12 light 5:45 dark 15 min light 6 dark

[bongman1221]

12 hours light 5:45 dark 15 min light 6 hours dark

would this lighting scedual kwwp plants in the veg stage, i have very hot days in the tropicks and heat is an isue

 

[muddy waters]

Ha bro that's actually the recipe for creating hermaphrodites, in other words, stressing the female plant into producing male flowers. I opened your thread thinking you were asking about that. It's one way of producing S1 seeds. I "tried" it once... haha... and it worked.

Now about your problem... if you are in the tropics and it's too hot to keep the lights on for 16 hours, I can sympathize. If you're just trying to keep a mother alive, realize that mothers don't need so much light compared to flowering plants, and try using less than you are now.

If you are vegging because you want bigger plants I highly recommend you get some local seeds and grow those in large containers under 12/12 from start and if they are real tropical weed they will get large without any veg period. Then when you flower them cross that local variety to a modern western hybrid (whatever seeds you're growing now if you like them), and you will have seeds that will also grow very large on nothing but 12/12, and buds that likely have more "bag appeal" larger resin glands, chunkier flowers, etc.

Hope that helps you.

 

[pumpkin2006]

It will slow your veg growth, but 12 hours of light, then 2 hours of darkness, then just light for a little bit, then 2 hours of darkness, light for just a little bit. And no, this will not create hermi's as they plants will never flower; they need 12 hours of uninterrupted darkness to induce flowering, not just 12 hours. It will work perfectly fine.

 

[muddy waters]

pumpkin you're right I should have added that this produces hermies for plants that are -in flower-... never seen what it does on vegging plants.

I think the original poster could also just run his lights 12 hours at night and leave the cab open during the day and let natural daylight interfere with flowering.

 

[bongman1221]

ok just to clarafy from seed i have the lights on for 12 hours at night of for 5 hours, 45 min, on for 15 min then off for 6 hours have bean doing this for about 5 weeks, i just want them 2 stay as mothers, are they hermaphrodites and should i turf them or are they good im confused, what is the best thing 2 do in the tropicks

 

[pumpkin2006]

They will not become hermi's by doing that.

What you can do, if you do have a hermi, is pollinate another female plant with the pollen from the hermi female. Since females are XX and males are XY axis, you would have pollen from a female that is XX and you would be pollinating another female XX, all of the seeds that would be created would have XX and so every single seed would be female. Get it?

 

[Guest]

Thats actually a tough question for me anyway,if you started with 14 hours and 3:45 dark or 15 hours and 2:45 dark I would say the plant would veg pretty normally.Hermies wont happen changing veg photoperiods around,I do it all the time.But I do it with veg photoperiods,18/6 16/8 15/9 etc,not 12 continuous light then a short dark period.Hermies wont be the problem but stunted and irregular growth very well may be.Your vegging plants may grow very slowly and produce pistils quite early.Pistils occur during vegetative growth on many strains when the plants mature but you want energy going into producing foliage in veg,not pistils.I honestly don't know what will happen with those exact photoperiods,if you could extend that first one to at least 14 hours you'd have a better chance at normal development IMO.

 

[Guest]

I am not an expert but....A hermie is a female a female is a female you will only get hermies and females with hermie genes.NO true males.

 

[Guest]

Two types of herms,genetic and environmental.Two kinds of herms,female with male parts and male with female parts.The reason a male with female parts is unfamiliar to most is when the male parts show,the plant is normally disposed of.Breeders know about male hermaphrodites..

 

[JJScorpio]

I have always considered hermies to be flowering females that develop males flowers due to either their genes or being stressed to do so. There is no way to tell if the plant will hermie until you flower her, but I wouldn't doubt that vegging under those lighting schedules will cause the plant to be a hermaphrodite.......

 

[Guest]

Only one way to know for sure JJ,I'll take the next project whilst you work on this one lol...Never mind you're probably too smart to put your lamps and equiptment through that shit lol

 

[pumpkin2006]

Again, it will work. Secondly, if you want to make female seeds, use collidial silver, simple as that.

 

[aussie grown]

if heat is your main issue

if heat is your main issue

i sugesst you get yourself some kalisharcra seeds from mandalla seeds my kali,s are withstanding almost 50 degrees temp all day long
it,s a very good strain for the hot tropics

peace out smoke up and good luck

 

[bongman1221]

I’ve just redone my ventilation system its awesome it keeps the cabs temp same as the rooms ambient temp no mater what (I went overkill) so fat i have one definite female plant one definite mail and 5 haven’t shown sex yet. I’ve also switched to 18/6 lighting period one more thing by the way can i keep mails under 18/6 without them pollinating the females that are already there

 

[crazyhorse]

Unless you are breeding and cross pollenating, why would you want to grow a male right inthe same cabnet, as all the girls? maybe I missed something here, oh well, IMO anything will grow with light thats longer than 12 hours. dark period trigger flowering, pollen of any type will do the trick, believe me, when u least expect it it will happen, SEEDS ! ARRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!!! HA HA LOL Gotta have fun with it. Chi ne he

 

[1tytersx]

run floros yo

run floros yo

run compact floros when it gets hot cuz they burn much coooler

 

[GorillaGreenz]

smoke so much dope they call me snoopie pryor
-snoop dogg