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[potbellyshelly]

Stuck a bagseed in my avocado plant last year, and a few months ago it sprouted! It's been outdoors, but I need to bring it inside, so here's my question:

1. Does it really have to be PITCH BLACK? I read that you shouldn't
even be able to see your hand in front of your face, BUT... it's not
pitch black outside. ever. and the plants flower when grown outdoors.

Thanks in advance!

 

[max316420]

Pitch black for what, vegging or flowering?

 

[Grumpy']

First post, but i have been doing tons of reading, and if the pros dont mind me answering. The "dark" period, should be ask dark as night, no direct light, and if there is light, like say from another room, try to have it as short as possible for time. Yes on a full moon night outside you can see, but the light isnt of the kind that affects the plant much (wrong spectrums). Obviously, you want a more long term member to confirm or deny this.

 

[potbellyshelly]

FLOWERING.

Sounds good to me, thanks!

 

[Desr]

yeah during flowering it needs to be pitch black like cant see anything in the room black.

 

[lowrider2000]

theres light in your back yard at night....not in the woods

 

[phishtank]

There is light in the woods at night. Or i must have night vision...because i can see.

 

[Robert Paulson]

It doesn't have to be pitch black, but its better to be safe than sorry. I can see in my flower room during lights off because my ppm gauges have really bright green lights on them. True green lights like these will not affect your plants. And yes there is light outside at night and it does sometimes affect plants. Strret lights are metal halide where I live and my friend has had problems with his plants showing hermaphroditic traits because the plants in his back yard are pretty close to a street light.

 

[Pureblood89]

theres light in your back yard at night....not in the woods

What about the moon?...

 

[phishtank]

Does the slight glow from a television possibly leaking into zipper light leaks cause issues?

 

[lowrider2000]

the moon plays a factor when its full...................

 

[Robert Paulson]

There is light in the woods at night. Or i must have night vision...because i can see.

You must have night vision or you are just full of shit. I live in the woods. It is pitch black at night. No such thing as moonlight when there is a canopy above your head. Sure in a clearing there is light on a nice evening, but not in the tall timber. Although chance are your plants are going to be in a clearing if you are growing in the woods, but who would actually think that would affect their plants? How many nights is it full in a row for?

 

[phishtank]

I grew up in the boonies of NC...and had to walk through the woods to get to and from friends houses late at night. I never had a problem seeing what was around me....even in thick woods. You will rarely find a place outside that is actually "pitch black".

 

[max316420]

I have read where the moon has been so bright that it has fucked peoples flowering plants up. Can't say I have ever seen this happen in person cause Ive only grown outside like 3x in my whole life but seems like it could actually happen. I have seen the moon so bright that you could see perfectly at night like it was still dusk.. Just my thoughts