melodious fellow
03-09-2008, 03:21 AM
Today upon arriving home, I found my plants in the dark... the power must have gone out. This prompted some questions.
1. Just how bad are light cycle interruptions during the veg phase? Not nearly as bad as if occurred during flower?
2. If darkness occurs when the lights are supposed to be on, this is not nearly as bad as light interrupting the night, correct? If the power does go out, is it best to just turn it back on and the plants will just think a cloud passed overhead?
3. How bad is it if the light cycle varies up to a half an hour some days. i.e. lights are supposed to go off at 8:30, but one night a week it is 9:15 instead? I am not worried about this small difference in veg, but does it pose a problem for flower?
This is only because a bit of light leaks through the many fans in my cab and I thus have to put a black blanket over the cab when lights are off. The lights will still technically turn off at 8:30 every night, I just will not be able to put the blanket over them until 9:15 one night a week. The rest of the days, I can put the blanket over them at 8:30. And just shifting the cycle is not an option here as lights must turn on (and thus remove the blanket, because it can't be on when the lights/fans are on) before I leave in the morning, which is 7:30.
4. I have read that some people do 13 hours of light in flowering. I know this would be okay if one vegged in 24/0, but I vegged in 18/6. But as you can see, I think I have to do 11 hour nights because of my wack work schedule as you can see from #3
thank you so much for answering this long and complex answer requiring post. :rastasmoke:
peace
1. Just how bad are light cycle interruptions during the veg phase? Not nearly as bad as if occurred during flower?
2. If darkness occurs when the lights are supposed to be on, this is not nearly as bad as light interrupting the night, correct? If the power does go out, is it best to just turn it back on and the plants will just think a cloud passed overhead?
3. How bad is it if the light cycle varies up to a half an hour some days. i.e. lights are supposed to go off at 8:30, but one night a week it is 9:15 instead? I am not worried about this small difference in veg, but does it pose a problem for flower?
This is only because a bit of light leaks through the many fans in my cab and I thus have to put a black blanket over the cab when lights are off. The lights will still technically turn off at 8:30 every night, I just will not be able to put the blanket over them until 9:15 one night a week. The rest of the days, I can put the blanket over them at 8:30. And just shifting the cycle is not an option here as lights must turn on (and thus remove the blanket, because it can't be on when the lights/fans are on) before I leave in the morning, which is 7:30.
4. I have read that some people do 13 hours of light in flowering. I know this would be okay if one vegged in 24/0, but I vegged in 18/6. But as you can see, I think I have to do 11 hour nights because of my wack work schedule as you can see from #3
thank you so much for answering this long and complex answer requiring post. :rastasmoke:
peace