Changing light on/off times in flower

AtterStiga

AtterStiga

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I'm almost four weeks into 12/12 and stuff is going great. Lights are on from noon till midnight, which is proving less than ideal for me. I would love to switch to lights on at 2200/2300hrs. I'm thinking about just keeping it dark for 23/22 hours and then rolling with the new times. I've done this back in the day, but then there was so much wrong I couldn't tell if if the change had negative impact or not. So I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with this. Will it stress my babies too much? Is it favourable to have two nights @16ish hrs instead of one night @22/23?
 
Olive Drab Green

Olive Drab Green

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AtterStiga said:
I'm almost four weeks into 12/12 and stuff is going great. Lights are on from noon till midnight, which is proving less than ideal for me. I would love to switch to lights on at 2200/2300hrs. I'm thinking about just keeping it dark for 23/22 hours and then rolling with the new times. I've done this back in the day, but then there was so much wrong I couldn't tell if if the change had negative impact or not. So I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with this. Will it stress my babies too much? Is it favourable to have two nights @16ish hrs instead of one night @22/23?
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A quick change shouldn't make a difference as long as you have good genetics. If you were continuously fucking with the light schedule, it might herm, but I've adjusted mid-cycle before. I wouldn't give it a day of dark, but when you reset the timer, make sure you get a longer dark period than a light one between the switch. Too long of a dark period, and it actually may herm, due to thinking the season has ended and they've lost the chance to reproduce, in which case it pollenates itself, expressing and carrying the herm gene.
 
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