Flowering cycle interrupted for 15 mins EVERY NIGHT for 18 days! Arrrrgh!!!

Hello Everyone! I'm new here but have been growing for almost exactly 30 years in various locations. I'm slightly ashamed to say that I've just returned from a 2.5-week work trip and upon looking at my temp/humidity graphs for one of my tents I have noticed a 20 min temperature spike bang in the middle of the dark cycle (ie 5:45 in) every fucking night for 2.5-weeks. It immediately dawned on me (no pun intended) that it must be the fucking lights. Indeed, upon checking my shit fuck timer I noticed that one of the 15 min increments was depressed and the 2 x 300w LEDs have been coming on EVERY NIGHT FOR 15 MINS FOR 2.5 WEEKS, I must have hit it with something while I was rushing to get the room ready for my friends who were coming to check on/water the plants. I flipped the plants to 12/12 on the 15th of Jan, I didn't go direct from 18/6 to 12/12 - I tend to remove 2 hours a day every 5 days for 15 days or so for a more natural transition - then on the 23rd of Jan the light issue begins. I'm growing 7x Cherry Pie x Space Cheese Reg from Mr Toad at Boneyard (amazing genetics, planted 7, got 7 females), 1x BCSC Northern Lights x Sweet Skunk from Proseeds and 2x Bruce Banger from Seedsman (popped seeds on the 10th of November). To be honest, they are all still extremely healthy, they have stretched a fair bit in that time but that might be 'normal'. They smell amazing and are developing flowers (albeit a touch slower than 'normal'). I'm aware that this is a MASSIVE FUCKUP and I'm really fucking pissed, but at the same time, I'm interested to see what's going to happen. I've made a few mistakes in my time but this is by far my greatest. I'm hoping that by correcting the light schedule the worst that will happen will be a delay in harvest by a couple of weeks or so, I'll keep my eyes out for any kind of hermaphrodite type stuff. Fingers crossed. Thanks for reading. Any advice, insults, ridicule or judgement welcome. The first photo is of the temp sensor graph, you can see at 1:45 am the temp spikes. The other two are taken on the 26th and 27th of Jan.
 

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Hi Herb & Suds, yeah basically, the plants are definitely a bit confused looking, they haven't revegged at all but they look about a week behind in terms of bud development - buds are forming nicely however, and the smell is way stronger than when I left. To be honest if I didn't know it had happened I might not notice... The lights are off now but I will go take some photos tomorrow if people are interested. TG
 

Herb & Suds

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Thanks. To be honest when I realised what had happened earlier I was distraught, to say the least. But I'm getting better by the minute. I'm pleased to say that I'm not used to this shit!!!
Wait till it happens out of the blue even though you thought you have seen it all
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jondamon

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Hello Everyone! I'm new here but have been growing for almost exactly 30 years in various locations. I'm slightly ashamed to say that I've just returned from a 2.5-week work trip and upon looking at my temp/humidity graphs for one of my tents I have noticed a 20 min temperature spike bang in the middle of the dark cycle (ie 5:45 in) every fucking night for 2.5-weeks. It immediately dawned on me (no pun intended) that it must be the fucking lights. Indeed, upon checking my shit fuck timer I noticed that one of the 15 min increments was depressed and the 2 x 300w LEDs have been coming on EVERY NIGHT FOR 15 MINS FOR 2.5 WEEKS, I must have hit it with something while I was rushing to get the room ready for my friends who were coming to check on/water the plants. I flipped the plants to 12/12 on the 15th of Jan, I didn't go direct from 18/6 to 12/12 - I tend to remove 2 hours a day every 5 days for 15 days or so for a more natural transition - then on the 23rd of Jan the light issue begins. I'm growing 7x Cherry Pie x Space Cheese Reg from Mr Toad at Boneyard (amazing genetics, planted 7, got 7 females), 1x BCSC Northern Lights x Sweet Skunk from Proseeds and 2x Bruce Banger from Seedsman (popped seeds on the 10th of November). To be honest, they are all still extremely healthy, they have stretched a fair bit in that time but that might be 'normal'. They smell amazing and are developing flowers (albeit a touch slower than 'normal'). I'm aware that this is a MASSIVE FUCKUP and I'm really fucking pissed, but at the same time, I'm interested to see what's going to happen. I've made a few mistakes in my time but this is by far my greatest. I'm hoping that by correcting the light schedule the worst that will happen will be a delay in harvest by a couple of weeks or so, I'll keep my eyes out for any kind of hermaphrodite type stuff. Fingers crossed. Thanks for reading. Any advice, insults, ridicule or judgement welcome. The first photo is of the temp sensor graph, you can see at 1:45 am the temp spikes. The other two are taken on the 26th and 27th of Jan.
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It sounds like you accidentally gave the gas lantern technique to keep em in veg. Should be no problem, other than you might be short on headroom if they vegged too long for your space.
Yeah man. They are flowering though. I moved my lights up to the very top of the tent today so hopefully they won’t stretch to close. I have another 2m tent arriving Monday, will whack them in that if necessary!!! Going to get some photos now.
 
The photos came out ball bags because I can’t actually get into the tent without taking some plants out and my 1 year old is sleeping in the room below. You can see there are flowers (and trichomes) forming. They should be a bit chubbier for 4 weeks from flip though. I am a dick head!!! Bye.
 

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The photos came out ball bags because I can’t actually get into the tent without taking some plants out and my 1 year old is sleeping in the room below. You can see there are flowers (and trichomes) forming. They should be a bit chubbier for 4 weeks from flip though. I am a dick head!!! Bye.
Pro tip never use the word chubby in the presence of the ladies :lol:
 
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