lab_rat_x

I may have had a stupid thought..... i wuz tinkin to meself, WHAT IF i kept my flourecent lights ( or my 150w hps) on for 24hrs non stop during the entire veg stage, and during this period, i alternated my 400w mh on a 6 on/6 off cycle. Would the plants maintian an increased growth rate? Has anybody ever tried this?

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lab_rat_x

i guess nobody has tried something as loco as this! it sound really viable when i thought it up stoned! still, if anybody has some info on this, pro/con or what ever, i haven't started growing yet, still need to do some last minute tweaks to the system, so there is still time......

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lab_rat_x

anybody have any information on a modified light cycle for flowering like a 6/6 light cycle? this would be great help also if anybody has had any success or failures or second hand knowledge!
Peace, hope to hear something soon!

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bgetting

I thought about that for a while this weekend, and looked at some old papers. The average time that a plant in nature gets good quality sunlight is pretty low compared to the day length. In the fall it is like 6 hours a day of good quality light, probably 12 for the summer. Anyway, if you left the fluorescents on 18/6, they would be inhibiting flowering, and then you could have the HID on for 12/12 all the time. The plants shouldn't grow any different, as they max out on photosynthesis anyway. Depending on your air quality, anyway.