ilikemsticky
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im thinking if the plant is done for the day why not save a buck!
Pennywise Strikes Again
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Hey Penny. All looking good around here. So are true sativas slow to flower under 12/12? I took a cutting from my Highland Laos to reset the mother plant and the old mother I threw in the tent with the flowering plants. That was a couple weeks ago and there is still no sign of sex yet. It's just growing as it always does. Fast. I had no intention of seeing it through to the end. I'm just trying to guage the stretch and work out if it is male or female. Would changing the light cycle be a good idea?
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You can go down to 10/14 they just do everything slow.
Except grow. Feels like I'm trimming it all of the time to keep it in the little tent.
i cut from 12/12 to 11/13 then 10/14 in flower. i run a lot more light in the flower room though.
I assume you've noticed better results?
I'll have to give this a try. You've never steered me wrong in the past.
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Next run I do I’ll do a 12 hour lights on then 5 1/2 lights off, 1 hour on then finish the day with another 5 1/2 lights on. The one hour on in the middle of the dark cycle will prevent them from flowering. It’s called “Gaslighting” save a lot of money on the electric bil.
Very interesting. I will do my homework. Would be great to try in my veg tent. Thanks again.
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I’ll find the post Snowhigh sent me on how he runs his light cycles.
The Celt
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@Pennywise Have you seen anyone do a side-by-side grow using the Gas Lantern technique vs normal veg practices? I’ve often wondered if the yields/quality are similar.
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I’ll be running clones again next run so we’ll see how it works out.
The Celt
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I’ll be watching with interest
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Should be interesting, I’m sure certain strains will behave better than others.
The Celt
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Might be a good way to grow pure Sativas indoors
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I’ll be running everything on that schedule at first to see how the hybrids behave.
PCaddict
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Hay Penny I have my speed back now so I can get all caught up
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Cool, did you figure out what was going on?
PCaddict
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No I never did but its back to full speed which on this computer and my 400mb download speed its faster the a blink of the eye so I am happy 
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Ok good deal, mines running faster now as well
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Try reducing your light schedule to 11 on / 13 off. If you do your research, DJ short and I know Snowhigh (from email) both use 11/13, even for indicas. I have permanently switched to 11/13 for everything, even with indicas, since my last run and everything was fine.
11/13 will prevent late stage re-flowering. Many old timers and breeders use this light schedule.
Snowhigh even recommended to me to use 10.5 / 13.5 and he said that's the sweet spot for ALL plants!
DJ Short said that night time is when the plant put on weigh (i.e. resin, leaves growth, etc). I have not done comparative test myself, but all of the flowers from the 11/13 run with 3 different strains were all caked and resinous.
11/13 will prevent late stage re-flowering. Many old timers and breeders use this light schedule.
Snowhigh even recommended to me to use 10.5 / 13.5 and he said that's the sweet spot for ALL plants!
DJ Short said that night time is when the plant put on weigh (i.e. resin, leaves growth, etc). I have not done comparative test myself, but all of the flowers from the 11/13 run with 3 different strains were all caked and resinous.