need advice

[BFG1]

my first grow is under a 400 watt hps and i have four babies one of them is doing fantastic but my question is im currently on 18/6 is these ok and when i want it to bud or veg im going to 12/12 does these sound already the strain is unknown and im using soil if these helps

[Brainstorm]

Yup those light timings are right. 18/6 for the veg stage and when you're ready to go into flower turn the lights back to 12/12.

 

I'm going to guess that you started from seed, if that is the case you'll need to wait for your babies to mature before trying to flower

 

cheers

[Guest Wacked]

G'day BFG1, I"ve nearly finished my first indoor grow , my setup is much the same as yours but I have 3 babies and had my light on 16/8 (veg) only to save on my power bill then I went to 11 and a half hours on 12 and a half off , that gives me half an hour to check whats been going on with them before the light goes on , if your growing from seed watch out for male flowers , 2 of mine turned hermie but I picked off all the male flowers I could find and turned my inlet fan off but left my exhaust fan on so far Im very happy with what there doing I've also tried some off each and think it's some of the nicest smoke I've had for a while hopefully it can only get better.

Should be good .

Wacked.

[Jim]

if you turn off your grow light about a weed prior to harvest, this increases the potency of your plant does it not ?

 

tah

jim

[Tom]

I like to go 48hrs, a week is a bit long and would increase the risk of a mouldy harvest. The period of darkness has more to do with improving the taste than anything else and 48hrs is plenty.