Light schedule variations during flowering and consequences...

[therealribbit]

Heya guys, so luckily, unluckily, been out of work while doing my first grow. But since i'm about to head back to work ...wondering what say... shutting off lights an hour early, or shutting them on an hour late will do???

I assume the variations you want to avoid are waking up plants mid-sleep...but i'm talking about letting them sleep longer, or have light a bit longer due to my schedule.

Don't have money for a timer.

therealribbit Reviewed by therealribbit on 03-19-2010. Light schedule variations during flowering and consequences... Heya guys, so luckily, unluckily, been out of work while doing my first grow. But since i'm about to head back to work ...wondering what say... shutting off lights an hour early, or shutting them on an hour late will do??? I assume the variations you want to avoid are waking up plants mid-sleep...but i'm talking about letting them sleep longer, or have light a bit longer due to my schedule. Don't have money for a timer. :) Rating: 5

[Dutch Pimp]

1. there's some risk...adding light; one or two hours?...MIGHT?.. slow the flowering growth?...some strains?...MIGHT? want to go back to vegging?...(you know...growing without growing flowering buds).

2. adding dark time...is probably safer; especially..if you have strong HID lighting.

3. get a timer with your first paycheck...:thumbsup:...congrats: enjoy your grow.

4. Good Luck...imp:

[superskunk1]

Just get a timer :thumbsup:.
I have about 5 of them that i get from my hydro store everytime I buy a HID kit.
They sell them even in walmart, lowes, HD, most hardware stores.

I have one that is also a surge protector and has 8 outlets, 4 are timed and the other 4 are not. -$25

For the 5-20 bucks you spend on a timer it helps out in the long run, especially when growing (which in my opinion is already benifiting you), helps you save money.
:jointsmile:

[DreadedHermie]

@ therealribbit:

Are you in veg, or flower? Last time I flowered sativas I gave them 11 on / 13 off. Seems like where some sativas came from, the photoperiod's 11 hours long at the end of the season. (there's a link around here somewhere to an article about this idea.) I had started flower at 12/12, and I cut my "day" length back an hour mid-flower without problems and the plants did seem to like it. You do need a timer, though, or you're asking for hermies.

Dutch, I wanted to let you know Home Depot started carrying a new 4-bulb T-8 fixture (Lithonia Lighting) that's very compact. $69, I think. Anyway, you could run 2 of 'em side-by-side and have a po' man's T5x8 setup.

But what really sounds fun is rewiring one of those things with an Icecap ballast ($160, like Oldmac uses) and 'put the wood' to those fluoros. As close together as they've got those tubes spaced on that fixture, the intensity's gotta approach T5HO level. You can get T-8's by the case for like $2 a tube or so, and drive the snot out of 'em for awhile-- and change them out frequently.

Thing is, you can get 2 lights for the price of one ballast...:wtf: Anyway, you mentioned somewhere about looking at lights...:hippy:

[Dutch Pimp]

Dutch, I wanted to let you know Home Depot started carrying a new 4-bulb T-8 fixture (Lithonia Lighting) that's very compact. $69, I think. Anyway, you could run 2 of 'em side-by-side and have a po' man's T5x8 setup.

Thanks for the info ...Hermie...:thumbsup:

...but, you're 2 hours too late...I just ordered a ..2ft, 4 (6500k) bulbs, HO T5 outfit..($150)..it should fit my needs well...:jointsmile:
after a lot of thought..I think this is the ideal vegging light...in a closet....with 8-10 beer cups of the strain of your choice.

HID is still the way to go for flowering.

"if you're gonna be a Bear?...be a grizzly"

[stra8outtaWeed]

=Dutch Pimp

HID is still the way to go for flowering.

no disrespect intended....but i'll argue that with my LED's....since flowering with them my meds are far more potent and i need it for severe neuropathic pain!:smokin::smokin:

[Dutch Pimp]

no disrespect intended....but i'll argue that with my LED's....since flowering with them my meds are far more potent and i need it for severe neuropathic pain!:smokin::smokin:

no problem...LED's are coming along, nicely...HID, CFL's, fluorescents is old school...like me..

[stra8outtaWeed]

no problem...LED's are coming along, nicely...HID, CFL's, fluorescents is old school...like me..

thanks...i was not trying to be confrontational at all...just opining! :thumbsup:

and to therealribbit....get a timer bro...beg borrow but don't steal!:jointsmile:

[Rusty Trichome]

no disrespect intended....but i'll argue that with my LED's....since flowering with them my meds are far more potent and i need it for severe neuropathic pain!:smokin::smokin:

No disrespect intended, but I'm not a believer. Especially since claiming they are more potent. Perhaps better than you've grown before, but potency is subjective. :jointsmile:
How's your yield in comparison?

[therealribbit]

Lmao i love that my thread got hijacked, but ....


So adding dark is a bit safer? cause that's most likely what i'd be doing, or acutally reducing light time... cause my dark period is during daylight hours..

Basically wondering if i get home an hour late to turn on lights, etc. affects that much?

*Edit ... Also, can i minimally change lighting start times by making in a couple minutes earlier each day?