07 · CyclesINTERMEDIATE
Supercycles: cycles that don't add up to 24 h
It's the idea the product is named after. An ordinary timer forces ON + OFF to add up to 24 hours. Not here: you can run 13/13, 13/11 or any combination, and the system keeps the correct count of what day of the grow you're on.
- Supercycle
- One full turn of your cycle: one ON plus one OFF. If you run 13/13, a supercycle lasts 26 hours.
- SC in the header
- How many supercycles the grow has completed. It's the number that doesn't lie to you when the cycle isn't 24 h.
- DAY
- The grow's calendar day, calculated in your facility's time zone — not the server's. A grow in Madrid sees the same day as one in Buenos Aires.
- Stage
- Veg, flowering, drying or curing. The explicit flip overrides the light: that's why autoflowers, which run 18/6 their whole life, still show up as flowering.
- Solar cycle
- The schedule shifts a little every day, mimicking how the real day gets longer or shorter.
Do this
If you're going to try an odd cycle, start it in veg. The grow will tell you within a few days whether it suits it, and you still have room to go back.
Avoid this
Don't compare "days" between a 12/12 grow and a 13/13 one. Compare supercycles: that's the same number of sunrises.
How urgent it is
EssentialUnderstanding the difference between DAY and SC before reading any metric.
ImportantThe flowering flip entered with its real date.
OptionalSolar / seasonal cycle.