Question about light cycles

Okay so I have a quick question in regards to light cycles and adjusting the cycle to start at a different time. So I currently am running an 18/6 light cycle for my Northern Lights Auto’s and the light time is from 12 AM to 6 PM and so on. I live in AZ and the temp here has been getting warmer so my tent gets rather warm around mid day. My question is, can I change my light cycle from its current 12AM-6PM lights on 6PM-12AM lights off, to maybe a 4PM-10AM Lights on to 10AM-4PM schedule? I’m assuming any change to light schedule is rather big and can result in issues, but I just wanted to see if anyone has had any such luck.

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In veg you can change the times as you have described with not problem.

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And if you are in doubt just make changes to the schedule so that they come out of darkness to the new schedule. This is a pretty common practice. Electricity costs are often lower too.

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Best trick I’ve found for controlling temp is to run 6/2, 6/2, 6/2. I was having a problem with temps popping too high into the 80s. Now I stay in the high 70s. My autos love it.

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Yep, I run 6/2 for this reason as well

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Not really in veg. You can leave light on all the time if you wanted. If flowering i would just extend the dark period to get to where you need to.

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