2x2lcallingcq
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How can I finish flowering my wight widow hydro in 2 weeks? I've cut the hrs to 16off/8on and I'm flushing with h2o and pineapple juice anything more I can do ?
How to finish flowering in 2 weeks
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Dmafioso180
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what does the pineapple juice do?
shortybighead
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pineapple juice......
2x2lcallingcq
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It's in 6th week of flowering- and my lease ends soooon!!
If I remember correctly it makes semen taste better.
Hobbes
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Found this, you're flower time will be reduced and still maintain yield.
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Growing with an 18 hour Day/Night Cycle
The Theory
The theory behind the 18 hour Day/Night cycle is that during a normal 24 hour light cycle plants will usually achieve high growth rates peaking at 100% capacity during the first 50 - 60% of the day. The growth rates will then diminish rapidly and the last 20 - 30% of the day achieves minimal growth. So by reducing the length of the day we are triggering an increased growth mode where the growth rates are at their peak for the majority of the day. This effectively achieves a very fast growth cycle with full yield potential.
NOTE: To achieve these incredible growth rates it is important to provide maximum light intensities and CO2 enriched conditions. The recommended lighting is 600W per square metre.
The Cycles
Vegetative Cycle - Lights ON 14 hours, Lights OFF 4 hours
Flowering Cycle - Lights ON 6 hours, Lights OFF 12 hours
The Benefits
The growth acheived during an 18 hour cycle can be the equivalent to that acheived during a 24 hour cycle. So by running 18 hour cycles the same growth and yield can be acheived in 75% of the time.
Reduced day lengths also mean reduced power consumption. Grow more and use less power. Who can argue with that?
For example, an average crop grown from seed using a 24 hour day/night cycle will have a 4 weeks grow cycle and an 8 weeks flower cycle. This equates to 28 days @ 18 hours a day and 56 days @ 12 hours a day = 1176 hours of light over 12 weeks.
An accellerated crop using an 18 hour day/night cycle will achieve the same yields using a 3 week grow cycle and a 6 week flower cycle. This equates to 21 days @ 14 hours a day and 42 days @ 6 hours a day = 546 hours of light over 9 weeks resulting in a 40% reduction in power consumption and a 25% reduction in crop time.
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Growing with an 18 hour Day/Night Cycle
The Theory
The theory behind the 18 hour Day/Night cycle is that during a normal 24 hour light cycle plants will usually achieve high growth rates peaking at 100% capacity during the first 50 - 60% of the day. The growth rates will then diminish rapidly and the last 20 - 30% of the day achieves minimal growth. So by reducing the length of the day we are triggering an increased growth mode where the growth rates are at their peak for the majority of the day. This effectively achieves a very fast growth cycle with full yield potential.
NOTE: To achieve these incredible growth rates it is important to provide maximum light intensities and CO2 enriched conditions. The recommended lighting is 600W per square metre.
The Cycles
Vegetative Cycle - Lights ON 14 hours, Lights OFF 4 hours
Flowering Cycle - Lights ON 6 hours, Lights OFF 12 hours
The Benefits
The growth acheived during an 18 hour cycle can be the equivalent to that acheived during a 24 hour cycle. So by running 18 hour cycles the same growth and yield can be acheived in 75% of the time.
Reduced day lengths also mean reduced power consumption. Grow more and use less power. Who can argue with that?
For example, an average crop grown from seed using a 24 hour day/night cycle will have a 4 weeks grow cycle and an 8 weeks flower cycle. This equates to 28 days @ 18 hours a day and 56 days @ 12 hours a day = 1176 hours of light over 12 weeks.
An accellerated crop using an 18 hour day/night cycle will achieve the same yields using a 3 week grow cycle and a 6 week flower cycle. This equates to 21 days @ 14 hours a day and 42 days @ 6 hours a day = 546 hours of light over 9 weeks resulting in a 40% reduction in power consumption and a 25% reduction in crop time.
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Hobbes
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No I've never done it, but it's an interesting idea if you've got a strain that won't finish. I think it'd be a pain in the ass for a personal grower like me: I don't need the extra yield; I've got my harvests staggered so I'm getting a plant every week or so; the rotating 6 hours of light to work in the garden would be a pain, you'd need night vision.
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Hobbes
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The idea is that you have an 18 hour light/dark cycle (6 light/12 dark) = one 18 hour day. So in 2 x 24 hour days you're plant grows 3 x 18 hour days. Most (all) of the trich and THC production are done at night, the day is just to gather energy. The plant absorbs most of the light from a 12 hour light period in the first 6 hours, so instead of inefficient light absorbtion (sp) for the last 6 hours of the light cycle the plant goes into it's 12 hour dark cycle.
7 x 24 hour days = 168 hours = 7 dark periods
9 x 18 hour days = 162 hours = 9 dark periods
Pretty cool
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7 x 24 hour days = 168 hours = 7 dark periods
9 x 18 hour days = 162 hours = 9 dark periods
Pretty cool
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SlikWiLL13
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both fucking hilarious....i love chuck norris jokes
did you know chuck norris tears cure cancer?
to bad chuck norris never cries.
homegrwn
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all you are doing is making the plant think thats its using 24 hrs of time in 18 hrs.. you get the same plant and the same yield in only a month less time. Its been used and ive seen journals on three reputable forums were people use it for sog. works why not just pay the 50 bucks for autoflowering femized seeds .....10 seeds for 50 bucks harvest at 9 weeks and there f1 seeds with proper curing IE not the oven... you get commercial grade killer headies for personal use... same as medical strains. To answer your original posted question.. you might want to turn the lights back more pushing the plant to finish sooner.. keep an eye on it and chop when you have to if youve flowered for six weeks already your pretty close to done thats 43 days of 60 or so
less yield and a hit on potency may be expected... but if it has to go ....go
less yield and a hit on potency may be expected... but if it has to go ....go
Its proven, less light = less bud. I notice the 18 hour day/night cycle post said, THEORY as in THEORETICALLY. As a scientist, in my profession there are two different ways of doing things, the results you achieve are two very different answers. One way gives you THEORETICAL VALUE as in, perfect world, perfect conditions, no variables, and a very high number. The Actual Values are ALWAYS 25-40% lower. No such thing as a perfect world.
The reason we grow with 18-6 (some 24-0) and 12-12 is because its what ACTUALLY IS PROVEN TO WORK. If there was a better way, thats the way it would be done
Basically why the fuck would anyone go back to a regular schedule when you can do it faster ,spending less time, and money. They wouldnt .
This is just my Opinion, of course, not pissing in anyones Cherios
The reason we grow with 18-6 (some 24-0) and 12-12 is because its what ACTUALLY IS PROVEN TO WORK. If there was a better way, thats the way it would be done
Basically why the fuck would anyone go back to a regular schedule when you can do it faster ,spending less time, and money. They wouldnt .
This is just my Opinion, of course, not pissing in anyones Cherios
buddahman420
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what does the pineapple juice do?
when i start to flower which is the best light cycle?
when i start to flower which is the best light cycle?