Officialemcee
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High I was just wondering If my light patterns have to be like almost exactly on the hour like if I am say mabie half an hour or an hour late or mabie even 2 hours late can that cause stress to my plants health?
Does Lighting Have To Be EXACT Timing?
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Officialemcee
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it's not on a timer
Officialemcee
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everysingle day i wake my lazy ass up at 8 o clock Am and turn it on and then when i go to bed at 12:00 I shut them off 
korvette1977
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everysingle day i wake my lazy ass up at 8 o clock Am and turn it on and then when i go to bed at 12:00 I shut them off
8 am ???????? 1/2 the day is gone buy then ... Ive already benn up for 4 hrs and on the job for 2 - 2 1/2 hrs already sheeshhh....
You answered your own question. Get a timer. No grow should be done without a timer.
Officialemcee
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haha thanks muyoso
panhead
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I know,even on my day off im up at 3:30 am after getting up that early for decades,once in a blue moon im good to sleep in till 5 am but usually wake up with a headache from too much sleep.
Anyways,get a timer man,i mean get real,a timer costs all of $8.
IslandGreenGuy
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I used to get up at 10:00am, unfortuanly my new closet grow has been waking me up at like 8:15 with those GD lights. I tried to close the door, but it gets to hot in there. So, I guess i'll be getting up early for another few months.
haha i feel exactly the same way, I have too usually keep my door open slightly atleast when im sleeping... to keep temps down, i have an oscilating fan blowing 24/7 on high when the light is on.
its a 400 watt mh about 16" from the top of my biggest plant... its pushin it kinda... thats why i have to make suree it stays coool..
But it keeps me up haha sometimes...
Btw... im not rocking a timer either, I would... But i have a 3 prong ballast cord and my timer is 2 prong... gay, i need a new one...
anyways, ive been running 24/0 usually turning off the lights at around 2:30... anywhere from 2-3 is good... think about if your plants are just getting sun from the sunset, or early morning... usually the sun doesn't hit the plant anyways... so your fine, IMO, how my plants have grown.. with atleast 18 hours, usually dark periods of 2-3 hours a nite, sometimes they got a full daylight... a while back, but my babies have been through alot it seems like..
anywhos. good luck
its a 400 watt mh about 16" from the top of my biggest plant... its pushin it kinda... thats why i have to make suree it stays coool..
But it keeps me up haha sometimes...
Btw... im not rocking a timer either, I would... But i have a 3 prong ballast cord and my timer is 2 prong... gay, i need a new one...
anyways, ive been running 24/0 usually turning off the lights at around 2:30... anywhere from 2-3 is good... think about if your plants are just getting sun from the sunset, or early morning... usually the sun doesn't hit the plant anyways... so your fine, IMO, how my plants have grown.. with atleast 18 hours, usually dark periods of 2-3 hours a nite, sometimes they got a full daylight... a while back, but my babies have been through alot it seems like..
anywhos. good luck
Erysichthon
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get a cheap timer not the preprogammed ones either they are like a dollar cheaper spend that extra cash and set your time how you want
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you can get an adapter at walmart, or any hardware store that turns a 3 prong into a 2 prong, they are about $1 us......
420inmyapt
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So you want him to run his 400 watt MH lamp on a simulated ground? lol thats priceless, those plugs just make your cord think its being grounded when its really not...
I think he would be much safer to buy a grounded timer.... don't go the cheap way, your gonna burn down your house....
regrets
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Kudos, don't burn your house down to save 6 bucks, just get the proper and cheap high wattage analog timer. You see now you guys made me use the word kudos; oh crap thats twice now. Just get the timer.
IslandGreenGuy
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I snipped the ground off my Balles cord. I wouldn't suggest doing it unless you have a grounded Surge protector in line with it.