Everything I've seen/read seems to indicate allowing the plant to rest for at least 4-6 hours is most beneficial. Apparently the few hours of darkness promotes new root development and growth.
I just started for the first time about 2 weeks ago and need some help. Since this wasn't planned, I just took some random seeds and germinated them in those Jiffy seed starters. I was able to get 18 seeds to germinate and moved them into 8 pots (Ebb and Grow) under a 400w MH/HPS light. There...