"Marijuana plants photosynthesize as long as they receive light as well as water, air, nutrients and suitable temperature. Photosynthesis is the process in which plants use the energy from light (primarily in the blue and red spectrum's) to combine carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air and water (H2O) to make sugar while releasing oxygen to the air.
Plants use sugars continuously to fuel metabolic processes (living) as well as for tissue building. The plant combines nitrogen ( N ) with the sugar to make amino acids, the building blocks of proteins. They are the substance of plant tissue. When the light is off, the plant's metabolic processes, respiration and growth, continue.
The plant can photosynthesize continuously so it produces the most energy and growth when the light is on, continuously. Continuous light does not stress the plant, which reacts somewhat mechanistically to it.
Plants under an 18-6 light-dark regimen are producing sugar only three quarters of the time. They are thus growing at only 75% of their potential. Leaving the light on continuously will result in bigger plants, faster, which leads to higher yields."
Re: Sykonots grow
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 8:32 pm
by SykonoT
Yea I just put them to 18/6
Re: Sykonots grow
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 8:38 pm
by Weedguru Higher
Good lord you are going to wind up hermying your plants with all these mid grow changes and stresses...
Re: Sykonots grow
Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 1:51 am
by SykonoT
Yea I just put them to 18/6
Re: Sykonots grow
Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 1:53 am
by SykonoT
Well I didn't give then any dark yet so I'll just leave it at 24/0 lol idkkkkkkkk
Re: Sykonots grow
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 12:50 pm
by Weedguru_Fire_Inside
lol, do what you will mate, i'm just saying i'd go 18/6 personally.
Higher, i'd hate to disagree with someone who is so knowledgeable, such as good old Ed, but through personal experience, i would never use 24/0. Plants grow best, with highest yields, outdoors in natural conditions, i try to keep my garden as close to this as possible.
Re: Sykonots grow
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 1:23 pm
by Weedguru Higher
^ To each his own eh
Re: Sykonots grow
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 4:41 pm
by SpRi7e
It might also be strain dependent on how it takes to 24/0 and 18/6.. I've seen people do side by side comparisons and sometimes it's the 18/6 that beats it, but almost every time I've noticed the 24/0 kicked it's ass in yield and quality. There's no possible way to make a conclusion about that, unless it's like what I said, purely strain dependent. Like how afghan type strains were more accustomed to the LONG outdoor heat/sun, some are more accustomed to climates where there isn't as much daylight. If I do another indoor grow though, I'm almost definitely keeping it on a 24/0 light cycle
You got to remember that CFL or HPS lights aren't nearly as strong as the sun and doesn't put as much stress on it (especially because of controlled climate) which is a HUGE reason why plants need dark hours in the first place. I'd say lower wattage CFL lights should be at 24/0 though because they have such little amount of stress that it gives the plant, it doesn't completely deplete all it's energy each day
Re: Sykonots grow
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 9:46 pm
by SykonoT
Mines always stretch a shit load when I give them dark so that's y I gave this grow a 24/0 and I have no stretch but I had a lot of stress which is the reason I have small plants right now
Re: Sykonots grow
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 5:55 am
by SykonoT
This is the 31 day update still small from all the stress as u can see but now there starting to take off,I see the leafs growing larger everyday now,there on "7" leafs now" most of them" and threw n a little lst because I ddnt wanna wait but its going to pay off as u see there all getting 4-5-6 new tops each and going to b monsters by time I bud them,I'm hopig for a high yield because I need some money back from all the expenses I had with them..
But anyways heres the vid,rate/comment and enjoy thanks for the help
Re: Sykonots grow
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 10:57 am
by Weedguru Higher
They are looking sooooo much better man! And glad to see you've been doing some LST, it'll really pay off.
Best of luck for the rest of the grow!
Re: Sykonots grow
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 11:52 am
by (weedguru)scarf
nice video man.... very nice
Re: Sykonots grow
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 1:03 pm
by SykonoT
Thanks;) I find ever since I transplanted they started getting alot nicer,also I'm doing the side by side grow with seedling but there growing just as slow even n the ocean forest ...I'll stick with these and just make some clones before I bud them
Re: Sykonots grow
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 1:47 pm
by Weedguru Higher
Is that a brand new light bulb you are using or a used one?
Re: Sykonots grow
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 7:04 pm
by SykonoT
I bought about a year ago but it's the first time I use it