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[Lil Dab]

I think i will slowly dial my lights back a couple hours over the next week. Im not talking about 24/0 just 20/4 but this video makes sense! Thank you!

No problem your welcome just figured it could explain the rest period and what it does better then I could. 20/4 isn’t bad least they do get some rest but from what I’ve heard 18/6 is better for terpenes so I’ve just stuck with it. No need to take a week to adjust lights especially for a couple hours. Hell I changed the photo girls 6 hrs over night

 

[Atulip]

18/6 all the way

Would the microbes thing apply to sterile hydroponics?

Do you turn the intensity down?

Nah.



I haven't noticed a quality difference, I ran 24/0 primarily in the past, for what i think were faster harvests, but I stress most of my plants regardless of the light cycle.

 

[Lil Dab]

Would the microbes thing apply to sterile hydroponics?

I don’t know about completely sterile hydro but I know this what @Mañ'O'Green taught me he is hydro rockwool with megacrop and I wholeheartedly trust his findings.

MOG’s words

I am going back to 18/6 that has proven to me to be the best indoor schedule.

Not a problem but don't go less than 11 hours of light as they may decide to ripen before getting fatter.

I have now grown autos on

8/4 Stress and Hermies, small plants and low yield.

11/13 Autos that were not autos, this fixed it

12/12 Autos with Photoperiod plants, I have plenty of DLI so not a problem.

18/6 This is the sweet spot for yield and quality.

24/0 Stressed plants, lower terps cost way more to run lights but finished about 10 days faster still cost more for energy. Overall Quality was lower.

20/4 Slightly better yield but Terps seem lower, cost more to run lights, about the same time to grow to harvest as 18/6.

The most consistent best crops come from the 18/6 and that is what I will be growing with in the future.

 

[Lil Dab]

I am pretty sure there’s still a rhizosphere and microbes with most all hydro setups that is in a substrate DWC may be a different story

 

[Mossy]

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Stop vegetarians before it's too late.....

 

[Atulip]

I am pretty sure there’s still a rhizosphere and microbes with most all hydro setups that is in a substrate DWC may be a different story

Trying to make it work well with just the root riot and dangly roots this grow.


Ran a couple Skywalker x FS similarily, I definitely stressed them. They had lovely roots though.

 

[Lil Dab]

Trying to make it work well with just the root riot and dangly roots this grow.


Ran a couple Skywalker x FS similarily, I definitely stressed them. They had lovely roots though.

Yeah I guess I don’t know about that one either

 

[Atulip]

I love flood and drain, but I got tired of buying/cleaning substrate lol.

 

[Mara Cachafa]

I am pretty sure there’s still a rhizosphere and microbes with most all hydro setups that is in a substrate DWC may be a different story

Prof. Bugbee mentioned that in one of his videos, about the active micro-biome in coco grows.

 

[Lil Dab]

I got tired of buying/cleaning substrate lo

I need to get some coco ready for the next round