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Photoperiod

Pronounced / FOH·toh·peer·ee·ud /

The daily ratio of light to dark hours; photoperiod cannabis plants begin flowering when nights grow long enough.

Example in a sentence

“Indoors, growers switch photoperiod plants to 12 hours of light to trigger flowering.”

Also called photoperiod plant, photoperiod strain, photo

Sources (1)
  1. https://www.leafly.com/learn/cannabis-glossary/photoperiod
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