Light schedule last week's of flowering

[KD]

I think the light signals them to wake up as opposed to them remembering the way a human would remember. I do it because I read at night, the plants return moisture to the roots so after 48 hours, the moisture levels inside the plant matter has dropped making plants dry more evenly. I think there's some sort of reaction that increases THC content too but could have that part wrong.

[2-Scoops]

Here`s a question summink ive pondered over in past. Let`s say I'm running 13on and 11off for a whole ten week flowering strain . So the extra hour of light daily over 10 weeks works out about 6 days of extra lighting. So in effect does that mean I could possibly be knocking a week off the flowering time or am I just talking doo-dah ? Cheers guys.

[ncrypta.core]

Are you running FR as from what i have reseached about far-red so far, is that if your indoors and it takes roughy 2 hours for your plant too fall asleep, but with FR they go to sleep within mins so if run your light max at 14/10 lets says, they would still be asleep for same amount of time as 12/12 without FR. so you could have increase your yeild or if you stick with 12/12 they finish quicker If using FR or have lights with 730nm in them.

Please correct me if I'm wrong about this :)

[2-Scoops]

That is a question I have pondered recently. I want to say no.... but the question really is - does plant maturity depend upon the amount of light hours or does it depend upon life hours?

Yes i meant same tis just way i put things across sometimes. I mean what would be other point of an extra hours light, possibly more buddage come chop maybe ?

Maybe it`s one of those things will be left to ponder on, int it. Nice one though mate.

[2-Scoops]

Are you running FR as from what i have reseached about far-red so far, is that if your indoors and it takes roughy 2 hours for your plant too fall asleep, but with FR they go to sleep within mins so if run your light max at 14/10 lets says, they would still be asleep for same amount of time as 12/12 without FR. so you could have increase your yeild or if you stick with 12/12 they finish quicker If using FR or have lights with 730nm in them.

Please correct me if I'm wrong about this :)

Ah cool i didn`t know that about far red light and sleep times etc. Yes I'm digging that now and can see why it would possibly benefit yields in that scenario. So is that why and main effect of using far red light ?

[ncrypta.core]

Ah cool i didn`t know that about far red light and sleep times etc.

Here some more info about it :
https://www.thcfarmer.com/threads/phyto ... st-1286744
https://www.growweedeasy.com/phytochrom ... n-cannabis
https://www.heliospectra.com/blog/far-r ... d-cannabis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bIhEpVCx3U
https://www.growlightsource.com/how-to- ... initiator/

So is that why and main effect of using far red light ?

There is another use for the FR than just an flower Initiator, as there is some called the emerson effect which you need 660-680nm aswell as 730nm and for what ive read it makes the plant think its the shade so its wigges

More info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerson_effect
https://invisiblesunled.co.uk/blogs/tip ... -r-ish-dfr
https://www.autoflower.net/forums/threa ... cri.67950/

[Treetrunk]

I've got wedding cake just finishing.
It's been on 12/12. I'll be chopping next week. I grow in Brummie bubblers so I drain the tank and leave plants for 24 hours in the dark and then chop next day.

[Treetrunk]

12 / 12 through flowering, 24-48 hours of darkness before harvest. I'm not convinced of a benefit to this method, but I do it knowing that it won't harm the plant or reduce yields.

I've not tried the 18/6 for the last week. I see the theory behind it, but I don't know if the hormonal shifts and short duration are enough to really make a significant difference in overall yield or secondary metabolite (mainly THC) production.

I tried the 18/6 last grow.
Can't say I noticed a difference and it made me paranoid about Hermies.
So I'm back to 12/12

[KD]

I've got wedding cake just finishing.
It's been on 12/12. I'll be chopping next week. I grow in Brummie bubblers so I drain the tank and leave plants for 24 hours in the dark and then chop next day.

Brummie bubblers! There's a name I've not heard in a long time.

[Treetrunk]

I've got wedding cake just finishing.
It's been on 12/12. I'll be chopping next week. I grow in Brummie bubblers so I drain the tank and leave plants for 24 hours in the dark and then chop next day.

love my Brummies
Here's a picture of the wedding cake

Brummie bubblers! There's a name I've not heard in a long time.