Light Leaks Question

DancesWithWeeds said:

Damn, @Thundercat , it's a bitch to be in a situation like that. Hope you get your job. How long before you have to take your test?

If I didn't use MJ I would much rather have a pee test than a lie detector like my niece. She never smoked at all. She thinks that it was because she had been around it. That was for some local government job out in Calif.

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I don't have a set date yet. Im just trying to be prepared now that I've got some applications out. I already got denied by the job I actually would have wanted so at this point I'm just doing my best to try to be positive about the others. I moved my family across the country for my last job and put everything I had into helping build that farm. Its heartbreaking having to rebuild again at this point in my life.

Thanks for the kind words and positive thoughts. sorry I kinda hijacked your thread.

Thundercat said:

Thanks for the kind words and positive thoughts. sorry I kinda hijacked your thread.

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That's fine, glad you did. I'm just here to talk and it doesn't have to be about anything in particular.

DancesWithWeeds said:

Some that I can not get straight in my minds is "Why the absolute darkness when flowering?" Grow rooms are supposed to imitate nature but night time is not completely dark. There's the moon, street lights, car lights. and just plain ambient light, and a multitude of other light sources, yet the plants seem to manage without going hermi. Why does the slightest light leak mess up the plants in a tent?

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to be honest i always found this to be some bs m8, the truth is solid genetics usually dont hermie and if one takes a careful analytical approach to it you realize many times it is the same strains, the same breeders and so on, meaning that is much more about what is done breeding side than it is responsibility of the grower.

Im old but older growers near me wont ever touch feminized seeds, the process of choosing a female from all the rest including males is usually just "part of the grow" and the idea of using the silver for seeds is just something they pass on without hesitation... also great breeders like Shanti never dedicated much time to it, makes one wonder.

Interesting thread. I'd have to agree with the above comments. Usually poor genes. I had one a few years ago in a greenhouse grow. They were all regular seed from a good breeder.
I think absolute darkness is just a fail safe method we always preach. The question you posted is one I've often pondered over the years.
I did a greenhouse grow a few years ago. I remember watching lightning flash one night and wondering why that doesn't cause any problem at all. Full moon nights? Go figure huh.
Tents these days are pretty good. I did find a few slight light leaks on my 4x4 for photos. I used flexseal black spray...no more leak. Overkill? Probably, but I won't worry.

curious2garden said:

I'm also wondering, since all cannabis contains the hermaphrodite genes if a plant herms in the wilderness and no one sees it, did it really?

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Maybe they go solo.