Quote Originally Posted by lampost
Sweet, thanks!

I fucked up tonight and forget to close the curtain. The HIDs went out but they were exposed to indirect incandescents for 20 minutes into their dark cycle!!! I'm so pissed at myself for this! I hope they don't hermie on me!!

I'm wondering whether I should give them 12 hours of darkness and postpone the schedule by 20 minutes. Or just keep them on the regular schedule and they only get 11hrs 40mins of darkness tonight. What do you think?!
that little 20 minutes isnt going to do anything! flowering hormones are so strong, 20 minutes isnt going to do nything. i do that all the time. some growers try to push more than 12 on flowering, but i dont know of any proof that it works better.

ive done quite a few experiments with switching plants from flowering to veg, clipping flowering clones, etc. and some strains will not even switch back because of how strong their flowering hormones are! (sour d is tough)

ive also grown hydro in clear containers for months w no algea!

ive also been trying to get my flower room to having the lights on 12 at night to manage heat. to do this, ive been cutting it back an average of 30 min a day with no problems at all. my advice would be to take it easy and dont beat yourself up ofer stuff like that.

i also purposely let light in my flower room through the cracks of the doors to mimic twilight which is natural. i also have air purifiers in there and they have pretty bright leds on them too. no problems colorful fast growing flowers!