Lighting What's the best lighting cycle for autos - 24/0, 20/4 or 18/6

[diskokobaja]

what size pots are u using and how much is yore average yield from 6 girls? i ask u because im using 400whps too and always 6ladies

 

[epenguin]

Very Interesting Cartman. Please keep posting......I am a 20/4 man myself. eP

 

[F.N.]

It is fun to see the different theories and people putting them to test. I am a 24/0 guy myself

 

[BigSm0]

19/5 for me, I saw so many different suggestions i decided to go right in the middle. Plus the 5 hours off is just enough time to let my electric meter to cool down. Any more or less it hasn't efficiently cooled itself.

Another thread I saw a 17/8 suggestion. Either he resets his timers everyday or that's just one dumb individual. Great thread by the way.

 

[F.N.]

Everyone should pull out three of there biggest plants strongest stinkiest ones and will do a comparison of sorts. I'M in

 

[Atulip]

I started thinking about it economically. I was running 18/6 before and run 24/0 now. I have about 500w of lighting per m2, an extra 6 hours of light only costs me $30 more per 90 day cycle. So if 6 hours extra each day nets me an extra 3g/m2 it makes more sense to run them 24/7.

 

[AutoWonders]

I have been running my led lights around the clock for a long time and that is my #1 preference. I don't have electrical issues, nor do I have budgetary issues, so I pound them with light. My runs finish sooner as well as yield a littler bigger and that works best for me. I also run my led lights through a voltage regulator and my inline fan through a Variac controller. The Variac is my favorite piece of equipment in my setup.

 

[hadschy]

I have been running my led lights around the clock for a long time and that is my #1 preference. I don't have electrical issues, nor do I have budgetary issues, so I pound them with light. My runs finish sooner as well as yield a littler bigger and that works best for me. I also run my led lights through a voltage regulator and my inline fan through a Variac controller. The Variac is my favorite piece of equipment in my setup.

^^^^^
this :smoking:

 

[gantsa]

some people that run tests, claim that the longer the dark period is the longer it takes for the buds to finish. That the life of autos depends a lot to the total hours of light they recive. I dont know if they r right, but every breeder gives you a light schedule for each strain (most 20/4) so as to finish in 60-80+ days (depends on strain). People who made test with 16/8 or more dark hrs, claim that it took longer to finish

 

[F.N.]

My studies from growing at least two hundred autos all on 24/0 it is the only way to grow AUTOS I have grown many different strains too. The one thing I have not had is one led burn out yet running 24/7 straight forward motion autos need no rest period IMO