Light screwup - How much damage did I do?

[Help_Needed]

My plants have been on 12/12 for the last 17 days...well, they were supposed to be. I've just discovered that the overhead light in the walk-in closet that I'm using for a grow chamber has been on 24/7 for the last 2-3 days. It's a small 60w equivelent cfl. The plant are below a sheet of plywood that I'm using to hold the grow lights, so they weren't getting direct light from overhead. But it wasn't anywhere near dark, either .

How bad did I just screw myself?

Help_Needed Reviewed by Help_Needed on 09-08-2007. Light screwup - How much damage did I do? My plants have been on 12/12 for the last 17 days...well, they were supposed to be. I've just discovered that the overhead light in the walk-in closet that I'm using for a grow chamber has been on 24/7 for the last 2-3 days. It's a small 60w equivelent cfl. The plant are below a sheet of plywood that I'm using to hold the grow lights, so they weren't getting direct light from overhead. But it wasn't anywhere near dark, either :(. How bad did I just screw myself? Rating: 5

[Divestoned]

turn the light off...any damage you did will fix itself in a cpl days.all you did is slow down your flower process a lil...no big deal.

Dive:stoned:

[rastaman79]

I accidently knocked a segment of my timer on and my 600w came on for an hour,about 30 days into flower,and i got hermed! All the other variables were fine,water,ph,temps...
so im putting it down to that.But thats worst case,u might have only put them back a few weeks,good luck,peace,RM.

[gainesvillegreen]

Only time will tell. It was a lower-powered light that was left on, so hopefully it didn't stress them into hermaphrodites (but then again, 3 days straight after 2 weeks of 12/12 could be rough).

Did you notice any difference in growth/state after those 3 days?

[Help_Needed]

Wow this thread looks familiar. Oh wait! It's one of mine! It's also six weeks old

Just in case anyone's curious. No harm was done. They didn't hermie. And they weren't set back at all, growth-wise. In fact they actually finished almost a week earlier than the breeder's recommendations suggested. So, all's well that ends well.

Not that I'd recommend anyone else try it .

[stinkyattic]

Cool, glad to hear it all worked out.