Is increasing lights-on time in flower a problem here?

raggyb

raggyb

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Would it cause the plant problems if I start it flowering with 11 hours on 13 hours off, and 4 weeks or so later increase it to 12 on 12 off? I'm trying to get my sativa to hurry the fuck up but want to put another non sativa plant in there with it. :eek:

Will the increase in on time weird out the plant even though it's only 12 hours?
 
Nizza

Nizza

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try adding far red supplements 730 nm and see if it helps promote ripening. You can do what is called an End of day treatment to make them goto sleep quicker
 
Sergeant420

Sergeant420

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raggyb said:
Would it cause the plant problems if I start it flowering with 11 hours on 13 hours off, and 4 weeks or so later increase it to 12 on 12 off? I'm trying to get my sativa to hurry the fuck up but want to put another non sativa plant in there with it. :eek:

Will the increase in on time weird out the plant even though it's only 12 hours?
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But for future better way to go is to make sure your high side instead of low side of the time 13.2 is your rough flower area of time down to roughly 11 so next time if your not sure go high side an drop plants may take a moments pause while they adjust don’t stress just watch wait . Won’t hurt in the end just maybe week or so longer maybe this is my take not THE take so take from it as you’d like if you like .
One other thing is won’t be any quicker just so you know what you get is slightly different outcomes from the point extra so little extra haul but not a quicker hall if that makes sense they do things in a set time can’t be hurried in standard growing .
If anything in this case as I said little longer to flower due to adjusting. My take others more experienced may beg to differ
 
Sergeant420

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Nizza said:
try adding far red supplements 730 nm and see if it helps promote ripening. You can do what is called an End of day treatment to make them goto sleep quicker
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See his a beginner of what ever his doing don’t go getting all complicated on him lmao standard to start learn then expand into the rest of it as your end of day treatment
 
Sergeant420

Sergeant420

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Nizza said:
try adding far red supplements 730 nm and see if it helps promote ripening. You can do what is called an End of day treatment to make them goto sleep quicker
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Ide like to hear about the end of day treatment nothing I know of but I’m standard grower simple soil system an grow so it’s something I haven’t looked at I like these forums fir the extra quicker knowledge or ideas of others expanding my knowledge so please do share
 
raggyb

raggyb

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Sergeant420 said:
Stick to simple man stick to what you know ideas are good if your not really counting on what you’ve already put effort to
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I cancelled simple since it's a sativa I'm growing at the moment, like a real 18+ weeker. The plant is better than it's sibling which I tossed, but I can tell it's not a superstar either so I don't mind trying a little something.
 
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TheWholeTruth

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Man if you tried increasing the light on hpurs with a sativa ( a proper one) from 11 on - 13 off to 12-12 it could of caused issues. Some sativas can start reveging on 12-12 . Some will just start growing branch shoots out of the buds and the buds near the tops start stretching out growin all new stem inbetween, with some starting to go into contiued reflower. So no that wasnt a good idea. Ive grown many many 18-24 weekers and have tested these dark and light hours so know how they work. Yeah with normal commercial hybrids despite if some people label some exotics they actually arnt as they are normal commercial hybrids increases in light hours in flowering that small wont cause a difference usually till you get into about the 14 hours on range. But true exotic sativas dont work like that, some come from areas on the planet were the light on of hours outdoors are around the 12-12mark year round and only have slight changes to signal the seasons and flowering. By the way I see your using hps to flower, look up the spectrum of your bulb as its most likley you already have far red in the spectrum as most hps bulbs used to flower do. Many led's have far red chips too now aswell already.
 
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Sergeant420

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TheWholeTruth said:
Man if you tried increasing the light on hpurs with a sativa ( a proper one) from 11 on - 13 off to 12-12 it could of caused issues. Some sativas can start reveging on 12-12 . Some will just start growing branch shoots out of the buds and the buds near the tops start stretching out growin all new stem inbetween, with some starting to go into contiued reflower. So no that wasnt a good idea. Ive grown many many 18-24 weekers and have tested these dark and light hours so know how they work. Yeah with normal commercial hybrids despite if some people label some exotics they actually arnt as they are normal commercial hybrids increases in light hours in flowering that small wont cause a difference usually till you get into about the 14 hours on range. But true exotic sativas dont work like that, some come from areas on the planet were the light on of hours outdoors are around the 12-12mark year round and only have slight changes to signal the seasons and flowering. By the way I see your using hps to flower, look up the spectrum of your bulb as its most likley you already have far red in the spectrum as most hps bulbs used to flower do. Many led's have far red chips too now aswell already.
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It’s true strain bound hours got to find the sweet fur that strain good info too
 
raggyb

raggyb

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TheWholeTruth said:
Man if you tried increasing the light on hpurs with a sativa ( a proper one) from 11 on - 13 off to 12-12 it could of caused issues. Some sativas can start reveging on 12-12 . Some will just start growing branch shoots out of the buds and the buds near the tops start stretching out growin all new stem inbetween, with some starting to go into contiued reflower. So no that wasnt a good idea. Ive grown many many 18-24 weekers and have tested these dark and light hours so know how they work. Yeah with normal commercial hybrids despite if some people label some exotics they actually arnt as they are normal commercial hybrids increases in light hours in flowering that small wont cause a difference usually till you get into about the 14 hours on range. But true exotic sativas dont work like that, some come from areas on the planet were the light on of hours outdoors are around the 12-12mark year round and only have slight changes to signal the seasons and flowering. By the way I see your using hps to flower, look up the spectrum of your bulb as its most likley you already have far red in the spectrum as most hps bulbs used to flower do. Many led's have far red chips too now aswell already.
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Thanks for info. It's ok in this case because I wont increase until the sativa is harvested. I'm not using hps but I'll pull the old one out to create a sunset which was the idea that it probably has some red.
 
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