What's the best way to go about changing a light cycle that is currently 12/12 running in day to running at night. Do I extend the light cycle or the night cycle? Is their a good way or am I screwed either way? Sent from my Z981 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Keep a 12/12 just change the hours in which the cycle runs. Basically the heat has been slowing my growth and I want to run the lights at night to bring the heat down in the day and bring it up a bit at night as well. Not sure how I'm going to go about the process of doing so. Basically skip the shut off and run a double light or the opposite and run a double dark period. Trying to avoid shocking them or confusing them as much as possible. Sent from my Z981 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Oh, I see. In my experience the plants don't shock very easily if the light cycle is a bit irregular at times. At the moment a I have a couple of plants flowering, but I just take them in at night and out in the morning. And I can assure you my life is not that regular. Anyway I would probably just change the schedule in a couple of steps, by extending and shifting the dark period especially since you have heat issues.
I've done what your asking friend, once light go off just change your hours and leave her be. Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk
Flowering response is triggered by the length of darkness. So you definitely should extend your dark period not the light
Just change ur light to nights. Skip like today's lights and than start back up tonight. So they will get 24 hours of darkness to pull this off. Very key that they get complete darkness Sent from my SM-G935T using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Just change to 12/12. No darkness or 24 of light needed. If THIS causes an issue with ur plant, it’s a bad strain regardless. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I actually start at 11.5 if light hours just too make sure that one testy plant lol. I get big buds with 10 hours of sunlight or even less! Dispelled all of that 24 hours of light on autos. Quality of light is the key! Sun#1 Cmh and QBs like tied for 5th way behind the sun Sent from my SM-G935T using Grasscity Forum mobile app
No bad strains, all purple city Genetics got gsc cement shoes eastbay og Kush and watermelon Zkittlez. And maybe you miss read or something but I have to do a 24 of either because I would be switching from day to night. Already in 12/12. Sent from my Z981 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Yeah that's what I figured would be the best way. Just wanted reassurance and maybe if their was a trick to learn wanted to cover that base also. I got panda film in 2 sections and then over entrance way doors as well so when lights go out they go out. I had a hard time exiting once when I was working and the timer shut them off was so pitch black I couldn't see my hand in front of my face. Sent from my Z981 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Ah my bad - I don’t think it matters. 24 hours either way is a blip in the plants life. Whatever is conducive to you. Best of luck! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk