12/12 from seed?

jimmygreenfingers said:

The op rekons he's got "a very good knowledge of growing, based on science and experience". I think not lol. 12/12 from seed rocks mate, id think twice about posting crap cause you've just made yourself look like a right penis.

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mrmadcow said:

so what about plants growing at the equator?year round they get 12/12 or close. if you start a plant at 12/12,it will switch to flowering when it is mature enough to do so.I dont but it is a a viable technique.

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RyanTheRhino said:

isn't thc bomber one of the highest yielding strains

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skunkd0c said:

12-12 was only the standard flowering time given so that all strains from no matter what region they originate from will flower under that light period
the amount of critical darkness needed to induce flowering can be as little as 9.5 hours for some indica strains rather than the standard 12 hours of darkness

growing larger sativa strains 12-12 from seed is advised as one of the methods to help control the height of of the plant and keep it more manageable

i often notice pre-flowers while plants are growing in veg, at around 5 weeks onward

i think weather you give them 12-12 from seed would depend on what the strain is .. if it was a haze strain that was expected to get very big it might be a good idea to do this

there are lots of threads around on this subject most of them lean towards giving the seed atleast 1-2 weeks of veg, if its an indica dom strain
or the plant will be small and yield much less .. i normally veg mine for at least 4 weeks

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GreenTreeMachine420 said:

Woody: I think they're all proving your point is indirect, kinda like how crooked politicians tell you one things and draw pretty pictures & slogans, but in reality something completely different is /will happen/ing. Hopefully some supporting pics can clear this up.

Most experienced growers will tell you and should have proof on hand to show that starting a seed in more-light+less-darkens yields a plumper, heavier, more delicious bud than other more even ratios of light&darkness. I have first hand knowledge that 24hours light for a bit more than 3 weeks from placing a germed seed into soil, will stimulate tremendous growth and be rooting grounds for a successful plant and hopefully harvest. (THE POINT) Being that this is my friends setup, I observed them take the seed, place it in distilled water...a couple days latter we had it germ(inated) and in a small 2.5"x4" circular container. We thought up this (wacky) idea to hang the container under the light, we did that. It stayed there for a bit over 3 weeks until it was almost on fire, mind you this is hanging from a normal sized ballast about an inch below, and the light bulb is nearly 5" from the lip of the ballast where the container is hanging. We removed it, gave two weeks on a barstool at about 1.5' from top of plant to the ballast, but with the others at 18ish/6ish (light/dark..), after those twoevil weeks weon transplanted and clearly we discovered, that, we had cramped its style& the roots were runing in circles. This plant continued its rate of growth through its light changing period and since. The time we put the seed in the container was around 4/20/11 someday in the p.m. Yesterday, when saw it looked crazy as it always does, like some kind of jungle bush that Tarzan couldn't even swing threw its so dense, chillin in its lilbig container still, about 3'an tall from base of stalk and tallmans hug around.. My friends would have put it in the ground with its sisters but someone else owns it and is paying them to grow it. It has been outside since summer began. I will have pics later maybe to support this, of what it looks like now.

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cary schellie said:

i didnt know the equator only gets 12/12 i guess i should of paid more attention in school

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• On the equator the Sun is not overhead every day, as some people think. In fact that happens only on two days of the year, the equinoxes. The solstices are the dates that the Sun stays farthest away from the zenith, only reaching an altitude of 66.56° either to the north or the south. The only thing special about the equator is that all days of the year, solstices included, have roughly the same length of about 12 hours, so that it makes no sense to talk about summer and winter. Instead, tropical areas often have wet and dry seasons.

GreenTreeMachine420 said:

Woody: I think they're all proving your point is indirect, kinda like how crooked politicians tell you one things and draw pretty pictures & slogans, but in reality something completely different is /will happen/ing. Hopefully some supporting pics can clear this up.

Most experienced growers will tell you and should have proof on hand to show that starting a seed in more-light+less-darkens yields a plumper, heavier, more delicious bud than other more even ratios of light&darkness. I have first hand knowledge that 24hours light for a bit more than 3 weeks from placing a germed seed into soil, will stimulate tremendous growth and be rooting grounds for a successful plant and hopefully harvest. (THE POINT) Being that this is my friends setup, I observed them take the seed, place it in distilled water...a couple days latter we had it germ(inated) and in a small 2.5"x4" circular container. We thought up this (wacky) idea to hang the container under the light, we did that. It stayed there for a bit over 3 weeks until it was almost on fire, mind you this is hanging from a normal sized ballast about an inch below, and the light bulb is nearly 5" from the lip of the ballast where the container is hanging. We removed it, gave two weeks on a barstool at about 1.5' from top of plant to the ballast, but with the others at 18ish/6ish (light/dark..), after those twoevil weeks weon transplanted and clearly we discovered, that, we had cramped its style& the roots were runing in circles. This plant continued its rate of growth through its light changing period and since. The time we put the seed in the container was around 4/20/11 someday in the p.m. Yesterday, when saw it looked crazy as it always does, like some kind of jungle bush that Tarzan couldn't even swing threw its so dense, chillin in its lilbig container still, about 3'an tall from base of stalk and tallmans hug around.. My friends would have put it in the ground with its sisters but someone else owns it and is paying them to grow it. It has been outside since summer began. I will have pics later maybe to support this, of what it looks like now.

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