Thanks it will be a photo run so shouldn’t be bad. I ran a few northern light autos a few weeks apart and each plant was totally different. I could see how that would be time consuming trying to have a nice green canopy with different size plants.
It wouldn't be bad at all with photos. Plus it gives you options. You could run them all 12/12 from seed and just pack em in or go 24/0 and maximize the short growth and flip at 4 weeks
Going to run 18/6 for 3-4 weeks then flip I think
A fine option! TBH I don't quite understand why people do 12/12 and miss out on that extra veg growth while the plant is maturing, but there is probably a reason or two.
Daily Light Integral is shortened when you don't run 12/12.
Ahh, so you can blast them with more light in a shorter period. Should have seen that. A fine line to dance with light stress and young plants but if you know that particular pheno it could be figured out. Interesting, maybe I could do summer grows after all haha.
Yup.
Not preachy at all, love the insight. I typically run 18 or 20 on but will try 24 this coming winter runYup.
I say this having ran 18/6, 12/1 (Gaslamp), and finally settling on 24/0 in veg for speed of growth. Have some buddies that cry about my veg plants not resting....they do fine, and sleep when they make it to flower lol.
Ran several variations of flower lighting schedules as well, before going back to 12/12. . . Different strokes.
Not trying to preach. Just trying to add a little value to the conversation.
I struggled with this when I decided to try autos again. I am doing 20/4 but I really wanted 24/0 primarily because I can maintain the temp of the tent with light.Yup.
I say this having ran 18/6, 12/1 (Gaslamp), and finally settling on 24/0 in veg for speed of growth. Have some buddies that cry about my veg plants not resting....they do fine, and sleep when they make it to flower lol.
Ran several variations of flower lighting schedules as well, before going back to 12/12. . . Different strokes.
Not trying to preach. Just trying to add a little value to the conversation.
I haven't run autos in about 6 years...I'm a strictly photo kinda guy.
So you are running photos at 24/0. Now that’s interestingI haven't run autos in about 6 years...I'm a strictly photo kinda guy.
No hard feelings or judgement...I know that breeders (like Ethos and others) are doing (and have done a lot) to homogenize their autos to be more consistent for the grower... autos just don't work well for me in a perpetual grow. . .
Found that I spent a lot of time chasing deficiencies and trying to make things work for each plant. With photos you have more time to fix issues and deal with problems as they arise without worrying about wasting time, energy, ect... Just not my cup of tea.
I don't bend to the will of the plants, they bend to mine... If they lag in veg or present traits I don't want they go bye bye.
Yessir. "Production lighting" only in veg, obviously.
They don't need "sleep" like some people think.
That’s what I am thinking. I may consider something radically different.
The only reason I could think of is maybe they have other plants in flower in the same tent as seedlings. Maybe someone would do it with limited space to keep the plant small
Last autos I grew was on 24/0 and I didn’t have any problems.
