You want the lights to run 18 hours on and 6 off (equivalent to the longest day of the year). Then, when you are ready to force flowering switch to 12/12. I'm assuming spruce trees follow the same rules....right??
On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Chuck McCown via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: > Just wondering of the off time of the lights actually helps the > plants. I have a surplus of electricity from solar so I am not too much > worried about that. I do want to have optimum growth. * > > One would think that the Discovery Channel would come out with Grow Room > Bandits or some such thing. Instead of Tim and Tickle we could have Blaze > and Token. > > (*Disclaimer: First paragraph is talking about cloning spruce trees; > Second is a reply to the email below) > > *From:* That One Guy via Af <af@afmug.com> > *Sent:* Saturday, November 29, 2014 8:53 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Grow Room > > the first thing you want to do chuck, is bypass you electrical meter > now, you need to go to the gun store and get multiple semiautomatic weapons > go to the animal shelter and get 3-5 pit bulls > do not shave > probably bet to purchase alot of flipflops and boxer shorts you will wear > as actual shorts > its up to you which tatoos to get, but there needs to be at least two > grammatical errors and three misspellings > break out your front left top tooth > a mullet is fully in order > > > but seriously, I never had hydro, but lightwise i always did 12/12. with > lights > > > > On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Jaime Solorza via Af <af@afmug.com> > wrote: > >> Believe me. Tommy Chong will smoke it >> >> Jaime Solorza >> On Nov 29, 2014 10:18 AM, "Chuck McCown via Af" <af@afmug.com> wrote: >> >>> Got my turbo cloner yesterday. Almost zero instructions. >>> Do you just let these things spray 2/7? Do you cycle the lights? >>> >>> I figured there had to be at least one hydroponic person here... >>> >>> (Don’t get excited, that Mormon guy is attempting to clone spruce >>> trees...) >>> >> > > > -- > All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the > parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you > can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not > use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925 >
