Will a plant continue to flower even if it has light leaks ?

[Billy the Mountain]

In addition to the solid responses responses, red light is required to trigger a plants phytochrome system by which it senses the photoperiod.

It's the reason green lights are often used for night-time maintence even though it is used for photosynthesis, contrary to the prevailing bro-science.
Same reason a full moon doesn't cause issues: minimal red.


Figure 30.18.1: Phytochrome system: The biologically-inactive form of phytochrome (Pr) is converted to the biologically-active form Pfr under illumination with red light. Far-red light and darkness convert the molecule back to the inactive form.

 

[Hollatchaboy]

Now what we all should worry about is damaging our eyes from bright lights!!

too late for me.

 

[Hollatchaboy]

"I think we could debate about this forever."

Not me. I've already experienced having green light in my tent and room. No problems.

 

[manfredo]

too late for me.

Sorry bro, me too, and eye damage sucks badly!!

Wear your glasses folks, and limit your work on plants with the lights on!!

 

[Drop That Sound]

A member on another forum flowered branches of the same plant, while also keeping it partitioned off in veg, with completely different light schedules. So the answer has to be yes? Neither sections of the plant hermied, or anything like that in that crazy expiriment. Something to wrap your heads around! In other words, one branch doesn't know if the other one was exposed to a small leak. It would have to be a serious leak overall to really cause problems then, right?.

Lets say it did have enough light leaks coming through, or emitting from some small LEDs or lit display on a heater that is extra bright, etc.. It would probably only be coming from one side\source, and only disrupt a small portion of the plants anyway. No way would it shine through all the way into the rest of the canopy, and cause the whole plant to be affected anyway, as the above picture proves.

 

[laddyd]

Bruce Bugbee has a really good article about how much light will affect the growing cycle. It takes a bit more than you might think. Ya'll should read it. It was illuminating.

 

[Fish scale]

Sorry bro, me too, and eye damage sucks badly!!

Wear your glasses folks, and limit your work on plants with the lights on!!

And me, my eyes are fucked

 

[bguwop420]

I bought a dehumidifier for the flowering phase just to make sure my humidity levels and temperature were safe anyways? to my horror the dehumidifier had green led lights on the dials etc I did lots of research about green light during dark phase conclusion was very mixed it's safe it's not safe anyway dehumidifier was all setup things were good life was good I was good the plants were good and in full gear flowering I got to the beginning of 7th week and there they were pollen sacs and even a few small nannies this can't be happening after all this time and everything but what's confusing to me? Is the 3 out of 4 plants seemed fine I noticed the one that hermied had that hermie characterisic weak smell compared to the other 3 so I pulled it so my point here is I think it hermied because of the green light on dehumidifier but will a plant still flower? If light leaks?

Put some tape over the light

 

[Phytoplankton]

In addition to the solid responses responses, red light is required to trigger a plants phytochrome system by which it senses the photoperiod.

It's the reason green lights are often used for night-time maintence even though it is used for photosynthesis, contrary to the prevailing bro-science.
Same reason a full moon doesn't cause issues: minimal red.

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Figure 30.18.1: Phytochrome system: The biologically-inactive form of phytochrome (Pr) is converted to the biologically-active form Pfr under illumination with red light. Far-red light and darkness convert the molecule back to the inactive form.

Also, moonlight is reflected light, not direct light from the source.

 

[Billy the Mountain]

Also, moonlight is reflected light, not direct light from the source.

True, but it's the absence of red light that is germane.