Question about light leaks

Hi all,

I'm in the last 3 days of flower so hopefully hermie-ing isnt a problem I really need to deal too much with... either way. My humidity levels have been too high (I grow in a cellar closet behind my bedroom, where water heater etc type of appliances are kept) so I recently cut a hole through the wall into my room to bring in fresh air thats not from the cellar. I put a louvre on the side in my room to keep the purple LED lights from shining through too brightly. However, on the inside I have put nothing.

I checked the inside of the grow tent w the grow lights off and my bedroom lights on and you can definitely see the light. However, its a "oh through that tunnel there's light" sort of light and not a "shining on any plants" sort of light. In fact, I could not see the light touching any plants.

Is it the light touching parts of the plants or just the fact that theres light in general that makes plants hermie? I seem to recall that only the parts that light touch hermie.

The hole is 4" wide, and about an inch or two off the bottom of the grow tent, so its closer to the grow bags than the plants themselves. Should I be worried? Should I wrap the intake on the inside of the grow tent with some sort of black filter material or something? Finally, there are 5 plants, 2 of which I want to reveg after I harvest on Thursday. Do I need to worry about them hermie-ing and then staying hermies after revegging?

Thanks for the input all :jointsmile:
DrSpiggity

The less light you have the more bud you get. It doesn't matter if it is shining on the plant, even the glow from a timer can affect your plants. You don't want even the tiniest pinhole to leak light at all. If you don't want to spend money making your grow better than do everything you can for free like pluging up light leaks.:thumbsup:

yeah i can just put a duct elbow on the inside facing up and that should take care of the light... just havent gotten a chance to get to the hardware store...

stupid cold

thanks chrissy :jointsmile:

spiggs