Yes, it is similar to gaslighting, but indoors, in a controlled environment, it ends up working on the plants a little differently. For instance, outside plants would still have moon cycles as well as variable length (increasing) hours of daylight affecting the photo period.What you've described is the classic "gaslight timing" designed to interrupt the dark cycle of photoperiod sensitive plants. It's called that because rich English people in early hot houses noticed they could keep seasonal plants in their vegetative phase by running gas lighting (all they had at the time, this was before electric lights) for an hour in the middle of the night.
Your next sentence is interesting; are you saying that your bloom cycle is 8 hours on and 16 hours off?
Lol. Tell me again about moon cycles.Yes, it is similar to gaslighting, but indoors, in a controlled environment, it ends up working on the plants a little differently. For instance, outside plants would still have moon cycles as well as variable length (increasing) hours of daylight affecting the photo period.
Yes, I only flower with 8 hours of light per day. That is all cannabis needs (when vegged under 12/1 schedule). Buds are perfectly formed.
A guy on here named @torontoke used to play with such cycles and apparently had good success. It's been awhile since he and I talked, I hope he's still around.Yes, I only flower with 8 hours of light per day. That is all cannabis needs (when vegged under 12/1 schedule). Buds are perfectly formed.
I just meant that every 28 days or thereabouts they get less dark when the moon is full. I dunno what kind of effect that has, and maybe it's de minimis, but I just thought I'd mention. I'm not a woo-woo grower, I just like saving as much money as I can.Lol. Tell me again about moon cycles.
The moon doesn't have any effect on the dark period of plants.I just meant that every 28 days or thereabouts they get less dark when the moon is full. I dunno what kind of effect that has, and maybe it's de minimis, but I just thought I'd mention. I'm not a woo-woo grower, I just like saving as much money as I can.
So what altitude are you growing at? I'm at 5000', and I live in the world's largest food dehydrator lolI just meant that every 28 days or thereabouts they get less dark when the moon is full. I dunno what kind of effect that has, and maybe it's de minimis, but I just thought I'd mention. I'm not a woo-woo grower, I just like saving as much money as I can.
If anything it's more likely that the moon's possible effect on plants, has to do with gravitational interaction:The moon doesn't have any effect on the dark period of plants.
8500So what altitude are you growing at? I'm at 5000', and I live in the world's largest food dehydrator lol
Do you have any bud/harvest pics?There is more to plants than what has been written in Marijuana Grow books.
Bottom line
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I use 28% less electricity in veg over 18/6
I use 33% less electricity in flower over 12/12
I suffer no yield loss, or lack of quality.
I'll have to get some pics from this year. I'm not great at taking photos with regularity unfortunately, but here are some from when I first built this room:Do you have any bud/harvest pics?