I am mid-experienced and quite up on technical side. Just lately I have been wondering. Could I extend my day to 26 hours or more? I need the 12 hours of dark to keep in flower, but could I add a couple of hours of light to speed up my flower period a little? Has anyone ever tried this?
14/12?
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if you add light they will re veg our hermi , i reduced my light yesterday to 14/10 ( 14 dark ) to try speed things up due to finding nanners ,
I wouldnt chance it as it was only a couple of hours light leaks that made mine produce the nanners
good luck
I wouldnt chance it as it was only a couple of hours light leaks that made mine produce the nanners
good luck
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I thought it was the 12 dark that was key, giving 12 hrs for the flower hormone to build up to trigger level. Just 10 min of light during this 12 will break down this hormone and revert to veg? So, was thinking, surely if it is the 12 dark that is the key to it all, wouldn't do any harm to add a couple of light? I'm not suggesting a 10d/14l as understand the problem with this but by maintaining the 12dark, will it really harm to have 14 light? After all, it is maintaining the 12 dark that causes flower, not restricting to 12 light? I'm talking about a 26hr day. Does this make ANY sense?
hmmm i am not that clued up on it my self , im sure others would know a lot more than me , im just going by what happened to me over a couple of leaks , i am going more dark to get the plant to think winter is coming faster than they think lol
so you dont already have them in 12/12 sorry my mistake , i dont really know what that would do if not in 12/12 already
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I'd say going 14d/10l for first couple of weeks is a safe idea to get it right in. As I understand, it's about hitting that trigger point every dark period without interrupt. Different strains have some variation and are not all strict 12/12. I have got away with 12.5l/11.5d before, once it was a couple weeks into flower, but didn't want to push it further. As I say, depends on the strain. I am in 12/12 now and not gonna mess with it as 4 strains in 1 grow. I'm definitely gonna give this a try with 1 in isolation next time round, was hoping someone might have tried this before and could save me some time experimenting. Doing some calculator work, adding 2 hrs a day could take an 8 week flower down to 7 weeks. Not sure it's worth it without automatic switching, no such thing as a 26 hour timer! Of course, it would mean dark period would start 2 hours later every day so plenty of hassle but I don't sleep regular hours anyway so I'm up for it 
you should give one a go in a spot away from others ,take it out manually into some light a well lit room and see how one goes ?
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