Zen’s Winter Run 2025

Observer said:

oh my bad, i see now.

i usually do it in thirds, removing the bottom 1/3rd of the plant

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This is the back left and right plants. Bottoms have been lollipopped for weeks. They have busy mid sections, like an ostrich.

Trimmed a bit more up top to open bud sites. The smell is over powering. I might be developing an allergy as my eyes keep watering and my nose starts running.





Six more days before the dehumidifier is available.

I bumped the light to a 11/13 schedule weeks ago. Have around 30+ days to go so thinking about bumping to 10/14. Only tried this once before and don’t recall the results.

Lights still at 70% but I’m considering 60% in the near future. Might help with the taller plants and slow the fading.

Decisions decisions…

Quick chat with AI says my plan to reduce to 10/14 should be best around 21 days before expected harvest with light reduction to 60% the last two weeks.

Zen_seeker said:

I bumped the light to a 11/13 schedule weeks ago. Have around 30+ days to go so thinking about bumping to 10/14. Only tried this once before and don’t recall the results.

Lights still at 70% but I’m considering 60% in the near future. Might help with the taller plants and slow the fading.

Decisions decisions…

Quick chat with AI says my plan to reduce to 10/14 should be best around 21 days before expected harvest with light reduction to 60% the last two weeks.

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Hey, are you meaning 11 on 13 off? I've done a whole flowering cycle on an 11 on 13 off and I won't do it again. smaller flimsy buds. I've gone the other way too 13 on 11 off and 14 on 10 off at the end but I was using far reds at lights out to take advantage of the Emerson effect. I finished in 9 weeks as opposed to my 11 weeks now but I may try that light cycle again to get a better understanding of it. Giving them more light in flower is better than giving them less imho.

Pipecarver said:

Hey, are you meaning 11 on 13 off? I've done a whole flowering cycle on an 11 on 13 off and I won't do it again. smaller flimsy buds. I've gone the other way too 13 on 11 off and 14 on 10 off at the end but I was using far reds at lights out to take advantage of the Emerson effect. I finished in 9 weeks as opposed to my 11 weeks now but I may try that light cycle again to get a better understanding of it. Giving them more light in flower is better than giving them less imho.

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Thanks for the feedback Pipe.

Oh, I was under the impression it helps with bulking up the flowers and pushes the plant into hurrying as winters coming.

Switching back to 12/12 isn’t too hard. Just need to muck with the mechanical timer a bit. You recommending I go back to 12/12?

What about reducing the light to 60% the last two or three weeks?

Zen_seeker said:

Thanks for the feedback Pipe.

Oh, I was under the impression it helps with bulking up the flowers and pushes the plant into hurrying as winters coming.

Switching back to 12/12 isn’t too hard. Just need to muck with the mechanical timer a bit. You recommending I go back to 12/12?

What about reducing the light to 60% the last two or three weeks?

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Yes on both, I start dropping my lights as I drop my feed. Ideally when your feed is at max then so is your light and as feed drops lights drop. ....but you can increase your day lights on as you drop your intensity keeping the same DLI through your grow. You can increase lights on at the end to 18 hrs while decreasing the intensity to 60% ish....there is a formula to keep the same DLI........I again use this graph as a guide to increasing and decreasing lights and food but I extend it to suit my 11 weeks of flowering and start turning lights down around week 9 for me.

If you remember DR.green 55. He was a local guy and used to come over here and was a member at the Farm. An ex pro grower than knew his stuff. He told me about extending the hours at the end as an old pro tip to increase under performing plants keeping an eye out for revegging so erring on 7 day rather than 10 days of 18hrs light