will a regular halogen bulb affect my dark time in 12/12

paintballin70

paintballin70

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my sister lives in the room past my grow room in my basement and some times turns on on regular 60w housebulb in a lamp across the room would this low amount of light affect my plants at all?

i yell at her all the time but she just thinks im crazy. so give me some advice.
 
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Lo'pan

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If the light is on for short periods of time ( <5 minutes) it will have no affect on the plant. If it is on for a while, say a couple of hours, then not only will it affect the flower cycle, but it will also affect yield because the plant will be wasting energy trying to turn towards the new source of light.
 
tyke1973

tyke1973

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Once the lights go off then keep it that way the yeild will be effected if you don't.Any one who says that a normal spec of light will not effect the photo period during 12/12 off is a plonker............tyke...........................................................
 
Lindseyb

Lindseyb

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Lo'pan said:
If the light is on for short periods of time ( <5 minutes) it will have no affect on the plant. If it is on for a while, say a couple of hours, then not only will it affect the flower cycle, but it will also affect yield because the plant will be wasting energy trying to turn towards the new source of light.
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So is this legit?
 
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chitownsmoking

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Lo'pan said:
Of course its legit! I am old enough to know everything! Oh...that and the fact that my minor in college was Botany....
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lol this guy has no idea wtf he is saying. im calling your bluff. YOU NEVER WANNA USE ANY LIGHT ON YOUR PLANTS DURING THE DARK PERIOD. LIGHTERS OK, SAME WITH GLOW STIX. EVEN INCANDESENTS WILL FUCK YOUR SHIT UP
 
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Lo'pan

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chitownsmoking said:
lol this guy has no idea wtf he is saying. im calling your bluff. YOU NEVER WANNA USE ANY LIGHT ON YOUR PLANTS DURING THE DARK PERIOD. LIGHTERS OK, SAME WITH GLOW STIX. EVEN INCANDESENTS WILL FUCK YOUR SHIT UP
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I KNEW I was gonna get some shit for that last post. Get a sense of humor dude. lol

I'm not trying to start a "flame" war here Chitown, but I'm gonna call YOUR bluff. How do you know this? What kind of research/data do you have to back this up? A bunch of dudes regurgitating the same rhetoric over and over does not make something true.

Plants are not like humans. They don't sense a light source and immediately turn to look at it. Obviousely plants do not have the muscular structure that you or I do. Their movements are all controlled hormonally. If a plant senses a new light source it begins a complex hormonal sequence that tells certain cells to elongate and others to more or less contract in order to turn towards the light.

If any light at all negatively affects plants then where are the negative affects of the full moon? The reflection of city lights on the clouds? Vehicle headlights?

In my first post I stated that prolonged light WILL have negative affects. A quick look at the plants with a small flash light or lighting a cig will not affect the plant long enough to initiate the hormonal cycle. Think about it logically and I think you will agree.

peace
 
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