Light Cycles - When?

Hey all.

Just a little background info first, i'm still new to growing and have been consistently broke for a while now so have a half-arsed setup at the moment, but the passion in there. I hope to give it a serious crack in the future.

I'm currently on my 4th plant with only one of the previous 3 being female and going to bud (of which there wasn't a lot). I've had a decent look around the forums and have found answers for most of my questions, but i can't for the life of me find any information on when to change the light cycles.

My plant is about 1.5 feet tall and has revealed itself to be a female and is starting to bud, with my first female i switched it to a 12/12 light cycle straight away but have left this one for about a week and it is filling out nicely.

Sorry i forgot to mention i've had it on constant 24 hour light since it was a seedling (after a bit of reading i'm assuming this isn;t recommended?). Now, should i leave the buds to fill out some more, and if so at which stage should i switch OR switch it to 12/12 asap?

Can someone point me in the right direction?

Much appreciated.

Inph.

 

well if shes showing sex she can be changed now im not sure it matters wen 2 much u can hang it out 4 quite a while as people keep mother plants 4 a long time indeed.i dont agree with 24/0 4 veg tho u gotta give them girls a break u need sleep i need sleep an so do they repairs r done wen the lights off and photosynthisis takes place! i use a cycle of 16/8 16 on 8 off seedlings yea i do leave the light on but only till i see true leaves then it 16/8 hope that halps mate green thumbs temp

 

I might leave it for a bit longer in that case. Was worried i might stress it if i waited.

Cheers mate.

 

i wouldnt worry that it would stess it ur only extending the summer period so 2 speak id think that the 24 hour light stressed it more think of it like this how long can u run 4 with no sleep
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Heh, yeh won't be doing that again. Just didn;t have a timer and certainly aren't reliable enough to get the time right myself.

Thanks again.

 

lol yea i hav that trouble check this out http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=75915 it makes a heavy duty timer out of a cheep n cheerfull
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