Quote Originally Posted by Opie Yutts
I have had great success with a closet that is about 97% light proof, so I'm going to have to disagree that it has to be 100%. Also different varieties may act differently (duh). I agree with the others that say your light leaks could have turned your plants back to the veg stage, but perhaps that's not what's happening. Maybe your plants will start budding tomorrow or the next day. Some varieties take awhile. If you need to do some work in your grow room at night, it won't hurt at all to have the lights on for 2 or 3 hours, just don't do it all the time. You can have 2 or 3 days of the wrong schedule without it reverting either way. Of course it is best to try and avoid this; 3 days just might be too much as well. If it does go back to veg at this point, it may be another month or so until you start seeing signs of buds. Also while it is doing all this reverting back and forth, they may appear to be dormant. Don't worry that will change if you just keep taking care of them.
And again you and I have similar experiences. My first grow I was anal about lightproofing. Every grow since then, not so much. The latch on my flower room was broken, and the cat kept getting in and the hall light was leaking in. Then I moved them to my attic, and the big ass attic exhaust fan let all kinds of daylight in. So, three grows with less than optimal lightproofing, and nothing but good fat buds to show for it.

Not that I recommend it. I have just been fortunate.