I am going to be conducting a little experiment over the next few months. The basis for my experiment will be how much light is needed in order to interupt, stress and revert the flowering plants back into veg growth.

The reason I am doing this is because I always see posters asking about absolute darkness and flowering. i have also seen it stated in various books that grow area MUST be kept completely dark.

Is COMPLETE darkness needed or is it just another optimization factor that is ultimately enhancing rather than critically dependent?

Why must we have complete darkness when plants have grown in the wild for thousands of years with all types of natural/artificial light pollution during their dark periods i.e. moon, stars, man made light pollution?

How long does the period of exposure have to be in order to induce this reversion? Does a a short exposure just stress the plant and possiblly induce hermaphrodism or does even a short exposure cause a reversion and if so what is this time frame?

Is this exposure rate, if indeed applicable, variable according to strain and stabilty?

these are some of the question I am hoping to answer. I will be conducting these experiments on clones so we take away the variablity that would come from different plants of the same strain. I will also be using and extremely stable strain. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as I am leaning towards an Afghan #1 strain since it has been around a long time and very stable.

I would also like to know if there are any people that have relatively good light meters. I would like people to take measurments of the outside light on various conditioned nights i.e. cloudy nights, clear etc. I would like to get a sample of the conditons from various parts of the world since the enviroment in one place could drastically differ in another i.e. cambodia's summer is not like south africas summer. Once I ascertain the data from various growers I could then avg them out by categories and come up with a baseline. This baseline would be a point in which Mj plants that grow in the wild would still be able to sustain a flowering cycle in. I am aware that this could be a strain dependent factor, but we will start here and them elaborate as time goes by.

Clones would then be subjected to various amounts of induced lighting exposure during dark periods of flowering. I am also taking into account that a possibility might be that direct light ray exposure or non-direct light ray exposure could also be a factor on whether reversion is obtained or not.

Any further suggestions on how the epxeriment should be laid out are welcomed. I think we could learn some valuable info from this. If anyone is aware of something equateable to this being conducted on MJ plants then please direct me towards it. I will then try to branch off of the info found from their experiments or will conduct nothing at all if a position either way has enough supporting evidence. thanks:thumbsup:
Methyl3 Reviewed by Methyl3 on . An experiment in regards to stray light and light cycle interuption... I am going to be conducting a little experiment over the next few months. The basis for my experiment will be how much light is needed in order to interupt, stress and revert the flowering plants back into veg growth. The reason I am doing this is because I always see posters asking about absolute darkness and flowering. i have also seen it stated in various books that grow area MUST be kept completely dark. Is COMPLETE darkness needed or is it just another optimization factor that is Rating: 5