How much light to keep plants in veg?

[halloweed2006]

I have a situation where I have one timer powering lights to both a veg and flower room. To keep myself safe from forgetting to unplug the timer I keep it on 12/12 schedule. We all know this will cause the vegetating plants to flower. Will a simple household 75 watt light bulb at the top of my 8x9x10 veg room on a 20/4 timer keep the plants from flowering and not stressing the fuck out? I don't care the rate at which my veg plants grow; I just don't want them to be flowering or stressed. BTW when they're on the 12 hours with light they have a few kilos of juicy MH HID lighting.

I also have a few mothers who I lazily let flower and they are about 2 and half weeks in, so they're full blow flowering. How long in veg until they recover and lose the colas and when can I safely take clones from them.

 

[SuperLarry]

I doubt the 75 watt halogen will work.. Why don't you use the timer you were going to put the 75 watt halogen on for your veg light/s?

 

[reefa cheefa]

you shouldnt even b using halogen lights keep ur flower on the 12/12 timer and keep veg on 24/7 or do your 8 hrs dark manually.

 

[BudLove]

To answer your question: Yes... if you allow your plants to get light, ANY LIGHT, for 18hrs a day, they should not flower.... Not that I agree with your current setup, but it will work based on what you've said.

BL

 

[The_Leader]

yeah im not getting why you dont just use timer on veg schedule?

you can take clones from flowering plant. just takes longer to start upward veg growth.