nomoresnow
Well-Known Member
Everything I read says you need absolute darkness in your grow room which is fine but I can't stop wondering about nature and the moon.
Please enlightnen me, pun intended.
Please enlightnen me, pun intended.
Sometimes it's super dark and sometimes the moon is so brite it lights up my bedroom. Just wonderin.If you're saying it's not dark at night in nature, then that's not true.
I was standing outside the other night and it was bright as fuck, could see everything... i wondered the same question.. thanks for clearing that upLol.
I love these sections.
Short-day plants flower when the night lengths exceed their critical photoperiod.[7] They cannot flower under short nights or if a pulse of artificial light is shone on the plant for several minutes during the night; they require a continuous period of darkness before floral development can begin. Natural nighttime light, such as moonlight or lightning, is not of sufficient brightness or duration to interrupt flowering
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoperiodism
Dood :-O you are mentioning some REALLY important steps that are bordering on stupidity not to go through!I call it moronicness.
Same people flush weed, and leave tap out to dechlorinate, and throw their bud in a jar once it drops to 60%rh or so
When you look at how a plant works...rarely ever done.
Youll see that basically light affects hormones etc, for example (co) protein that initiates flowering is only stable in light.
Another....
light inhibits the activity of PINOID kinase, which then promotes the activity ofPIN3. This activation leads to asymmetric distribution of auxins, which then lead to asymmetric elongation of cells in the stem..basically how plants follow the sun
Now then
You dont have to have an unnecessary fear of light. how much light does it take to have an effect on the plant? You need about 2000 lumens to maintain photosynthesis, about 40 lumens will stop flowering (at the low end)... i routinely turn ceiling lights on at "night" to tend to my plants with no detrimental affects. The little amount of light on an extension cord is nothing either.
Now flowering hormones build up again every "night" you can even leave a flowering plant in full 24/0 for 2 days with no effect and go back to flower the next night . Bad genetics herm from stress. They will do fine next to a street light..etc use your imagination
My grows are certainly not completely dark
Flushing is a myth! How about you show US some science promoting it!We do NOT however agree when it comes to flushing, i would love to see some relevant research on the area.