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

[The Elvis]

my issue with 24 0 is it taxes my grow lamps and gets to hot in the daytime and kills my power bill. thats my issue.. i cant run 1900 watts 24 0 .. cant do it!! never mind the autos..

 

[The Elvis]

This 6 pack was grown under 18 6 and were not even close to finish in the pic..

 

[TehSnow]

I have used 24/0 cycle with my Galaxy Hydro 300w for 74 days straight (1776 hours) for Sin Tra Bajo AF grow. No chips have burned out or stopped working.
For my ongoing Dinafem Critical + 2.0 AF I'll try 20/4.

 

[jok81]

i keep mine 16 1/2 on and 7 1/2 off , i dont like messing with timer an have just left it that way , i find the plants grow up in the dark , next morning there noticebley higher sometimes i find . to much light could exaust them abit an keep them lower but wide an chunky

 

[Autoflower420]

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This 6 pack was grown under 18 6 and were not even close to finish in the pic..

Sorry to.bother u but I've been fancying trying them airpots what's ur forts on them dude are they as good as they say they are

Autoflower420

 

[Autoflower420]

When I did autos start at 20.4 then after 3 weeks dropped a hour every other day till I'm down to 14/10 so plant thinks the summer is coming to a end not sure if it has any benefits to yeild or out just what I do as for photos b4 I flip to 12.12 they spend 36 hours in total darkness seems.to making the change from veg to bloom seem shorter but I can't prove it as never tested it against a plant I don't put in darkness

Autoflower420

 

[The Elvis]

Sorry to.bother u but I've been fancying trying them airpots what's ur forts on them dude are they as good as they say they are

Autoflower420

My air pots are very cool!!! The ones I'm using i got off the bay for $45 for 6 so i had to have 12!!! generic!!!
But they are awesome!!!

 

[CoviklaFlaire]

Sorry to.bother u but I've been fancying trying them airpots what's ur forts on them dude are they as good as they say they are

Autoflower420

dude my first non fuck up grow (it was 5th) is when I used airpots..

 

[tntzz]

only up side in 24/0 instead of my favourite 20/4(as I still seem to see plants liking that breathing time) would be that once you have fine tuned your vent speeds, intakes, exhausts, temperature you get from your lamp setup, you can in fact run the autos 24/0 and get a good result with no worrying .. so more stress free grow..if your plants are ok with it, so will you be..

 

[Passel]

Harley Smith said more than 18hrs is waste of electricity.

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