gas lamp routine

[MonstaCrop]

Hi fellow enthusiasts....

 

Has any one used the gas lamp routine for veg....? Lights 12h on, 5.5h off, 1h on, 5.5h off.

 

If anyone has what where the results????

 

I can't try the theory out as I'm in flower. I'd like to give it a go next time round...

[Lenore]

I'm pretty sure you'll get a resounding no, but I'm no one to speak for all.

There have been conversations and controversty over the 12/1 method of lighting, I expect this "gas light" method will be too.

 

Personally, I like to mimic nature. Long light hours in veg, short in flower. That is, 18/6 and 12/12.
I have not plans to ever change since it's been proven time and time again over many decades.

R&D is always interesting IMO, but there's not point in reinventing the wheel.

 

Just my arsehole, I mean, opinion.

 

Lenny

[The Hash Nibbler]

People have used it here, it does work..... if you wanna try it. It's called 12/1 method now, but was called the gas lamp method, but that was in use in dutch greenhouses for growing flowers etc. But from every comparison I saw, the plants always looked a lil lacking.

You may be able to 'trick' the plant into staying in a vegetative state by using 12/1, but in the end you rob it of around 6 hours light (compared to 18/6), and that is all the plant needs.... the light to grow, in veg, the more it gets the faster it grows.

I'll always be a firm believer on, ya get out what ya put in. Sometimes saving a few dollars in power isn't worth a reduction in plant health and growth.

 

Nibbler

Edited March 19, 2014 by The Hash Nibbler

[louise]

Actually it was called the 'lantern' method... bit hard to take a gas lamp out to the greenhouse at night.

 

It's a method still used in the cut flower industry to produce out of season Chrysanthemum and Poinsettia.

[Ford Fairlane]

Hi Monstacrop,

Here are few discussions and diary's of 12-1 grows. It has been a contentious issue around here at times. But hey whatever floats you boat.

FF

 

https://cannabis.community.forums.ozstoners.com/topic/60440-greetings-from-the-garden-shed/

 

https://cannabis.community.forums.ozstoners.com/topic/40588-dow-griary/

 

https://cannabis.community.forums.ozstoners.com/topic/47748-the-cheeezzzzee-platter-anyone/page-5

 

https://cannabis.community.forums.ozstoners.com/topic/38766-12-1-good-or-no-good/page-4

[MonstaCrop]

Thanks for all the replies.....

 

Gives me some insight on the topic...

 

Thinking about it now you would probably lose some growth.... More light equals more growth in most circumstances...

 

I think I'll just stick with 18/6.....