pukkacheese
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my plants 1 week into flowering on 12/12 if i want to turn the light on to have a sneak peak is it ok?
Isit ok to turn the lights on during dark cycle?
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Def not ok, even green light is questionable. If you don't want them to hermie, dark means dark - totally dark.
herbose
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How is that? Plants don't use green light.
blaze1camp
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i dont now i tend to wonder its never totally dark in nature and the plants dont hermie this is just what i was thinking plants get light from the moon at night well the may not grow from it but its not totally dark so why would a lil light whether it a slight crack or what not phuk up the plant...
GreeneyedGardener
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It's true that the plants are never "totally" dark in nature.
Of course, what we are trying to do is to grow indoors in an unnatural environment, with unnatural results (ie no seeds)
In nature, a plant having seeds is a good thing - it's a way for the plant to perpetuate itself.
Of course, what we are trying to do is to grow indoors in an unnatural environment, with unnatural results (ie no seeds)
In nature, a plant having seeds is a good thing - it's a way for the plant to perpetuate itself.
Man o' the green
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NO
From what I understand, it is the intensity of the light not the duration. Only small amounts of light are acceptable, just as moonlight is ok in nature.
The problem is that to get enough light to inspect the plants ( or even see them ) reasonably well you will disrupt their flowering cycle.
Special green lights have been designed for this, but even then, it's hard to determine much in monochromatic light.
woodsmaneh!
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The rule is no don't do it.
But if you have to use a green light.
In George Van Patton's book Gardening indoors he says go with green light.
I have turned the over head light on in my room before for very short times 1 to 2 min. I don't do it anymore. I forgot to turn them off and 3 days later all garbage. Expensive lesson.
Peace
thewinghunter
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Yeh 60 cents for a green light bulb. i have mine installed in the ceiling but u can also run xmas lights around the whole bottom and/or top of floor for NICE ILLUMINTAIONT!
jawbrodt
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Go ahead. As long as it's only for a minute or two, and you are using a small flashlight or something, they'll be fine. Just try not to keep the light pointed directly at the plants for very long, and they'll be fine. I do it once in awhile and never had a problem, no delayed harvest, etc.....Just make it quick, and use the least amount of light as possible. If you go up there and fire up the HPS, you're going to have problem.LOL
A green light would be even better. The key is to make it quick.(2 minutes tops)
EDIT: I never tried it with small plants, and I imagine they are more susceptible to being effected. Mine are always 2' or more, so if yours are small, I won't be held responsible for any light problems.
A green light would be even better. The key is to make it quick.(2 minutes tops)
EDIT: I never tried it with small plants, and I imagine they are more susceptible to being effected. Mine are always 2' or more, so if yours are small, I won't be held responsible for any light problems.
a study has been done to show the sensitivity of cannabis plants indoor plant was affected by a flashing LED light blinking on and off every 30 seconds and turned the female to a hermy, you can do this to a thousand strains and not have a problem and you can do it to another thousand strains and have it happen everytime thats why the rule of thumb is: DONT TURN ON A LIGHT! green light if you must but really man no bueno!!!
The reason outdoor plants arent bothered by the moonlight is because they are just that outdoor plants, a plant raised indoor isnt going to do so well with the moonlight some will some wont. just rule of the thumb no light ever, ever, ever.
p.s. ever
The reason outdoor plants arent bothered by the moonlight is because they are just that outdoor plants, a plant raised indoor isnt going to do so well with the moonlight some will some wont. just rule of the thumb no light ever, ever, ever.
p.s. ever
hydroalltheway
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I used to do that for about two minutes almost every night and wondered why the odd plant would go hermie and then i stopped checking on them at night and never had a hermie problem again.
jawbrodt
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I wasn't actually recommending that you should go and check out your plants whenever you feel like it, it was more of an emergency thing. And i still believe that 60 seconds of dim, indirect, light from a flashlight, once in an 8-9 week period, won't cause any damage. A LED flashing every 30 seconds for 12 hours a day, can add up to quite a bit of light. If each flash is only 1/4 second, that adds up to 6 minutes of light per day. I don't know the details of the test, but if it was carried out every day through bloom, or even for a couple days, then I can see why it caused problems. And yes, some strains are more sensitive than others. I'm just saying that if it's necessary, you should be perfectly okay to be careful and go into the bloom room for one or two minutes. Then again, it's better to be safe than sorry, so the decision is yours to make. I guess I'm just a risk-taker, and have been lucky so far.LOL
for sure, I agree with you 100 percent in that statement.
just with our hobby so many things can have effect on our baby girls its best to limit the risks to better troubleshoot all problems. But checking on it one time out of the whole cycle I agree will have no effect on it.
just with our hobby so many things can have effect on our baby girls its best to limit the risks to better troubleshoot all problems. But checking on it one time out of the whole cycle I agree will have no effect on it.
pukkacheese
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cheers for replys guys.
