Irene will be here inna few hours....need some advice

Thanks in advance to anyone who answers my last minute post of desperation!


In a few hours Irene will be in full force here and so my question is this...

12/12 scheduled to start again at 11pm tonight, in the thick of it all. So I am wondering, should I let it go and let the lights turn on and go as long as they can...before the power goes out (almost a guarantee) or should I just leave'em in the dark tonight and hope power is back on tomorrow night by 11pm?

Is a lil' light, even 1 or 2 hours worth it or would it serve only to confuse? I know that dark interruption is the main culprit in the world of hermies.

Ok, now I am asking the same question different ways. Hahah, thanks if you reply!

Sorry to hear & I think either way would be bad. Honestly best bet would be to Light some candles, get some battery powered lanterns and make the plants think its day, Of course it would not be giving them lumens promoting growth but they will still not be harmed by an extra 12 hours of no light

imo i would let lights go on if your on timers plants will get there 12 hrs somehow all you need to do is change it all back to fit your schedule once irene is gone and your up an running without any eectrical loss

I'm no pro, but I've read some people give their plants 48 hours of darkness sometimes, not sure why, at least that way it wouldn't get scared at least. But I'd wait on some more responses, just throwin somethin I heard out there

I just can not understand all this hype over hermies. I have had power outages and some of the other accidents that people say will cause hermies. And out of a few huntred plants I have not once seen a Hermie. Am I just lucky, or just that dam good?

I truely think it would be better to keep the light out. I would even go as far as removeing the light from over the plants. If you leave the light on. You never know you might get a big power surge and burn out your ballast. And I know you probably have a surge protector. But I would not trust it in this situation. Unplug you light and be on the safe side. Better that,then a burned down house.

I know the last time I was in a big storm, my house got hit by two trees. It was almost like a war zone. If you leave your light on, you may have something hit your house and knock it down, destroying your plants and catching fire or something.

Having a longer period of dark will not confuse the ladies. Its having longer periods of light that will. How many weeks are you into flowering? If you think the lights will be on for less than 2 hours, I suggest keeping them off until you get the power issues resolved.

I would unplug EVERYTHING. Fire or power surges could be much worse disaster than photo period issues. I would also remove the light so that it doesn't drop on the plants. That sucks man. Hope you make it through ok.

Just keep going with the flowering stage. just point a flash light maybe some candles at it. So the plant will think its day time. Just don't put the candle to close. Put it in like a box with the flash light and a candle or 2 so the plant will get light. Sure it's not gonna grow but it'll keep the cycle moving.

imo id leave lights off unplug everything and make sure nothing can fall on the girls. ive put mine in 48 darkness to increase resin production. goood luck !!

CrisWalker said:

Just keep going with the flowering stage. just point a flash light maybe some candles at it. So the plant will think its day time. Just don't put the candle to close. Put it in like a box with the flash light and a candle or 2 so the plant will get light. Sure it's not gonna grow but it'll keep the cycle moving.

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Please tell me your joking. You want him to put little fires around his plants while a Hurricane tears through his town. Now lets say this was not something that would probably burn down his house. Do you truely think that a few candles with give the plant the needed wave length and lumens?

Just unplug the stuff and go duck and cover.

^_^ Fire Hazard.. But it is possible, if he had Electrical Lanterns that would be enough light to make the plants feel it is day time, thus not effecting the light period majorly.

Lord Dangly Bits said:

Please tell me your joking. You want him to put little fires around his plants while a Hurricane tears through his town. Now lets say this was not something that would probably burn down his house. Do you truely think that a few candles with give the plant the needed wave length and lumens?

Just unplug the stuff and go duck and cover.

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Thanks for all the replies!! Some were funny and gave me a chuckle. Just what I needed at this point.

I was 3 weeks into flowering when Irene came thru. Last night @ 830pm EST. Lights were supposed to come on @ 11.

Come 11 tonight they should be going on again.....but I don't have power still.


So someone said they've heard of 48 hours on purpose.....what about 72?



But anyway, thanks again for all the advice. Peace out

no lights is no problem. Like that other guy said I think hermie is just a trait that pops up not necessarily due to growing errors. Just like all this BS about giving seeds a better chance at being female. Theres just more females in general because you only need 1 male to impregnate 100's of plants

Lights came back on after 58 hours of dark. Not much difference however now some leaves are yellow. I did feed them once in the dark just as a 'what if they dry out' paranoia in my head! I've attached pics.

What I don't get is that some leaves are yellow and some a nice green....but on the same plant. I assume it is a PH issue (that is what I've read anyway), perhaps not allowing the plant to absorb nutes right?? I did get a new PH meter and am on top of it....just curious.

Thanks again folks.

Wow, the pics are in the middle of my post. Strange ****ahhh fixed it****

58 hours of dark? OUCH! I think they should good man. Better than 58 hours of light I would think.

Yeah, that's weird about the pics. So you went a couple days without light huh?
I would assume the leaf would lose some green in color due to the lack of chlorophyll production, no photosynthesis so no green man. Give them a few days.

In the long run it will be interesting to see what the effects are going to be in regards to trichome production. What week are you in again, like week 4 of bloom?
I may want to try this myself.

It was day 24 that the power went out. I do think I noticed way more trichs' then before....however that could be wishful thinking!

I see this is your first thread, can you let us know how this turns out?
Or maybe start a grow journal and leave a link here.

Hey Cruzer, I am now stuck to my computer, looking over your greenhouse journals....THANKS ALOT BUDDY for not letting me get work done at work!

Edit - @ Cruzer - I woulda started a journal if I had thought about it.....but to start one at week 3.5?!?! Should I? I suppose cluttering up the fourms with my random posts isn't the best idea either.

When I get the nets back at home I'll start one, OR I'll start one here at work tomorrow. Either way I'll head your advice and start one, placing a journal here. If nothing else, my power outage can help future folks see how 58 hours of dark effects the 'sexy bitches'