Drastically changing the light schedule

I have a small bedroom as the grow room - using the main part of the room as veggie side and the closet for budding. The closet is the kind that use to have sliding doors, which have long been removed. So to provide the needed dark wall, I use black out material which works perfectly. The only significant problem with this setup is that, in spite of a small fan, if the closet curtain is closed too long, there is a heat build up that can be damaging if it happens too often or too long. So it's been important that the curtain be opened and closed at the appropriate time. So my question is.....

Because of a work schedule issue, I need to drastically change the on and off time of the lights - and of course the veggie side is 18/6 and the closet / budding side is 12/12.

I'm thinking it's better to slowly adjust the on-off times over a week or so, rather than one drastic switch. I'm thinking I need to change the on-off time by maybe as much as 8 - 12 hours. The reason for the adjustment - I won't be home to open and close doors and curtains like I usually am, so I'm trying to find a timing system that minimizes the closed curtains, hence avoiding the over heating issue. One other possibility is putting in a larger fan in the smaller budding room.

so - what's the opinion out there? Slowly adjust the time? Quickly adjust in one day? or go to large fan and stick with the schedule that they are use to?

just do it at once no problems

How come you're using the closet for flowering instead of vice versa? Flowering needs much more light and air and that might help with your schedule.

Good question - I only have one or two plants in flowering at any given time, and the space is smaller. On the other hand, there are several veggies at any given time, different stages, plus sometimes new clones or seeds. So that takes more room.

katwoman2012 said:

How come you're using the closet for flowering instead of vice versa? Flowering needs much more light and air and that might help with your schedule.

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Also - another reason is that the veggie plants, clones, etc etc, need more lights, and so the larger room produces more heat, but is easier to cool, because I just open the door and let the heat out into the house.

katwoman2012 said:

How come you're using the closet for flowering instead of vice versa? Flowering needs much more light and air and that might help with your schedule.

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