Failed Ballast! What to do?

nameno said:

Man, I would light candles around them before I would put them back in veg.
Use any light you got laying around if you have to buy a 20$ flo that would work for a day or 2.
I just hate to see you loose any work.

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omg no effing way! two posts about growing with candle in the same day! wtf is going on around here?! hahahahaha wow

Better that the veggies start to flower than the flowers start to veg.

SeeRockCity said:

plants dont just hermmie because of light change...

anyway...

I thought about switching veg to 12/12 for a while...but wouldnt that induce flower on my veg plants that arent ready to flower yet

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Let me clarify again...lol......If you have a plant under a 600w hps for 12/12 after 4weeks then switch to 20/4 with a 400w mh for a few days....IT WILL HERMIE..........but anyway,GL.peace

shoulda gone with apollo, ipower is known for bad ballast

ok veging plants wont mind going under cfl's for a while on their 18/6 schedule they will just get less light intensity, then move mh to flower room and use 12/12 till new ballast arrives

Using your mh for a few days at 12/12 will not induce flowering.Flowering takes a few weeks after 12/12 switch to begin.

ok guys..I've resloved to make the trip 2x / day to my grow until the ballast gets here.
I'm putting the Jack under my 400W MH
and running over 12 hours later to put it in the dark..

hope that ballast gets here soon!

she sticks out in veg too... lol

B166ER420 said:

Switching to 20/4 from a hps to mh....will hermie some shit up!Ive done 12/12 outside when light was the same.You would be better off switching your mh to 12/12 for a couple days.

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Lol isn't that what I just said in my post that you shot down?

switching from hps to a mh will not hermie it,just keep it in the veg room for 12 hours then put it in a dark closet and it should be fine

You have to try and stick to the light cycle.
The plants flower because of the extended dark hours. (12)
They build up their hormone levels during dark.

If you decrease that for several days in a row, the flower stage gets interrupted big time and most likely will get you craps for smoke.
The amount of light for the 12 hours cycle can be neglected for a few days, as long as its light, and the plant can react to that.

If you are able to move the plant about twice a day for the duration I would go with that.
I would simply place it for 12 hours in the room with the MH light, and take it out after 12 hours, and place it in the dark room for 12 hours.

Its a bit of work, but far more likely to produce a decent smoke.