I was told to keep my light on 24 hours a day during vegging, but then someone else told me that the plants wouldn’t use much more than 18 hours of light a day, so I would be wasting light and electricity. Could you clear this up for me?
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Goddess loving the Goddess
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The plants photosynthesize as long as the light is on. As long as the light is on, they are using it and continue to grow. Cannabis does not need a dark period during the vegetative growth cycle. Cutting the light period to 18 hours rather than letting it run continuously is just wasting time and space.
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