Trying different light cycles

Has anyone ever tried 1 hour on 1 hour off?

Does this induce flowering and are the flowers bigger or smaller vs a 12 on/12 off light cycle.

Thanks

you have to have 12 hours of darkness to induce flowering, 1 on 1 off and so on would most likely kill your plant. The light cycle is not open to experimentation. This was the first thing indoor growers had to figure out and there is a reason it's been 12/12 for the last 25+ years.

wilsoncr17 said:

you have to have 12 hours of darkness to induce flowering, 1 on 1 off and so on would most likely kill your plant. The light cycle is not open to experimentation. This was the first thing indoor growers had to figure out and there is a reason it's been 12/12 for the last 25+ years.

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However, if we all thought like that, then the Earth would still be flat, period, not open to interpretation.

We are trying our hardest to simulate nature indoors and why would you want to risk the plant that you have been growing for some time now.in nature the sun does not turn of for 1 hor then come back on and off come on bro.grow right and reap the rewards.i do something that is a little differant about my grow when it is time to put my plants on 12/12 off i put them in darkness for 72 hour no matter what strain,it takes the cannabis plants 2 week to get from veg to flowering mode so by putting them in 72 hours it hurrys this process up and they get into the flowering process alot quicker.but stick to normal growing situations or you will end up with more problems then you want.

lol what about alaska where theres only 6 mpnths of constant daylight then 6 months of constant night? lol o wait theres barely plants growing in alaska!! hahahahaha nevermind burnout moment!

like tyke says keep it like nature. but when your about two weeks until harvest you can add two more hours to your light. this will increase density. the plant will not go back int veg stage, so dont worry.

Ok, so i gather none of the posters have actually tried this, yet they seem to be against experimenting with anything other than 12/12 because that is all they've been told.

This is the downfall of smoking too much pot. You lose your motivation and imagination.

bustya said:

Ok, so i gather none of the posters have actually tried this, yet they seem to be against experimenting with anything other than 12/12 because that is all they've been told.

This is the downfall of smoking too much pot. You lose your motivation and imagination.

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Well why don't you try it and let us know how soon you decide not to do it anymore?

I say experiment. Yes try to simulate nature but....hmm hydroponics isn't so natural

bustya said:

Has anyone ever tried 1 hour on 1 hour off?

Does this induce flowering and are the flowers bigger or smaller vs a 12 on/12 off light cycle.

Thanks

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its not going to induce flowering...if it does flower under that cycle its probably going to hermie....does the sun have a on/off switch? we put them on 12/12 for a reason.for MJ to properly flower it needs at least 12 hours of darkness...but if you really want to try it as a true "experiment"...try it on a few different autoflowering strains...since it dont really matter what light cycle they are on to flower.
but seriously...check these forums and/or any page on marijuana growing and see if they tell you to flower 1 on 1 off and see if you find any that do....dont think that your going to discover some new kick ass method...serious botanists have been studying and perfecting this plant for decades...i can promise your not going to stumble onto some genius new method as it comes to light cycles

plantherb said:

I say experiment. Yes try to simulate nature but....hmm hydroponics isn't so natural

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you might want to google hydrophytism....a few aquatic plants grow naturally suspended in water...same principle as hydroponics.

i have actually tried the 1 on 1 off method as experimentation before and i did NOT work! plants will go into shock almost every time. stick with natures way of 12 on 12 off.
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