vegging with 24 hours of light

[liteonaesthetic]

I have a flood and drain and an aeroponics set up. I have a 400 hps with 3 CF's. I'm running the aeroponics 24 hours and the flood and drain table is going 12 times a day. The lights are going to be on 24 hours a day. I wonder if this will work well.

[GrowBot]

Originally Posted by liteonaesthetic

I have a flood and drain and an aeroponics set up. I have a 400 hps with 3 CF's. I'm running the aeroponics 24 hours and the flood and drain table is going 12 times a day. The lights are going to be on 24 hours a day. I wonder if this will work well.

some people swear by 24/7, other insist 18/6 is the way to go. whatever you end up choosing, they both work.

[liteonaesthetic]

Originally Posted by GrowBot

some people swear by 24/7, other insist 18/6 is the way to go. whatever you end up choosing, they both work.

alright, sounds good.

[trikky]

In Jorge Cervantes' book, he says more light makes more males. For my vegging period, I have chosen 16/8, while he even uses 14/10. Anyways, just a little info.

[Modnar]

If you ask me, I think there is a small differnce between 24/7 and 18/6 however the amount of electricity you would save would probably make up for any tiny amount of growing speed it adds.

[deafeningsilanc]

Originally Posted by trikky

In Jorge Cervantes' book, he says more light makes more males. For my vegging period, I have chosen 16/8, while he even uses 14/10. Anyways, just a little info.

well here again a myth. plant sex is predetermined prior to planting.

both work, its a preference, some people like how 18/6 allows the plant a lil rest for root growth. also 18/6 gives the area time to cool down and help control heat issues.

[Shimen]

Originally Posted by deafeningsilanc

well here again a myth. plant sex is predetermined prior to planting.

both work, its a preference, some people like how 18/6 allows the plant a lil rest for root growth. also 18/6 gives the area time to cool down and help control heat issues.

Hey just to let you know man Cannabis culture says that the sex of a cannabis plant is ALWAYS changeable. Just thought you should know. -PEACE

[exsequor]

That's the same with most plants though...

[deafeningsilanc]

i dont believe everything i read on the internet!

[GrowBot]

Originally Posted by Shimen

Hey just to let you know man Cannabis culture says that the sex of a cannabis plant is ALWAYS changeable. Just thought you should know. -PEACE

sure wish i knew how to change a male to a female.

[jiggerman78]

Originally Posted by deafeningsilanc

well here again a myth. plant sex is predetermined prior to planting.

I guess thats how i got a hermie then. mother^%^(*%^& predetermined seeds screwed me over ... Or maybe it was because my babies went through so much shock that they just changed . Plant sex is NOT predetermined, but you can maximize the chances of which sex you prefer, through genetics. After they sprout though its up to the enviroment including the plant.

[deafeningsilanc]

you guys can believe what you want, theres no way any of you can say that you can "change" the sex of a plant from male to female and vice versa... its assinine to make such claims.

hermies are a different story, and because im not a botanist ive got no scientific explanation for you guys, but you cant change a baby girl to a boy in the womb...

[DrBudGreengenes]

As far as the sex of a plant....the plant is Male or Female at the time of germination.....now Mj is a weed and a very strong one at that.....thru thousands of years of evolution has a built in "Survival Mechanism" that allows it to buy its self 2 sometimes 3 more growing seasons to pass on its genetics.....that is its ability to fertilize itself and carry its genes and only its sex on in seed form.....time,drought,heat,flood,or a cold snap will do this in the wild.....stress will cause it the grow room most often with Hydro PH spikes... A male plant can and will make a single female flower often near the bottom of a plant......and manyof us have seen a female "go hermie"....back in the 80's when a few of us were doin this on a lil' larger scale........I have takin' clones(from a new kind) some times 50 at a time and done terrible things to them to try to stress them into "goin hermie"...so that we could find a HARD FEMALE for commercial production....when ya' have 2000 clones on a table ya can't watch them all and 1 HERMIE can cause quite a fuss...lol They are rare out of 100's of kinds tested over the years I have only seen 2 pass the test a HazexNL#5 and a Hash Plant....and they have been lost That is how feminized seed was discovered......my Horticulture teacher told us about that in 1982....kinda funny how the new seed banks are makin' a HUGE deal outta female seeds...lol

Dr. Bud Greenegenes D.M.C.

[deafeningsilanc]

im still looking for someone to show me how you change a seed from male to female before you germ and plant it!!!


oh wait you cant, or else we wouldnt have to preflower or do any worrying about male plants!

[growiusmaximus]

Originally Posted by deafeningsilanc

im still looking for someone to show me how you change a seed from male to female before you germ and plant it!!!


oh wait you cant, or else we wouldnt have to preflower or do any worrying about male plants!

There are no male or female seeds (not talking about feminised). All MJ seeds contain male and female chromosones. The plant does not choose its sex untill after 3 sets of true leaves have emerged.

Environmental factors can increase or decrease the percentages of males and females. Increasing nitrogen makes more females, lower tempatures make more females, higher humidity make more females.

If there were such a thing a male or female seeds then there would be a genetic test or indicator we could use to identify them and not plant male seeds...

My information is obtained from 2 very reliable sources.... Jorge Cervantes Growers bible and I just spent an afternoon a few weeks ago talking with Arjan of Greenhouse seeds when I was in the Dam for cannabis cup over thanksgiving. Oh btw.... Arjan just won his 31st cannabis cup so I think he might know a little bit about the matter.