2quick Q's to ask

[Smoki'mon]

How long can i leave the lights on for 24hrs?????and would i be able to jump right into flowing after i get them to the size i want?????

 

[Stix]

Some growers will tell ya that 18/6 benenfits the plants more then 24/7. Your plants do a quite abit of growing in the nightime hours as well.

The moment you change your light schedule from 18/6 or 24/7 to 12/12 your plants begin to go into flowering mode. You can start your countdown till harvest at that point.

 

[RangerDanger]

Wait until the plants are sexually mature (alternating nodes).
This usually takes 4 weeks of veg.
Plants grow quickest under 24/0 light.

 

[Smoki'mon]

thanks u all,... Ranger u jus answer my next Q i think, So that mean wait atleast 4 weeks to sex them right, and then i can revert back to 24/0 of light iz that right

 

[NoDirtWeed4Me]

Why revert back to 24/0? Are you going for a mother plant to get clones? The four weeks Ranger was talking about was 4 weeks of veg time at 24/0 before switching to flower at 12/12. From there it is another 8-10 weeks to harvest, and it spends the rest of it's time at 12/12.

 

[RangerDanger]

If you want donor plants here is a good way:
when the plants are 1 month old and exhibiting alternating nodes, take a cutting from each one (label everything).
Root the clones (2 weeks) then put them into 12/12. In 2 weeks the male clones will express sex; toss them and their donors; bud the little girls out and you have female donor plants waiting to kick out more clones.