as i like to say im openminded, but you sir, are a troll. all i did was post my method with pics showing how this technique is done, and here you are telling me how to run my grow, which has provided me with all the killer i can smoke, without your input, for quite some time now.
i do not have 'nute issues' the strain in the pic is The Pure, by flying dutchmen, which is a nute hog, and drops all its fans early into flowering, regardless of how well you dial in your op. its genetics.... however to give you the benefit of the doubt, i will say i did need more cal-mag, some buffering was in porder for that batch of soil; also my hotsoil is so 'hot', it tends to have a tendency to really drop the ph at the end of the cycle... but its ok, i stress my plants like that
on purpose. yeah, on purpose....... but im not going to tell you why, only because I read most of this thread, about 60 pages, and found that you apparently like telling everyone they are wrong, and that there techniques dont work, and yours are better.
And while im still ranting, if you've never seen a 24 foot indica, than you've apparantly never seen a landrace of afghanis.... they grow to heights of 30' in the wild, in races that consist of thousands of plants, you can literally hide an entire troop of m1a1 abrams main battle tanks quiet easily inside on of those landraces, and you wouldnt see it from 20 feet away.
so keep preaching your nonsense dude, and crank up that heat to improve your grow. attitudes like yours is what keeps people from posting in the first place.
nuff said.
and in this thread, is one of my current projects.
https://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-aeroponics/343338-biggest-hydroponic-system-youve-never.html
please dont assume im a noob again, its common courtesy.
My Great,G,G,G,Grandfather John Sever was the first and longest serving Govonor of Tenesee, appointed by G Washington to the first Congressional Order. He was a soldier and a hemp farmer that lived to the age of 100. That's where the fight comes from. The compassion from my great Aunt who is Americas only Saint, Mother Cabrini. She helped heal with water that still flows from a spring 20 miles from the spot I grow cannabis to help heal. In my younger days I was a drummer doing session work, with many people. Pink Floyd, Elton John, Heart, Joe Cocker, etc etc. So there you go, nice to meet you.
