# True Noob's Need Lot's of Help! **URL:** \ **Category:** Grow Cycle\ **Created:** [January 3, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/true-noobs-need-lots-of-help/8431 "2017-01-03T22:42:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 215
**Author:** ![bob31](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/bob31/32/76512_2.png) [@bob31](https://ilgmforum.com/u/bob31)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 4:15am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/true-noobs-need-lots-of-help/8431/215 "2017-01-20T04:15:45Z")
@Countryboyjvd1971 @Niala So the other day, somewhere on here… A place I can no longer locate we had a short discussion about lighting up my new little girl and I said 24/7 or 18/6 I hadn’t decided… Anyway full credit to @Paranorman who posted this today on a different thread but I thought it mid=ght be worth at least considering this. I have decided to leave my AK47 Auto on 24/7 under t5 after I read this. > [@My first ever grow](http://ilgmforum.com/t/my-first-ever-grow/5724/26): > > Yes, nothing really wrong with lights on 24/7 from seed to until ready to induce flowering with a schedule like 12 on and 12 off, because cannabis is a C3 plant and can’t uptake CO2 without light. And actually the scholars, experts, and studies have shown that all C3 plants, including cannabis, do not need a dark period during the vegetative growing cycle and will benefit from increased growth under 24 hours of light, to a certain extent. In short, cannabis does not need a dark period, except … I messed up the link so iff anyone jumped on the before I fixed it, my bad. I think that @MacGyverStoner makes a strong argument for the 24/7 --- _[View the full topic](https://ilgmforum.com/t/true-noobs-need-lots-of-help/8431)._