Yeah, I think when power is out for that long unless you have a generator that can light the room it's better to just leave them in the dark.A very similar thing happened to me at about the same time (wk 6'ish). Lost power for a day and the girls were in darkness for 36hrs. They didn't seem to mind.
Still a good question Mateus, that has not been answered yet
Why?
yes even if it's a few watts, that way the light cycle is never interrupted I would only do it if I was in flower
Because your going to risk them turning hermie, vs getting enough light to keep the cycle going even if it's only a little bit
A 100 watt bulb would easily light up that size room enough to maintain the light cycle. I have shop lights with CFLs in them standing by in the grow room in case I ever need to switch to generator.
imo a flash light in a room that size, all it would do would be to potentially stress them more. Whatever, you have to make a decision when shit like this happens and I chose to let them stay in the dark with no interruptions until consistent power came back. To me that makes more sense than trying to provide light with flashlights - lmfao
You are so fucked..
Then they'll hermie, interrupting them or giving them too little light could potentially hermie them too. So it's a chance you take, I chose one and if they hermie within the 2 weeks they have left I'll pick a few nanners or pull them early. Next...
Depends on whether they were in veg or flower. If they're in veg, there's a good chance you'd kick them into bloom. If they were already in flower, interrupting the light cycle for 36 hours is much riskier than... well... whatever you're risking by lighting them with dim light; I still don't understand what kind of problems you think that would cause.
An extended dark will not herm them.
Yeah I thought it was better to keep them in one state until I had reliable power back vs. screwing around with temp lighting. This outage was caused by a freak ice storm so I had no heat for 21 hours. If I'd had a generator I would have tried to run the furnace and freezer before giving the plants light
Yea if you lose power for a week lime drysift then your kind of screwed anyways. A week in the dark is rough but I'm sure some scrawny lights would be just as bad.Yeah I thought it was better to keep them in one state until I had reliable power back vs. screwing around with temp lighting. This outage was caused by a freak ice storm so I had no heat for 21 hours. If I'd had a generator I would have tried to run the furnace and freezer before giving the plants light
Seems like the best/cheapest idea. Just have a backup 250w HPS or 100-200watts of CFLs.
lol
no they won't they have never hermied once, they would have more chance if I left them in the dark for 3 days when the are in flower..