I have only grown photos…I don’t have any information for autos but my GUESS is that they would grow equally well under 6/2 as photos do.
Some folks have asked about the plants going “hermie” under this schedule. I have not seen any “hermies”. The first time I used 6/2, I switched from 18/6 to 6/2 in the middle of veg…the only thing that I noticed was slightly more growth per day and, of course, slightly more nutrient and water consumption.
I was thinking 6/2 cycle would fit well with a winter grow less time for the tent to cool off heat wise. I might have to give it a try upcoming winter.
The growth difference is very slight…the reason I use 6/2 is for heat management.
It is a bit easier to keep temperatures down in summer and, as you suggest, easier to keep them up during winter. I highly recommend 6/2 but few that I know of have tried it.
I am super curious to know how autos do under 6/2…as I said in an earlier post, I suspect that they will do very well. The only question would be whether or not to keep them under 6/2 during flower as the 2 hour dark period may be too short. I just don’t know enough about how autos work to be sure.
Yes, I am still retired and, while I really enjoyed my career as an EE, I don’t miss working one little bit. I am teaching (remotely) a couple of people the basics of industrial automation using Skype, so that keeps my mind active. One of my students wants to implement a PLC based grow room similar to mine.
My other student has enrolled in a formal program after he learned a bit from me.
I hear of folks getting bored in retirement…that perplexes me, there is so much to keep a person busy. I must say that just sitting around without worrying about anything is very nice. If I get bored, it is because I decided to be bored for a bit. A little boredom is fine with me so long as it is my choice.
All of this said, I must admit that my retirement was somewhat forced due to my wife needing me to be home with her. She has age related memory issues that cause her to get disoriented and upset if I am not home with her.
I hope she’s doing well we had spoke probably a year ago. You said you took a little early retirement. I don’t think I’ll have a problem being bored I’m a pretty active person an got plenty to do.
She is doing really well, thanks for asking. Her mind works much better when she is not experiencing stress, my main job is to insure that any stress that she has is minimized and dealt with in short order.
Her bad days are nearly always due to some sort of stress.
Had to go back and search for the lecturer’s name because I knew he was a highly respected academic horticultural figure. His name is Harley Smith and he gives GREAT lectures. Also is regularly requested to travel to places like the Netherlands to do consulting work for highly respected grow operations. Check him out on YT if you have some time and want to learn a little. I found his lectures on living soil and light to be highly informative and easy for the layman to understand, while not being slow-paced and simplistic.
6/2 is proving the real science I must say as I’m running it now and super healthy plant struct , stunt response is much faster after topping or lst , and my soil is super hot right now and they seem to only take what they need without burning at the moment which is good if they are that nitrogen hungry hybrids . 7.5 that’s hot !