advise on changing the light cycle please

[2beanklm]

1 week into 12/12 and i have decided i made a bad choice with lights on at noon and off at midnight. could i change the cycle to on at 9 pm off at 9 am or am i asking for trouble? my reason is i'm in a cold climate and having to heat the room when it is 0 or below out will get exspensive. i should have set it up for the lights on at night and off in the day. well live and learn i guess. whats your advise? thank you.

 

[stoner1984]

have the plants actually started to flower?

i had a similar problem after about 3 weeks of 12/12, when the season changed quite dramatically, i decided to leave the lights off for a full day then put them into my desired light shedule of 5pm - 5am. I thought it seemed the least stressfull way to do it and had no problems.

 

[fdd2blk]

just change it. give them an extra dark cycle. they will be fine.

 

[jordisgarden]

i changed my cycle with no issues. it wasnt planned or prepared for i just did it. a few times ive had to change the cycle. i just give em there dark and turn it on whenever the time comes i want. its no big deal at all to leave em in the dark for a few more hours especially in flower extra dark will not hurt em...im not sure what effect changing a lot of times during flower would do though, but once or even 2 times aint shit...good luk

 

[TheDifferenceX]

just change it. give them an extra dark cycle. they will be fine.

exactly... just turn the lights off at 9pm instead of midnight.. they will lose 3 hours of light for the day, but that's ok... then turn them on at 9am and continue w/ that cycle...

They may look kinda droopy and unhealthy at first when you turn the light on at 9am... cuz they were used to it being dark for 3 more hours...

It should adjust without any problems though...

 

[regrets]

No problem extending the lights out time for a day. Try to avoid extending on time though. Best bet is to just keep the lights off from midnight to 9pm.

 

[2beanklm]

Great thanks everyone. i just turned them off after 2 hours of light and they will come back on at 9 pm.