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Vegging and The Gas Lantern Technique

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Happy Friday Stoners :Stoned:
Me being a tight fairy was thinking about using the Gas Lantern Technique for my veg tent as it's usually always on. End up saving 5 hours of light every day will reduce the cost of leccy quite a lot. But would the plants be as healthy? What is your thinking?

For those who don't know what The Gas Lantern Technique is here is some info:

The gas lantern technique’s mythology stems from the farmers of yesteryear. Wishing to scare off nocturnal pests in order to protect their precious crops, farmers would take gas lantern lights out to their fields in the dead of night. The bright objects would ward off invaders but also had a surprising effect on the crops themselves. It appeared that the vegetative state would be prolonged, resulting in higher yields and healthier plans.

Here’s how it works. Beginning in the vegetative state of the plant life cycle, lights are on for 12 hours, followed by 5.5 hours of darkness. Lights them come back on for an hour, with another 5.5 hours of dark after that. The cycle then repeats. This is in comparison to the traditional 18 hours of light followed by six hours of dark typically seen in marijuana grows.
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Hey bulls

Ive heard of this Gas Lantern Technique but only in the states about saving dosh on electric must be wrong after reading your post
note to self dont smoke and read lol get the wrong end of the stick
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As nobody have an idea I'd give it a go and keep you updated :Stoned:
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Bulls wrote:As nobody have an idea I'd give it a go and keep you updated :Stoned:
Looks like your on your own hun
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Brave of you to give it a go bulls. I've heard that some strains just start to flower under it and others are fine and veg away no problem. This is all second hand info BTW. Never tried it myself.
Let us know how you get on.
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Very interesting bulls. I will be looking out for how this works out. Nice one.
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I saw Chew do a grow using it at another place and he did alright without any hiccups
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i myself see this as to much fuss tbh, bulls i veg under a 75 watt I.S panel on 18/6 it only cost a few bob a day and it does the little uns perfect :oik!: i`d stick to wat ewe used to tbh but who knows ? :puff puff:
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ooops i should rephrase that bach ...i start them off under the 75 watter after they rooted for a week,then i veg them under 790 watts of I.S mixed lighting for 20 days or so then flip. :oik!: 790 watts costs me about 12p per hour. :oik!:

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