Screwed up my light pattern.

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Adrian McGowan

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Hey guys I'm running a top fed dwc setup with leds. I had the girls (hoping there girls)on a 18 hour veg cycle. About 4 days ago I changed my water and nutrients which I do weekly. My lights timer somehow reset itself and I reset it as to what I had it. Anyways my timer didn't turn off at the required time and now my plants have gone from 18 hr cycle to 24. I know it can be run on 24 but I understand it's better at 18. My problem I'm having is if I turn it back to 18 will they enter flowering stage because of the shortened light span? Ive topped them about a week ago so they aren't really ready for flowering. Planned on another 3 weeks of veg. Is it possible to scale the lighting back half an hour a day until I get back to 18 hrs or will then in turn trigger the flowering? Any help would be great.
 
Adrian McGowan said:
Hey guys I'm running a top fed dwc setup with leds. I had the girls (hoping there girls)on a 18 hour veg cycle. About 4 days ago I changed my water and nutrients which I do weekly. My lights timer somehow reset itself and I reset it as to what I had it. Anyways my timer didn't turn off at the required time and now my plants have gone from 18 hr cycle to 24. I know it can be run on 24 but I understand it's better at 18. My problem I'm having is if I turn it back to 18 will they enter flowering stage because of the shortened light span? Ive topped them about a week ago so they aren't really ready for flowering. Planned on another 3 weeks of veg. Is it possible to scale the lighting back half an hour a day until I get back to 18 hrs or will then in turn trigger the flowering? Any help would be great.
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They are more forgiving in veg. You should be able to go right back to 18/6.
How long have you been giving them 24hrs light? 4 days?
 
Adrian McGowan said:
Hey guys I'm running a top fed dwc setup with leds. I had the girls (hoping there girls)on a 18 hour veg cycle. About 4 days ago I changed my water and nutrients which I do weekly. My lights timer somehow reset itself and I reset it as to what I had it. Anyways my timer didn't turn off at the required time and now my plants have gone from 18 hr cycle to 24. I know it can be run on 24 but I understand it's better at 18. My problem I'm having is if I turn it back to 18 will they enter flowering stage because of the shortened light span? Ive topped them about a week ago so they aren't really ready for flowering. Planned on another 3 weeks of veg. Is it possible to scale the lighting back half an hour a day until I get back to 18 hrs or will then in turn trigger the flowering? Any help would be great.
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no they wont enter flowering its 100 percent fine just switch it back to 18/6 and be careful next time
 
You can just simply put them back on their 18 hour schedule, as long as the plants get 18 hours of light they wont switch to flower. I manage 3 grow rooms so this is a common issue for me. When I'm not spending money on important additions like AC/HVAC and building materials I'll be fine tuning all my equipment as far as timers go. I plan to trolmaster everything.
 
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