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Re: [RFI] Lighting grow cycle of Pot...

To: Tom Thompson <w0ivj@tomthompson.com>
Subject: Re: [RFI] Lighting grow cycle of Pot...
From: Bob Riese <bobk3djc@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 19:10:12 -0500
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shorter light time promotes budding

Bob

On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 11:40 AM, Tom Thompson <w0ivj@tomthompson.com>
wrote:

> Dave,
>
> From what have observed, the lights are on continually for about two weeks
> and then a 12 hours on / 12  hours off until harvest which can take a
> number of months.  Depending on the setup, the lights are off for a week or
> so while a new crop is planted, and then the cycle repeats.  To get the
> latest, just google cannabis grow cycle.  See:
> https://www.leafly.com/news/growing/marijuana-plant-growth-stages
>
> 73,   Tom   W0IVJ
>
> On 2/21/2018 7:11 AM, Dave Cole (NK7Z) wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Can someone refresh my memory here...  I believe there is a cycle of
>> light timing pot growers use on something like a 12 or 13 weeks period
>> where they go from 18 hours of light to 12 hours of light...  Does someone
>> know what this cycle is, and why?
>>
>> I ask because my RFI has taken a turn for the worse, 12 weeks after it
>> started...
>>
>> Yesterday, it changed from a 12:45 AM start time and a 6:45 PM end time,
>> to a 6:45 PM  to 12:45 PM the next day end time.  This followed a few days
>> of no RFI.  I suspect harvest time is upon the grower causing RFI, and I
>> want to avoid handing him his "Welcome" packet during harvest as there will
>> probably be lots of people there...
>>
>>
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