12/12 , when do you start your count down?

[Budzzz]

10/6, 11/7. WTF?!

 

Have read about this method in High Times mag. Basically with 6 hours daylight and 10 hours darkness you get an extra day every 3 days. The downside to this method is that yield will be substantially reduced, as a result High Times didn't recommended it and said that 12/12 is best.

I suppose you may use this method on a sativa that would normally take say 14 weeks.

[Stix87]

i count from when i flip to 12/12 thou this time round i didnt see pre flowers till week and half i think and dont pick until milky to amber

[Budzzz]

... and dont pick until milky to amber

 

To me this is the more important than times. Keeping a record of days/weeks is good for when you plan to grow that variety again later, coz you'll know what to expect. But when to pick should always be based on close examination of the trichs.

[El Gato]

Have read about this method in High Times mag. Basically with 6 hours daylight and 10 hours darkness you get an extra day every 3 days. The downside to this method is that yield will be substantially reduced, as a result High Times didn't recommended it and said that 12/12 is best.

I suppose you may use this method on a sativa that would normally take say 14 weeks.

I know its off the subject but I have also read about people using 12 hrs light and 18 hrs darkness in flower. So you lose days instead of gaining days. I dont have a timer that can do that so I have never tried.

[Haratio Hornblower]

10/6, 11/7. WTF?!

 

Um. There are 24 hours in a day.... Circadian cycles don't just apply to humans ya know.

True

but some plants can be

manipulated by the amount of light they receive

and how often

like for re-vegging after flowering

 

Peace

[bluntman_77]

True

but some plants can be

manipulated by the amount of light they receive

and how often

like for re-vegging after flowering

 

Peace

 

tru but re-vegging simply mimics natures cycle of returning to summer after the plant has not been pollinated , a natural possible outcome of its light cycle which it has done for millions of years

 

10/6 every 3 days or whatever about is not natural . you cant beat 3 billion years of plant evolution based on 24 hour rotations of the planet

Edited June 13, 2012 by bluntman_77

[Haratio Hornblower]

tru but re-vegging simply mimics natures cycle of returning to summer after the plant has not been pollinated , a natural possible outcome of its light cycle which it has done for millions of years

 

10/6 every 3 days or whatever about is not natural . you cant beat 3 billion years of plant evolution based on 24 hour rotations of the planet

Cannabis uses photo period to know when to flower.

You can use continuous light and they will stay in veg forever.

 

http://www.adonline.id.au/flowers/photoperiod/

[Budzzz]

Cannabis uses photo period to know when to flower.

You can use continuous light and they will stay in veg forever.

 

http://www.adonline....rs/photoperiod/

 

Unless you are talking about an Autoflowering variety like when I grew some Green O Matic. She started flowering under 24/7 and not all autoflowers can do that!

Great strain from Greenhouse seeds if your into Autos.

[chopperw33d]

 

 

To me this is the more important than times. Keeping a record of days/weeks is good for when you plan to grow that variety again later, coz you'll know what to expect. But when to pick should always be based on close examination of the trichs.

 

 

You can count from the flip into 12/12, or preflowers, or go on the strain. But as it was said before go on your lovely Tricones. As the condition of your room change during winter to summer. I have grown the same strain for about 2 years. Always from cuttings off my mother plant, and I always know there going to take an extra 1-2 weeks in winter.

 

If you want buds that give you a nice high pick when milky, or you want real couch lock buds take when amber. But for me I take them at 50/50, good yeild and good stone.

[bluntman_77]

Cannabis uses photo period to know when to flower.

You can use continuous light and they will stay in veg forever.

 

http://www.adonline....rs/photoperiod/

 

my point is not that you can manipulate the photo period , its that you should use natural light cycles to manipulate the photo period