Dark period interrupted !!!!!!!

[philly blunt]

NEED HELP ASAP!!!!!
OK this really sucks but I bumped my timer over a week ago and it turned my lights on for 15 min. after 2 1/2 hrs. of the dark period this happen at the beginning of 6th week of an 8 week flower cycle and continued for about 10 days. I know this set them back to veg. but what's the best thing to do NOW (in middle of 7th week)!?

1. Do I flower for two additional weeks to bulk up buds? or 2. Do I harvest as planed and cut my losses ?

 

[philly blunt]

If I add two additional weeks to flower should I turn light out for 36 hrs. to throw them back into full flower?! help help help!!!!!!

 

[darkdestruction420]

You didnt turn them back vegging, that im almost 100% certain of. You've got a much bigger problem than that, watch for pollen sacks and bananas, cuz they are probally gonna hermie on you......

 

[darkdestruction420]

If I add two additional weeks to flower should I turn light out for 36 hrs. to throw them back into full flower?! help help help!!!!!!

No, 36 hrs of dark will not make a plant flower any quicker, and like i said you dont need to worry about that part, i would be pretty shocked if it reverted in under 2 weeks while not being switched back to a full veg cycle of lighting.

 

[ToucheBitches]

http://www.planetnatural.com/site/dutch-master-reverse.html


start planning for something bad. Touchet has this stuff but hasn't used it yet, but if he has it I would say its the shit!

 

[tamjam69]

yep make sure your timer is set correctly at the normal flowering schedule and let them bitches finish

they will be fine and if you have good genetics forget the hermies

 

[skme9]

From what ive been doing so far my plants have had a fuk up light cycle during all their life currently i turn on lights like at 7 am but sometimes wake up late tun them on at 8 or 9 sometimes 11, they got about 5 to 6 weeks budding form what i observe that being that ive stressed the shit ot of my plants with other problems like snapping big bgranches and burning stems and leaves have ot gone hermie only one plant has lag a little in flowering and the oer which is tip took of quick growing about 3 inch thick nuggs comared to the other right now about half inch thick

 

[darkdestruction420]

From what ive been doing so far my plants have had a fuk up light cycle during all their life currently i turn on lights like at 7 am but sometimes wake up late tun them on at 8 or 9 sometimes 11, they got about 5 to 6 weeks budding form what i observe that being that ive stressed the shit ot of my plants with other problems like snapping big bgranches and burning stems and leaves have ot gone hermie only one plant has lag a little in flowering and the oer which is tip took of quick growing about 3 inch thick nuggs comared to the other right now about half inch thick

Oh really? you must be the luckiest suckiest grower ever.......

 

[sixstring2112]

I had a plant outside 2 years ago and my neighbor turned the lights on all the time, and never at the same time. my plant was 15 feet from the light and it lite up half my backyard.sometimes it would stay on for days.hermies are overrated big time. if you have good seeds they will be fine.I think it would be more of a problem if it would have happened at the very begining of your flower cycle. It might make your plants take an extra week or so to finish. If it was me i would finish them with a cycle of 10 hours on 14 hours off and make sure they dont get screwed with anymore. good luck

 

[darkdestruction420]

why would you use a 10/14 cycle? how could that possibley help? I dont think you understand how flowering actually works.....

 

[jimmy130380]

no stress dude
she be sweet ,i walk into my room and flick the light on
i dictate to the plants not the other way round lol
no if ya dont do it heaps you will be fine

 

[darkdestruction420]

Wow, Thats gotta be the worst advice ive ever heard. Flipping the lights on during flowering is NOT ok.

 

[jimmy130380]

yeah but sometime ya gotta do it
fan blows up ,water leak you know when ya gotta do it

 

[darkdestruction420]

fair enough, but bro you should go out and get yourself a cheap lil green party bulb, they cost like 1 at the dollar store or a little more at kmart/walmart/fleet farm and you can run them w/o it messing up the cycle in emergencies.

 

[jimmy130380]

im telling myself that for a year but i never do it

 

[sixstring2112]

why would you use a 10/14 cycle? how could that possibley help? I dont think you understand how flowering actually works.....

I see you have alot more posts than most , but i do know a thing or 2 about light cycles. 12/12 is just an easy way to remember and time things. it is not something that has to be followed to the tee or you fail. pot will flower when it gets around 10 hours of darkness uninterrupted.that is fact.The whole light leak theory is blown up on sites like this. these plants do not get 12/12 any day of the week. i try to keep it somewhat regular but shit happens. for the first month they got 14on 10off and looked great. Iwould have kept it like that but 12/12 seems to keep me out of the grow room more so thats where they are for now.I dont agree with the other post where you just say fuck it and go in whenever you want, but if you have healthy plants 1 or 2 screwups is not the end of the world or cause for hitting the HERMIE button just keep an eye open and an open mind.all pics had light leaks some for over 2 weeks. in pic#1 on the left is my veg box complete with leaks all around the door(yes i fixed it)