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infdjedi

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Hey All,

Quick question about my light cycle. I was messing around with things yesterday and I think I hit the timer so that the lights went on about 1.2 hours earlier than normal. They were only on about 20 minutes before I found out, so I shut them off so they get the 1 hour of darkness. My question.. was this the right move? Or, should I have just let the lights on for that extra hour? Maybe it doesnt even matter.

Thanks guys,
 
krustofskie

krustofskie

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If your vegging it wont matter at all. If your flowering it could have an adverse effect, but as it was only once for a short while and not going to be repeated then I wouldn't worry, you should be fine.
 
shylas

shylas

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if it was supposed to be just one more hour of darkness and the lights turned on
for 20 min I would have just left em on. sounds like your still in veg so your ok as stated
previously
 
krustofskie

krustofskie

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When in flower the important part is to have undisturbed absolute darkness for at least 12 hours. If my light went off early I would leave them off for the next 12 hours to reduce shock risk. But as you said it only went wrong once so you should be fine.
 
krustofskie

krustofskie

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Got it the wrong way round there, sorry, if the light came on early I would have turned it off and then insured 12 hours darkness from that point onwards. The dark period is so important when flowering.
 
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infdjedi

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OK, thanks man. What kind of stress signs should I be on the lookout for? And if I see them, is there anything I can do about it?
 
krustofskie

krustofskie

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You can only do what you can to not stress the plants. Once stressed they have to recover on their own and you have to do what you can to not stress them more. Signs can be stunted growth, wilting and of course turning hermi. But I rearly am sure you will be fine, breath easy.
 
krustofskie

krustofskie

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Ive heard some use superthrive to help reduce the effects of stress, you could try some of that if your worried but I dont use it myself.
 
shylas

shylas

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if your that close to them going on leave em on yea.
Turning the lights off after 20 min then on again not so good
 
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infdjedi

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Just to clarify.. they came on 1 hour and 20 minutes early. I caught it, and shut them off about 20 minutes into it. I then shut it off for the last 1 hour. I know it takes time to tell.. but they look fine. I bet it takes a longer period + a few consecutive days to cause problems.
 
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