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bigdog1002

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Daylight Saving Time ends today... should I adjust my light timer or leave it as is? I've read that changing the plant's "morning" is stress on the plant (although I'm at 7 full weeks of flowering as of tomorrow.. I'm not expecting to go more than 10 more days). My lights normally run 5 am to 5 pm.... if I leave it as is, they'll be running 4 am to 4 pm. Thoughts?
 
McFonz said:
don't touch the timer, you plant doesn't adjust to daylight saving time like your clock.
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Thanks.. that's what I thought.. just gonna be a little incovenient bc I usually get home at 4 and have an hour to do any gardening that needs to be done and also just to admire them for a while.. I'm expecting to go on 12/12 for another full week and then let them sit in total darkness for 3 days.. then chop. I know my White Widow is close to ready.. the buds have fattened up so much they can't even support their own weight anymore. I'm gonna check the trichs on my Pineapple Express tomorrow and see where they are.. I've heard they start get fatter once the trichs start to go amber but I don't want them to go amber too much on that one. I may have to stick the WW in another room and let the PE go a little longer
 
pilgram said:
argh! i hate reprograming timers.but an hour either way wont bother your girls
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Mine is just a regular one with the pins.. all I'd have to do is unplug it for exactly an hour then plug it back in to get it on Standard Time.. but I'm gonna leave it alone since I'm so close to being done.
 
Why change timers for daylight savings time starting or ending? That is a creation of man, not Mother Nature. Plants in the wild are not affected by daylight savings time beginning or ending. It's just all light and darkness to them no matter what our clocks and watches say.
 
Brick Top said:
Why change timers for daylight savings time starting or ending? That is a creation of man, not Mother Nature. Plants in the wild are not affected by daylight savings time beginning or ending. It's just all light and darkness to them no matter what our clocks and watches say.
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Yeah.. I was thinking more for myself than for the plant (so I would still have some "daylight" to garden and whatnot).. I have a green LED headlight but I don't trust it in flowering.. and I'm too close to being done to screw it up now
 
im just used to checkin on them at 5 and 7 when lights come on .just a creature of habit and why 5 and 7 i have no idea
 
The general rule is, as long as they get 12 hours of darkness each night during flowering, they really don't care what the light period is. It is possible to run 18/12 it's just complicated and unnatural but it works. Anyways, adjust clocks if it fits your schedule, as long as they see 12 hours dark each night no problems.
 
Someguy15 said:
The general rule is, as long as they get 12 hours of darkness each night during flowering, they really don't care what the light period is. It is possible to run 18/12 it's just complicated and unnatural but it works. Anyways, adjust clocks if it fits your schedule, as long as they see 12 hours dark each night no problems.
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This is the first time I'm hearing such a thing.
Do you have any more information on the subject?
 
You would need a heck of a timer and you're lights would be on at random times all through the week. I'm not sure if I would be down for that kind of setup.

Since you're so close to the end, I'd leave everything as is.
 
a simple digital timer can be set to a different on and off setting for each day of the week so its possible.
If you give it more light it might be able to store more energy for the dark period and that can be used for some stuff.

But I've never seen anything backing up that the plants don't mind the long light time.
 
Jeez, yea its waaaaaay to early for me to function right now. I hadn't even thought about digital timers. I was thinking the same as far as the extra light giving the plants more time to store up energy but it seems like 12/12 is tried and true.
 
From what I know a plants day is from 24 to 24.5 hours. (something about the lunar cycle or something)
I never heard of a 30 hour day a plant can handle.
But if I haven't heard of it doesn't mean it doesn't exist and I would love some info about it.
 
bigdog1002 said:
Daylight Saving Time ends today... should I adjust my light timer or leave it as is? I've read that changing the plant's "morning" is stress on the plant (although I'm at 7 full weeks of flowering as of tomorrow.. I'm not expecting to go more than 10 more days). My lights normally run 5 am to 5 pm.... if I leave it as is, they'll be running 4 am to 4 pm. Thoughts?
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Thats funny shit.
 
I've heard about that but rarely found any journal or scientific evidence about it.
Also, they say the flowering period get 40% longer so I can just guess the plants don't like it at all if the growth is so stunted.

I consider it one of those not-yet-to-be-proven myths.
 
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