If I do 12/12 from seed would it be pointlesss ? I read some people say I might as well do 18/6 first 2 weeks since it won’t start to flower anyways ….I got 6 fem I’m using 2gal fiber pot to get rid of these and I’m switching to straight autoflowers after …they’re about to be here today so if I need to know asap if I should just do 18/6 if I’m still not going to be able to HARVEST sooner ?….
12/12 from seed ? …
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Autoflowers = put them on 18 hours or 20 hours light start to finish, and they're finished when they're finished (no rushing them)
Photoperiods = Put them on an 18 hour light schdule while vegging and when you want to flower, switch to 12/12 lghting. The longer you veg before flipping the timer, the bigger the plant and bigger the harvest should be.
I'm pretty sure some people 12/12 photos from seed, but i've never done it and don't know what yeilds will be.
edit: Just googled and read some of the thousands of results. 7-9 weeks, and small plants. A fully grown faster auto will probably out yeild it.
Good luck ^_^
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Ya I did to on different forums seems like half the people say from actual seed it’s a waste because it needs 2-3 weeks to mature before it flowers anyways…wasting potential yield because you could have the plant u get 18/6 first 2 weeks then switch and only reason I just started growing again and heard bad stuff about auto potency due to ruderalis but read there a lot better now and more potent
Yeah, that's very old news. Ten years ago there was a concern about ruderalis and potency, but now there's not much difference between photoperiods and autoflowers.
IMO it's easier to grow a photoperiod plant due to the ability to keep in veg for longer if something gets ballsed up ^_^
(you don't want to balls up your first 20 days of an autoflowers life)
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Aside from how the plant may respond, 12/12 requires more wattage to get the same DLI as 18/6, and doing so at higher PPFD.
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I'm over simplifying, but
PPFD is basically how much light hits an area.
DLI, day light index is a calculation of that over the time of your light cycle
it takes twice as much light to run 12/12 as 24/0 to get the same DLI
PPFD is basically how much light hits an area.
DLI, day light index is a calculation of that over the time of your light cycle
it takes twice as much light to run 12/12 as 24/0 to get the same DLI
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