My timer malfunctioned and my plants accidentally got 13 hours of darkness... in veg.

Well... my timer malfunctioned while I was sleeping, and when I woke up the next morning (this morning) they weren't on as they should be. Usually I'm up to see the lights turn up, but I fell asleep before this. So, they got 13 hours of darkness [in vegetative state!] rather than the 4 they usually get. :mad: Also, I do know what caused the error in the timer, so there's no problem of it happening again. My main concerns are: will this harm anything, would it stress them, and is there anything I should do?

One time won't hurt anything.

??? One time no problem, so how did light malfunction?

Just adding my assurances.

In outdoor conditions, plants deal with times where weather is poor for multiple days and there is minimal light because of severe rain/clouds in the mornings/evenings. And from what I've experienced with many plants and read about MJ, it takes many days of the longer dark periods for the plants to switch into flowering mode. It's a matter of hormonal changes from light period changes happening. It's the same for trees changing colors in fall, birds migrating, and so much more in spring and fall (fall especially). The change in light quality and quantity changes the biological hormonal levels that switch them into seasonal changes.

One day will do nothing. If it were, say 36 hours of dark? It may jump-start the beginning of the flowering change (MAYBE) from what others have experienced, but putting the light back to 18-24 hours would reverse that change.

Some people do a 12/12 switch to find out the gender of their plants, and THEN they switch the female plants back into veg state with higher light periods so as they can grow as big as space allows before full flowering. :) Apparently it DOES take a few days for the plant to readjust to the veg state and it delays some of the growth, yet it does allow the gardeners to weed out the males so they know how big they can grow their females. :)

I love botany. Lots of fun with so many flowers for me, and now we're looking at another... um... flower of sorts. ;)

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