Thank you for that. I will need to do more reading!
The learning never ends! 
I like that! 
Hey all, as usual great info on here.
So I thought I had auto flowers, as they started flowering outside when light was still 13-14 hours per day (late august in NY State). I brought them inside and turned on the lights 18/6. After much thought and gazing at the plants, I think maybe they arenât autos after all and the long light cycle has started turning them back to veg. And the flowers themselves donât really seem to be growing that much. So I just this morning switched the lights to 12/12, thinking I have to force them back into flower. This sound right to youse experts?
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Beginning to see a lot of these. Auto flowers that got the recessive gene. They donât flower until 12/12 like you observed.
I have a few ggAuto all planted at the same time. Some on 24 and some 18/6. The ones on 24 7 have clearly started flowering much faster and aggressive the those on 18/6. I am going to try this several times to see if hours on make a difference
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All on the same wattage light
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I know this is old post but any definitive answers on 24/7 flowering faster?
Of course some people think that autos are on a timer like the plant has a clock ticking down , but itâs actually based on size and maturity of the plant, if you screw up and stunt them at 2-4 inches tall theyâll usually veg longer to recover ( though Iâve seen some people who stunt them for SO long they flower anyways)
Just been reading up on a âlanternâ cycleâŠ
12 on
1off
5.5 on
5.5 off
Interesting theory as wellâŠ
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Someone around here does 6/2 schedule I considered doing a 6:40/1:20 to mimic my 20 hour schedule but the theory is that with mini breaks they have more explosive growth
Read on that a bit as well⊠think I see some experiments in my future
I wouldnât just get lucky and youâll get a pheno like this 2x2x3.5 banana blaze auto , Iâm easily gonna get at least 6 Oz from her
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Nice work
Ohh whoops accidentally posted on the wrong post (fat fingered it lol) oh well Iâll leave it, it actually kinda fits lol
Love your tagname @Franksandbeans âThereâs Something about Maryâ With my Autoâs I have tried 20/4 19/5 18/6 I have now settled on 13/11 and they seem to like this the best Temp is 77-79 and RH is 45-50% and it is good to see new folks joining up more info welcome to the jungle Happy Growing!
I did this for a month they didnât like it at all. Had many problems with growth and deficients burnt leaves growth of leaves not flowers ,so I backed the hours down they are better
Most important thing with what ever light cycle you use , You must get your DLI in ever day, 20/4 18/6 please download photone app Get ur DLI dialed in easy way to get your light in right place
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I didnât have that one Iâll load it and try it It different from the one I use now Thanks
@Nicky are you saying it is better to measure DLI instead of ppfd? Are you saying that should be the only measure I take is the DLI?
Nicky hasnât been around for 6 months.
DLI is a measure of PPFD per unit time. DLI is PPFD x (time of light exposure)/10.76. It doesnât matter which you use so long as you are conscious of the difference.
For instance: the DLI of an 18 hour light cycle will be 50% higher that the DLI of a 12 hour light cycle given an equivalent PPFD.
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