24 hour veg. cycle

[dazza]

I was wondering if any of you experienced growers who have had plants on a 24hr day cycle could give me a little info.??

I have always had either a 16 or 18 hr. day cycle but have recently heard from an unrelieble source that a 24 hr cycle makes a big difference in the growth phase of a plant. Can anybody second this? I would think that a plant would need some sleeptime as well..... am i wrong??

thanks

respect..

[pipeman]

24 hour light for veg cycle is fine. your plant doesn't need to sleep

 

people have different opinions on how much difference it makes in growth speed, some say you get the full benefit of an extra 6 hours of growing time a day, and others reckon it makes bugger all difference and you're just wasting electricity.

[Green finger]

brother tried 24/7 for two grows recons the difference in bud wasent worth the power

[pipeman]

It won't make any difference in amount of bud, it just makes your veg time faster. Since in indoor you veg to a height then flower, how long it takes you to get to that veg height won't have any effect on yield

[white_cluster]

I use 24hrs, the only reason i do it is I had a crop ruined by flowering after 2 weeks on 18hrs. AK-47, 24hrs gets rid of the possibility of autoflowering, and also means I dont have to change my timer.

[Guest Wilderbud]

Ive always taken it as fact that it makes no difference to final quality/yield but Ive never seen a comparison. I used 18/6 on my first grow so that the lights could be out during 10-4 each day [the hot part of the day] but since I have no timer now and its not hot I just leave the lights on.

[dazza]

Thanks for that, i guess it's worth a try then eh...

[neo]

yeah im currently in 24 hrs veg, you just get a faster growth

[lokm8]

24/7 here. Happy with results.

Read somewhere that turning lights off and then back on again basically sucks up as much power as if you were to leave them on the extra 6-8 hrs, but i guess that depends on which type of light ur using.

[Guest weekprik]

I use 24/0 as well, which means my light is always on, 24/7 means your light is off for 7 hrs every 24 hrs.

 

It doesnt make any difference to my power bill, I grew a 18 hr and then a 24 hr and the power was actually a little less running 24, maybe the light uses alot of power starting up? more than say 6 hrs running??