Switching lights to 11/13 thae few weeks of fower?

Buds for mamma

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My question is does switching lights to 11hours on 13 off increase or speed up maturity I have heard of this wanting to know if it is in beneficial.
 

A e o n

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No, slower actually. IF you need speed at the cost of yield, high stress events in the last week of veg or first of flower, can get plants to finish a week or two earlier.
 

jdoorn14

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It may help plants to finish a few days earlier than they otherwise would have...if you run your entire flower at 11/13.

In my experience, running 11/13 only does a couple things: 1) lower electricity cost, 2) sometimes brings out different expressions of structure, color, terpenes, etc...but again, if you run your entire flower at 11/13.
 

Cavoszia

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It may help plants to finish a few days earlier than they otherwise would have...if you run your entire flower at 11/13.

In my experience, running 11/13 only does a couple things: 1) lower electricity cost, 2) sometimes brings out different expressions of structure, color, terpenes, etc...but again, if you run your entire flower at 11/13.
What happens at 10/14 whole way through flower?
 

V256.420

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Lower on time doesn't do much at all. I do 11.5 hours on with all my flower only to save a little electric. Half an hour doesn't do anything to the plants.
 

PopAndSonGrows

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My personal opinion, it's just an extra hour of electricity savings.

Flipping to 11/13 as your initial flowering cycle may prompt flowering a wee bit sooner, and my understanding with reducing from 12/12 to 11/13 in late flowering/ripening, it may help facilitate some color change/senescence. I genuinely don't think it speeds up the overall flowering time enough worth mention, maaaaybe one or two days out of a full 12 weeks.
 
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