Duration of light on indoor plants

[Wargul]

Nah, I lost track of this conversation ages ago. I'll leave it to the boffins.

 

[Secretchief]

I'm not sure I would really want to stretch the light hours for just 60-90mins considering the problems it could cause.

Some reported effects seem to be faster and more vigorous trichome production and less time to finish (just for Emerson not extended light cycle) so there seems to be merit in the documentation that's searchable.

If I were to bother I'd be running something like the following.

660 + 730 15mins before and after main light on (to wake the plant up and have the effect triggered)
12hrs of full spectrum light (which includes 660 & 730nm)
730nm 15mins before and after main light out (to put her to sleep)

To be a real rebel you could smash 10k UV for hours 13-13.5 then hit it with the 730nm
(tipping that might end in disaster tho lol)

I run 660+730 during lights on but tend to agree the effort is better spent elsewhere. UV is interesting, seems to be purely a controlled way of introducing stress so probably works for some people and disaster for others.

 

[ledgrowlightaquarium]

Don't forget though that plants, like animals, also need regular down time with the lights switched off – as a rule don't exceed eighteen hours per day.

 

[Old fox]

Don't forget though that plants, like animals, also need regular down time with the lights switched off – as a rule don't exceed eighteen hours per day.

Yeah that's a myth. Cannabis loves 24/24 lights, and grows significantly faster than 18/6. No need for lights out until flowering.

 

[Sedge]

Don't forget though that plants, like animals, also need regular down time with the lights switched off – as a rule don't exceed eighteen hours per day.

Wrong advice again,,I pity the poor fucker that would take your advice to buy one of your shitty LEDs,