auto photo grow room: could it work?

[Organic_Auto_Canuck (OAC)]

I have three photos going 4 weeks from germ, and and want to add 3 more new plants on the other side of the same room to share filter fan humidifiers etc. using a 18/6 light schedule. should I put 3 autos in and just run all the lights at 20/4? what happens. is it best to just keep that room to photoperiod plants?

 

[JSH1973]

Just run the Autos according to the photoperiod light schedule, even 12/12 will be OK for them

 

[automan2]

Your autos will do fine alongside the photos....I've grown autos on 12/12 for 15 years, always with a photo alongside. Yeild may be reduced a bit but not as much as your elec bill.

 

[Organic_Auto_Canuck (OAC)]

Your autos will do fine alongside the photos....I've grown autos on 12/12 for 15 years, always with a photo alongside. Yeild may be reduced a bit but not as much as your elec bill.

what is the ideal light schedule for photos or autos in your opinion?

 

[Olderfart]

what is the ideal light schedule for photos or autos in your opinion?

For photos, it is whatever they need to get on with flowering. The standard assumption is 12/12, but some photos can handle slightly shorter dark periods and still get the job done.

12/12 for autos will as pointed out earlier reduce yield a bit, but the plants will be healthy. There is lots of argument about ideal daylength for autos, but anything between 18/6 to 24/0 can work fine. Personally, I will be going with something ~18/6-20/4 with my current grow. With my grow last winter I did 24/0 in order to keep the temps stable, but I now do that with a thermostatically controlled heater.

At any rate, with your current setup, I would not hesitate to throw some autos into the mix.