Darkness prior to flowering...

[soulsmoker]

How long should I put the plants in the dark before I begin the flowering cycle? They've been under fluoros/daylight 24 hrs, and now I'm ready to begin the hps treatment...

 

[pcduck]

Figure out what hours you want your lights on then just turn them off...Some people do leave them in the dark for 24 hours or so just so that they get a little shock, which is suppose to make them flower faster. I do not know if this works or not. I just turned my lights off, at the appropriate time.