help with light cycles

Tripped · Post by **Tripped** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 5:13 am

shit, im afraid im gonna mess up my plant. I need to know how long I should have light/dark for my plant. anyone?

astramasta · Post by **astramasta** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 5:23 am

18 hours of light for vegetative growth, and 12 hours for flowering time.

Tripped · Post by **Tripped** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 5:27 am

alright, thank ya much.

Sammy · Post by **Sammy** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 7:31 am

astra got it right, 18/6 then 12/12

or 24/0 then 12/12 but it depends on the light

Tripped · Post by **Tripped** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 1:51 pm

I have 65w light when do I switch to 12/12, or can I keep it on 24/0?

astramasta · Post by **astramasta** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 5:25 am

Tripped wrote:I have 65w light when do I switch to 12/12, or can I keep it on 24/0?

what type of light is it, metal halide? HPS? florescent? household bulb?
65w sounds like a household bulb to me........ in which case, get urself a florecent, household bulbs just stretch ur plant as i found out

Tripped · Post by **Tripped** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:55 am

yea I just came upon that too.

I need a different bulb..... fuck.

edit: do you mean a regular light bulb, cause i'm using a 65w grow light not a household lightbulb, I dunno but it's gotten so damn stretched.

astramasta · Post by **astramasta** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 10:40 am

Tripped wrote:yea I just came upon that too. I need a different bulb..... fuck.

edit: do you mean a regular light bulb, cause i'm using a 65w grow light not a household lightbulb, I dunno but it's gotten so damn stretched.

im not an expert on this, in fact i know very little but il try to help, now lets see......
by grow light i presume u mean an incandecent light? i believe these are used for growing plants indoors, but are not suitable for marijuana plants as the light spectrum is not correct?
basically, u need to get a metal halide bulb/high pressure sodium bulb for ur plant to grow properly, failing that, florecent strip lights work wonders for me, u get them from hardware stores and they are very cheap!

Mon Apr 11, 2005 11:00 am

A 65w grow light?? Hmmm. I never knew they went so small. I use 2x 400w HPS lamps. And you only have 1 plant??

Tripped · Post by **Tripped** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:03 pm

three... in the same pot, i'm gonn separate them more but what brand/kind of light is suggested?

astramasta · Post by **astramasta** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 8:45 pm

Tripped wrote:three... in the same pot, i'm gonn separate them more but what brand/kind of light is suggested?

depends how much money u wanna spend, u could go for florescents, nice and cheap like me, do the job... lookin at about £20 for one in the uk so about $30 in the u.s?
or u can go on better and get a 250w hps grow light which ur lookin at about £50 so $80 i think?, or more for the higher powered units of 400w +

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