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What are your thoughts on this article? Have any of you tried it?
What are your thoughts on this article? Have any of you tried it?
Runbyhemp said:Here is article quoted for benefit of readers:
Never heard of this. Cannot say it is not true, based on fact that I have never tried it, however am very skeptical as a lot of misinformation in article.
Have highlighted misinformation above. 18/6 does not stress a plant. In summertime here in Ireland we get 17/18 hours daylight mid summer. The further North you move the more daylight you get, all the way up to 24 hours light. He says to mimic conditions of outdoor plants. What if I want to mimic the conditions of a plant grown "naturally" outside here in Ireland. Then I use 18 hours light, right ? How is giving them one hour of light in their dark period mimicing natural conditions outside ? I wonder what percentage of hermaphrodites he gets.
Once again, not saying Reinhard Delp's method doesn't work, but whoever wrote this article does not have a clue.
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!
the last weeks of flower you should be at 9 hours on and 15 hours off. You’ll get bigger and better buds by copying the way the sun light works on cannabis outdoors
wrong... most outdoor plants are in the finishing stage before 12/12 is reached outdoors. OD plants along the 38 parallel begin flowering in late July, early August when light hours exceed 14 p/day.. Cannabis needs only 13 hours to stay in the vegetative growth stage.
... mimicking specific outdoor conditions may aid in the expression of certain phenotypes/strains, but.. it has long been indoor growers claims, that their product is superior because they can provide a "more" ideal, perfect environment. (eg.. no bugs, no stress, ability to control every aspect)Growing indoors you should copy how it grows outdoors.
In addition to studies that reveal nearlly twice as much thc is produced under 12 hours of light than under 10, there a very few places on this rock that will still support plant growth when light hours reach 9. Frost, soil temps, won't allow it.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. You’ll get bigger and better buds by copying the way the sun light works on cannabis outdoors.
'equatorial' strains receive 12/12 nearly ALL of the time. there is very little fluctuation on the equator.Even equatorial strains don’t get 18 hours of sun a day.
Obviously this guy has never seen the giant fruits and veggies produced in Alaska's Matanuska valley and it's midsummer 20 hours of light p/day.The 18-6 lighting schedule in vegetation, actually stress your plants,
The Hemp Goddess said:Hey--420 Osborn--I kind of take exception to your sig--not the breast part (although that is probably true, I don't know), the hydro part.
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