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when you flip those lights for Auto when is it a good time to flip my auto lights
guys we wanted to make a video just touching on kind of a simple subject and maybe you don't but
maybe you don't because we do see quite a lot of comments um from you guys in the videos on what
kind of light schedule we're running for Autos uh and what we think is the best tried a couple
different light schedules for autos and if you guys don't already know you do not flip your lips
yeah a little humorous but so yeah you don't have to flip with the auto guys if you're not familiar
or you're a beginner just starting out and you're looking at light schedules or trying to understand
you know what's going to be the best for an Autoflower strain that you might be trying to grow
um you know we have tried a bunch of different schedules and things like that and really they'll
grow on any any schedule you do but it's going to have an impact on the performance of how that
plant runs yeah I currently do an 18 on six off like schedule right now and I find and I've always
done math I'm praying that since the beginning and I have not found any issues with running 186
and I actually prefer it over even more light as kind of a newer grower and you've tried more like
yeah so starting if you guys remember in the two by four bids in the 4x4 at the beginning
um have those always been running uh 18 6 in the 5x5s in the organic rows and pretty
much ever since we started growing at your house yeah eighteen six is what we've been
on other than photos in the very beginning um but with Autos really um 18 6 is your minimum
um that you're really going to want to run I mean you can definitely do them in 1212 and you've
seen people run Autos um in with their flowering photos um but you know you're not you're really
autoflowers are really where they're bred with the root arouse genetics like they're really
designed for more consistent lighting from the Northern Hemisphere they just get more exposure
um and they really perform better with more lights on and then off and you can even run
them 24 hours with zero lights off and they'll still perform uh just as well and honestly
that's why they call them Auto auto there is no switch it doesn't need that switch to trigger
the flowers They're Gonna flower on their own no matter what so um so as a new grower
1806 was probably the best it was the best for energy honestly I was spending less money doing
less light with the most
ignore and there are a lot of people that actually have tireless company like I said
you've tried higher lights yeah before how does that turn out for you yeah so I was running the 24
um 20 on four off with mine um and you were running the 18-6 so we were you know growing
side by side and then in the channel um you know doing that and I wasn't really seeing any kind of
higher yields or better production uh with the 24 even though I was running my lights longer using
more electricity uh you know generates more heat with 10 more wear and tear on the lights because
you're running them longer um and things like that so what I ended up doing is actually switching to
what you were doing 18 6 um because I felt like my growing skills are not really there yet you know
I wasn't really mastering my grows um and I think that's what we kind of both agree on as a beginner
um if you're just getting started and you're trying to figure out what light schedule you
should do for an auto uh we highly recommend 18-6 because that's going to give you the best
performance for your plant um in the type of genetics that it is or being an Autoflower
view uh you know the least wear and tear in the light your lower electric bill
um a little bit easier to control your environment and stuff like that because you're really probably
not going to see a vast increase in your yields by going higher you're just going to be spending
more money more wear and tear um you know maybe a little harder to control your environment with
more lights on so I transitioned over to 1806 and you know great results I mean I feel like
you should almost kind of stick with that yeah until you've kind of found your groove and growing
now there are a lot of Growers that do just do 24 hours and um Autos you can't they can grow under
that they can and it's been proven and they well I just personally I don't know why I believe that
giving the plant a little bit of a break does something for it it's just something I believe
um but I think rather than focus on your light schedule you should maybe focus on your light
intensity when to raise and lower your life how your plant responds to that to that and
I think a big part of starting with the 18 6 as a beginner grower is because you're going to be
learning a lot you're going to be running into a lot of issues is really not much sense in spending
you know more money more wear and tear on your equipment while you're learning obviously once
you you know there's so many different facets to Growing like you know what kind of media
am I using what kind of nutrient systems are you running there's you know soil organic Coke a lot
of questions Hydro you know there's a million different ways to grow so whatever method you
choose in the beginning when you're starting out um you know it's going to take you time to dial
that in and really get good consistent results from your plants um so it doesn't really make much
sense to spend more money which is something we are still learning yeah and we are still
learning and we're still seeing great results getting you know as we try different methods for
a flex we're starting to see you know 11 ounce yields off single plants running 18-6 um and as
we get better you know once we can really dial in I think you might see benefits going to that
longer schedule you might see increased yields and stuff like that at the end um but as you're
learning it doesn't really make much sense so we really recommend everybody start at 18 6
um and kind of go from there because it's going to take you definitely probably a year at least
um of growing and running plants out to dial your message probably more than that yeah I mean we're
we're almost two years in um and we're still still learning yeah it's like it's not it's non-stop I
have way more to learn yeah it's definitely we feel like the best starting point um you know
not only for efficiency and cost savings but just getting you the best results while you're learning
um and then ramped it up but definitely like let us know in the comments Below guys what do you run
and why um and do you see higher yields than when you ran before and you know what is your growing
skill level I've never ran anything other than six so if you guys are seeing different things
um personally Maybe shoot shoot a comment yeah and running longer life schedules can introduce other
problems too like light stress like that that you know the lights these days are really high power
to plant out from just too much light or being too close um and things like that so as you're
learning and stuff like that you learn how to dial the Lights in the Heights the intensity
um and it you know that factors can change based on what kind of Lights you're using
and what kind of Technology yeah and down to the genetics and how they respond so you know that
all plays in into that so that's why we really recommend starting off right at the best you
know optimal 18 6 is going to give you your best auto results um and save you a little bit of money
so that's what we do guys and that's kind of our opinion and take on it and what we've been doing
you know having tried higher going back down to 18-6 I really feel like you know I wasn't really
getting any more benefits out of the 24 maybe in a couple more years when we're really killing the
gross you know we'll go back and we'll do that again and see if we can get higher yields out of
things that we know we can grow consistently but I feel like yeah well we're coming back
to focusing on your intensity like I honestly the only thing I really focus on when it comes
to my light is just raising my plant and to the flowers when they do start to flower out higher
of My Life um those are things I'm more focused on than yeah learning the signs of what too
much light looks like you know tackling of top leaves when they flip and try and turn
over because the light's too intense light bleaching um you know these are all things
that you'll learn as you're as you're growing and starting out and learning the light and you
know how it performs at different brightness levels and things like that uh so you know
just our just our little take on autos and light schedules don't flip them you know you guys don't
have to flip that was a joke you know sorry if it made you guys upset we know Autos you
don't have to flip but you know we do have to trigger something we love the auto I mean
you don't have to put the lights
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