Here in the not too distant past (I'm a stoner that works nights, my sense of days is all screwed up, so I can't do any better on timing), there was a post about 18 hour light cycles.
Now, from what I remember, I want to say it was posted on OG, quoting a write up over here by IMBoggled, where IM was referencing an article from a non-cannabis focused hydro site.
The article discussed a growers experiments with 18 hour light cycles, based on the theory that plants were most effecient at gathering light during only a portion of the 'day' cycle. I want to say that during veg, he used 14 on 6 off, and during flower he used 6 on 12 off.
The grower claimed a 3 week shorter harvest cycle, with a 30-40% increase in yield.
Something about this rang true to me, and I want to reread the article, anyone know what I'm talking about or where to find more info? I've tried google, and of course the respective search functions on each site I frequent, with no luck.
With recent events, I find myself with a spare 1k light, and, shortly, plenty of space. I was going to do a side by side with one 1k running a standard cycle, and the other running the 18 hour cycle, see if there's any reproducability of the claimed results.
Can anyone else remember this article?
Now, from what I remember, I want to say it was posted on OG, quoting a write up over here by IMBoggled, where IM was referencing an article from a non-cannabis focused hydro site.
The article discussed a growers experiments with 18 hour light cycles, based on the theory that plants were most effecient at gathering light during only a portion of the 'day' cycle. I want to say that during veg, he used 14 on 6 off, and during flower he used 6 on 12 off.
The grower claimed a 3 week shorter harvest cycle, with a 30-40% increase in yield.
Something about this rang true to me, and I want to reread the article, anyone know what I'm talking about or where to find more info? I've tried google, and of course the respective search functions on each site I frequent, with no luck.
With recent events, I find myself with a spare 1k light, and, shortly, plenty of space. I was going to do a side by side with one 1k running a standard cycle, and the other running the 18 hour cycle, see if there's any reproducability of the claimed results.
Can anyone else remember this article?