Change Light Cycle To More Darkness
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azman
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the bigest innovator in the history of cannabis in my generation is Reinhard Delp. Not only did he invent and is the holder of the patent for ice water extraction, he has been building flower forcers since 1992. His new solar powered Sun-gate is the leader of the industry. He was the first to feminize seeds and sell them in Europe in the late 90s. His process was done naturally, without the use of any chemicals.
No one is more copied but seldom matched than Mr. Delp, who to me is the top grower of our generation. The first time he impressed me he showed me 2 plants, planted next to one another, 1 completely covered in powdery mildew, the other completely clean and beautiful. He was developing mildew and mold resistant genetics.
In the late 90s Reinhard brought back the gas lantern routine that you find in any college grade horticulture book, and applied it to cannabis. Cannabis needs only 13 hours to stay in the vegetative growth stage. The 18-6 lighting schedule in vegetation, actually stress your plants, that never get that much light in one-day outdoors. Cannabis is an outdoor plant. Growing indoors you should copy how it grows outdoors. No Cannabis growing in Afghanistan gets 18 hours of light in growth pattern. Most strains today have some part Indica in their genetic pool. Even equatorial strains dont get 18 hours of sun a day.
The 12-1 lighting schedule is as follows 12 hours lights on, 5.5 lights off, 1-hour lights on, 5.5 lights off, and repeat schedule. The 1 hour on in between off period fools the plants that stay in vegetative growth state! Your immediate savings are 5 hours in energy costs daily, as well as your bulbs and equipment lasting longer. But how do the plants react to this lighting schedule?
You see immediate growth response from your plants, they are happy from the added rest time. By day 14 the plants tripled in size. The plants are bushy with twice as many bud sites without topping or bending, In fact when you top and stretch your plants out, you get many more bud sites than you would have had under 18-6 using same procedure of topping and stretching plant, your growing bigger and better and faster.
So your saving 5 hours daily in energy costs, as well as your excellerated growth pattern which also saves you time and energy and equipment use.
In the flowering stage, never use 12-12, start your flowering period at 11 hours on 13 hours off. When your are growing outdoors each day you get less and less sun light, you should copy the way the sun acts naturally in your indoor grow. So first 2 weeks of flower you go 11 on 13 off, the next 2 weeks you go down to 10.5 on 13.5 off, next 2 weeks 10 on 14 off, next two weeks 9.5 on 14.5 off and the last weeks of flower you should be at 9 hours on and 15 hours off. Youll get bigger and better buds by copying the way the sun light works on cannabis outdoors.
Cannabis is an outdoor plant and you should copy the way it grows outdoors indoors. The only thing that 18-6, and then 12-12 lighting schedule's do is make the energy companies rich as well as the people who sell lights and equipment, the more you use the more you spend. 12-1 lighting schedule is a more natural way to grow indoors and you well have the best results you have ever had and save as much as 50% in energy costs.
In the late 90s Reinhard brought back the gas lantern routine that you find in any college grade horticulture book, and applied it to cannabis. Cannabis needs only 13 hours to stay in the vegetative growth stage. The 18-6 lighting schedule in vegetation, actually stress your plants, that never get that much light in one-day outdoors. Cannabis is an outdoor plant. Growing indoors you should copy how it grows outdoors. No Cannabis growing in Afghanistan gets 18 hours of light in growth pattern. Most strains today have some part Indica in their genetic pool. Even equatorial strains dont get 18 hours of sun a day.
The 12-1 lighting schedule is as follows 12 hours lights on, 5.5 lights off, 1-hour lights on, 5.5 lights off, and repeat schedule. The 1 hour on in between off period fools the plants that stay in vegetative growth state! Your immediate savings are 5 hours in energy costs daily, as well as your bulbs and equipment lasting longer. But how do the plants react to this lighting schedule?
You see immediate growth response from your plants, they are happy from the added rest time. By day 14 the plants tripled in size. The plants are bushy with twice as many bud sites without topping or bending, In fact when you top and stretch your plants out, you get many more bud sites than you would have had under 18-6 using same procedure of topping and stretching plant, your growing bigger and better and faster.
So your saving 5 hours daily in energy costs, as well as your excellerated growth pattern which also saves you time and energy and equipment use.
In the flowering stage, never use 12-12, start your flowering period at 11 hours on 13 hours off. When your are growing outdoors each day you get less and less sun light, you should copy the way the sun acts naturally in your indoor grow. So first 2 weeks of flower you go 11 on 13 off, the next 2 weeks you go down to 10.5 on 13.5 off, next 2 weeks 10 on 14 off, next two weeks 9.5 on 14.5 off and the last weeks of flower you should be at 9 hours on and 15 hours off. Youll get bigger and better buds by copying the way the sun light works on cannabis outdoors.
Cannabis is an outdoor plant and you should copy the way it grows outdoors indoors. The only thing that 18-6, and then 12-12 lighting schedule's do is make the energy companies rich as well as the people who sell lights and equipment, the more you use the more you spend. 12-1 lighting schedule is a more natural way to grow indoors and you well have the best results you have ever had and save as much as 50% in energy costs.
pthree
Well-Known Member
im curious on this as well
being the weather as it is in southern California, temps here today top out around 102F, and inside we keep the house at 82. my closet has no ventilation(i have a 6inch and 4inch inline fan waiting to be hooked up) and temps in my closet soar to about 90F
if i was able to reduce my lights on by 5 hours daily......those 5 hours being say the hottest part of the day, 2 to 7pm that would help cool my house, and my sanity as well..
being the weather as it is in southern California, temps here today top out around 102F, and inside we keep the house at 82. my closet has no ventilation(i have a 6inch and 4inch inline fan waiting to be hooked up) and temps in my closet soar to about 90F
if i was able to reduce my lights on by 5 hours daily......those 5 hours being say the hottest part of the day, 2 to 7pm that would help cool my house, and my sanity as well..
watchhowIdoit
New Member
I dont see how firing a bulb so many times a day would extend its life. It actually is shortening its life. And plants in Alaska get assloads of light for about 5-6 weeks during the summer and they grow some of the biggest veggies around. Everybody loves a gimmick. And thats exactly what this so called method is. The entire notion is so full of holes it crazy.......with a few valid points.
azman
Active Member
there is also a radio interview with him explaining how and why it would work ad why we are led to believe that 18/6 is best .
ill put link in, interview starts 1 minute in.
http://cannabistruth.podomatic.com/entry/2011-06-09T16_48_39-07_00
i personally have no ttried this as i have just finished nd this information was passed on to me, but rest assured i will be trying this.
@watchhowldoit the bulb is actually only firing twice a day, and if you are using newer technology electronic ballast, most of these have a soft start switch so as not to ignite quite as fast as older magnetic bulbs.
ill put link in, interview starts 1 minute in.
http://cannabistruth.podomatic.com/entry/2011-06-09T16_48_39-07_00
i personally have no ttried this as i have just finished nd this information was passed on to me, but rest assured i will be trying this.
@watchhowldoit the bulb is actually only firing twice a day, and if you are using newer technology electronic ballast, most of these have a soft start switch so as not to ignite quite as fast as older magnetic bulbs.