new to hydroponics

I must of missed something somewhere, thats why I said they need down time but you replied... " is not the type of plant that needs any type of rest period".....did I miss something or mis-type? Always on the lookout for new knowledge especially since things have gone viral with the Medical Grow being allowed now it seems as though a lot of "old school" train of thoughts are being upgraded/changed....Thanks

I have used both methods with great results. However, with my grow conditions, I have found that 18/6 makes my plants look better. I think some of it has to do with your growing conditions. My humidity is real low if I run my lights 24/0 in veg. However I can maintain a better humidity level if I do an 18/6 and thus my plants seem to look better. Just my observation. Again, I think some people will have different results depending on their growing conditions.


Peace....
Toke

TOKE, I think you hit the nail on the head! I have done 24/0 & 18/6 and 18/6 always works a lot better for me and is what led me to say they need "down time" and after reading your post I started thinking and YES my humidity due to my growing area is low and I know it must have gotten even lower when the lights were on 24/0....So I think humidity does have something to do with it. I'm going to do a test and take 2 seedlings and put them in another area that I can regulate the humidity and measure the growth rate against a couple in my regular area and see if or how much of a difference it does make.I'll post it after a 3 week growth.

Yeah, keep us up to date on the results. I'm very interested how your experiment works out.

Burndt...it seemed to me that maineweed was saying that resin production has a big role with the lights out..not necessarily pertaining to veg only. Maybe im just stoned...

Burndt that's what I have been taught throughout the years by older old timers then I..lol..and that the down time increased size of bud and that it produced more resin coat and then I also recently read a style of grow called "The Gas Lantern Routine" which I in the beginning of week 3 am now switched over to. The "routine" consists of 12 ON..5.5 OFF..exactly 1 ON of any type of light..5.5 OFF..12 ON...Its a real interesting read, well worth the time it takes to read and will make you think. Here is the link to it let me know what you think as I believe it may become the new industry standard. http://www.420magazine.com/forums/blogs/79044/gas-lantern-routine-growing-cannabis-1719/

I've been using that lighting routine for years bro , works well for me.