Darkness before switching to 12/12

1sofakingg · Sep 9, 2009

Hello to all ! 1st indoor grow here. Heard that the plants should go dark for 32 hours before switching from veg to flower. Heard it at a hydro store, but am a bit wary. Believe i've been given incorrect info on purpose before. So what do y'all think. Thanks in advance. :eyesmoke:

scwascwa · Sep 9, 2009

ive honestly never heard of that i just switch the cycle right when they come on to 12/12 that wat everyone i know does and thats wat all forums and research says just do 12/12 no reason to do anyhting different u might get results that you dont want

1sofakingg · Sep 9, 2009

Thanks sofakingmuch

scwascwa said:
ive honestly never heard of that i just switch the cycle right when they come on to 12/12 that wat everyone i know does and thats wat all forums and research says just do 12/12 no reason to do anyhting different u might get results that you dont want

strictly seedleSs · Sep 9, 2009

maybe you are getting something mixed up. Ive heard of giving them 24+ hours of darkness before harvesting, but not before switching light schedules.

Nocturn3 · Sep 10, 2009

I've heard of this. Apparently it can speed up the onset of flowering and shave several days off the total time until harvest. However, this is at the expense of some yield, and with an increased risk of a hermie response.

Not worth it, IMO.

EDIT: Here's where I got my info from:

oldtimer1 said:
Have not tried 36 hrs dark but did try 48 hrs from 18/6 veg. The final yield was down between 15 and 20% by var the pure sats the biggest loss in final weight and caused the odd herm, [sats] it did reduce the flowering time by 5 to 8 days.

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poke smot420 · Sep 10, 2009

whenever i feel is right i just go okay its time. then set my timer to the 12/12 intervals

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