Can I change flowering time to vice versa?
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Lemon king
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put it in darkness for 24 hrs then resume 12/12 from pm times.
Thank you. That's what I wanted to hear.
it may be what you wanted to hear but dosent mean its a good idea. good luck hope it doesn't hermi on you
Mr.Vega
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Itll stunt the shit out of it but itll make it....I just gave away a five week flowering plant bcuz of personal issues...gave it to anorher grower to finish....so the light scedule changed and the light spectrum....the plant finished but he sd it never got any bigger n nvr grew any at all since he took it over
Potolota
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I had a serious heat issue because of the heat of the day effecting the plants with the lights I was using and to fix it I went 24 hours of darkness "actually a little less" to switch my 12/12 to be on at night instead of day and it made a big diffrance. It has little to no effect on plant because on rainy or cloudy days plants loose alot of light anyway. Good luck
kryptoniteglo
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I think you'll be okay NOT turning on the light at the usual time and then turning it on 12 hours later -- There are dark rainy days in nature (though there is some light, obviously). And during Sandy in the northeast, when a lot of indoor grows didn't have power for a while, I think most people's plants recovered pretty well if the lights came on within a day.
Obviously it's not ideal, but if you have to make the change that's probably the easiest way to do it. You might have to add a few days to the flowering period before harvesting, but you'll judge that from the trichomes.
Since light stress can disturb the plant and increase the chances that it will try to self-polinate, do look for signs of herming if you want to keep your bud sinsemilla.
Obviously it's not ideal, but if you have to make the change that's probably the easiest way to do it. You might have to add a few days to the flowering period before harvesting, but you'll judge that from the trichomes.
Since light stress can disturb the plant and increase the chances that it will try to self-polinate, do look for signs of herming if you want to keep your bud sinsemilla.
ghb
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listen to this guy, i have done it with no ill effects more than once
good, now always run your lights at night it make a lot more sense climate wise
don't listen to this guy
kryptoniteglo
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Technically, Grogrite is CORRECT, so people should stop arguing that he isn't! LOL
A light switch like that is not ideal and it can be a problem for the plant. Some strains will be more sensitive to it than others.
But if the OP has no choice, he has no choice -- yield might be lower and the plant might try to self-polinate. Light stress is the #1 condition that can lead to self-polination, I believe. But if he has to do it, he has to do it, and just leaving the lights off until the next time he wants them on is probably the best way to do it.
A light switch like that is not ideal and it can be a problem for the plant. Some strains will be more sensitive to it than others.
But if the OP has no choice, he has no choice -- yield might be lower and the plant might try to self-polinate. Light stress is the #1 condition that can lead to self-polination, I believe. But if he has to do it, he has to do it, and just leaving the lights off until the next time he wants them on is probably the best way to do it.
ghb
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i've grown over a hundred strains.
keeping them in the dark for an extra 12 hours does not harm them, it is only if the DARK period gets cut short it can affect them. increasing the dark period will do no harm.