Forgotten Lights On

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ancrib

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Hello, It's been a while since I wrote something here and today I really need your advice.
I forgot my lights on ~4 hours (more) in my almost 2 weeks flowering (without a day) tent. In the past I had a leak problem and all went hermafrodites and I really don't want this to happend now. I'm think to change the hours that will still be 12h off, but I'm not sure how is the best approach.
Thank you very much for all responses !!!
 
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FirstCavApache64

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ancrib said:
Hello, It's been a while since I wrote something here and today I really need your advice.
I forgot my lights on ~4 hours (more) in my almost 2 weeks flowering (without a day) tent. In the past I had a leak problem and all went hermafrodites and I really don't want this to happend now. I'm think to change the hours that will still be 12h off, but I'm not sure how is the best approach.
Thank you very much for all responses !!!
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Your post is a little confusing, how many days was the light cycle off? Did it happen as soon as you put them in flower or later on? Two weeks is a long time to have the cycle messed up in flower and I'd bet it's gonna start revegging or herm issues will show up if it was that way for the whole time.
 
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ancrib

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Yap, sorry I wrote in a hurry. I started 12/12 two weeks ago and everything until now went perfect but today I forgot the light on about 4 hours more than it should be. I'm worried about tomorow what to do and my first tought was to delay the lights on with 4 hours just to have the 12h of dark or just let it be...
 
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ancrib

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xtsho said:
Stick with your normal schedule.

Don't you have a timer?
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Rsawr said:
One 4 hour interruption should not be the end of the world for your grow that is 2 weeks into flower. You may want to invest in a plug timer so that the mistakes are minimized. They are fairly cheap and long lived.
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I actually have a timer, but the 3 way plug didn't fit on it so my second light in the tent I usually put in myself, and take it out myself because I was lazy to go buy a good 3 way plug that fit the timer. My mistake because I was lazy....
 
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ancrib

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Rsawr said:
Get the timer working and you'll save yourself a world of hurt. You can plug a power strip into a timer as long as the timer itself is rated for the total power of everything you have plugged into it.
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I will do that as soon as possible. I have sorted out like this in the other tent and everything works good for a long period without any issues.
So I should let the timer start at the same hour (with the 8 hours of dark for today) and don't worry about hermies ?! Thanks for the replays! :blsmoke:
 
FirstCavApache64

FirstCavApache64

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Like everyone else has said, you're fine if it was just once or twice. I have my veg tent setup the same way where I have to pull one of the plugs out because I'm cheap. I screw up the time in there almost daily and they are fine. Flowering time is more critical but they can take a couple hiccups usually.
 
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Rsawr

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ancrib said:
I will do that as soon as possible. I have sorted out like this in the other tent and everything works good for a long period without any issues.
So I should let the timer start at the same hour (with the 8 hours of dark for today) and don't worry about hermies ?! Thanks for the replays! :blsmoke:
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Yes, just resume your schedule as it was, and work on that timer. You are fine.
 
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nxsov180db

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Dark time is what matters. If the lights stayed on for 4 hours longer just make sure you still get the 12 hour dark period.. If you want to keep the same on and off times you could shut your lights off at the normal time on the next day.
 
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