Lights timer has failed

troyf

troyf

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Hi all experienced indoor growers....

Would well appreciate any help with a nightmare i woke up to. I have 4 seedlings that have been above soil about 3 days , about 2 or 3 cm tall. i put a timer switch for the lights yesterday afternoon. Yesterday was they're first day of 23 hrs and i planned to decrease by 1 hour a day until they get 18 or 19 hrs a day.
i woke up this morn and the timer switch has failed !!! No lights on and only 21 degrees. I am pretty sure that babies of this age are mega sensitive about not having light cycle messed up.
So if they had one hour of night yesterday 12 - 1pm , what should i do today ? im not sure when the timer failed during the night, so dont know how many hours of night they have had, possibly only 1.5 hrs of darkness , but the switch failed so its not necessarily accurate
Am i correct in thinking that messing the light cycle could stress them enough to turn hermaphrodite?
Thanks in advance for any help
 
mnbvcxza

mnbvcxza

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Dont worry, put the light back on and they'll be good, they wont hermaphrodite over this and prob wont feel much stress if any.

You can have the lights off a full 24 hrs before theres any chance of going hermaphrodite so a few hours wont do jack buddy .... you dont have a problem here so keep the lights on and they'll be good to go :)


hope this helps :)
 
troyf

troyf

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mnbvcxza said:
Dont worry, put the light back on and they'll be good, they wont hermaphrodite over this and prob wont feel much stress if any.

You can have the lights off a full 24 hrs before theres any chance of going hermaphrodite so a few hours wont do jack buddy .... you dont have a problem here so keep the lights on and they'll be good to go :)


hope this helps :)
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Ok thanks for your help.... stress over !! I have got the lights back on, but do you think i should give 24hrs today , then start to reduce hour a day down to 20hrs from tomorrow ?
 
mnbvcxza

mnbvcxza

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troyf said:
Ok thanks for your help.... stress over !! I have got the lights back on, but do you think i should give 24hrs today , then start to reduce hour a day down to 20hrs from tomorrow ?
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you can if you want, dont go past 18/6 though.

You can leave them under 24/0 no problem, people will debate and others wont :)
 
hellmutt bones

hellmutt bones

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troyf said:
Ok thanks for your help.... stress over !! I have got the lights back on, but do you think i should give 24hrs today , then start to reduce hour a day down to 20hrs from tomorrow ?
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Just leave it on for 24 ur light will last longer.
 
hotrodharley

hotrodharley

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troyf said:
Hi all experienced indoor growers....

Would well appreciate any help with a nightmare i woke up to. I have 4 seedlings that have been above soil about 3 days , about 2 or 3 cm tall. i put a timer switch for the lights yesterday afternoon. Yesterday was they're first day of 23 hrs and i planned to decrease by 1 hour a day until they get 18 or 19 hrs a day.
i woke up this morn and the timer switch has failed !!! No lights on and only 21 degrees. I am pretty sure that babies of this age are mega sensitive about not having light cycle messed up.
So if they had one hour of night yesterday 12 - 1pm , what should i do today ? im not sure when the timer failed during the night, so dont know how many hours of night they have had, possibly only 1.5 hrs of darkness , but the switch failed so its not necessarily accurate
Am i correct in thinking that messing the light cycle could stress them enough to turn hermaphrodite?
Thanks in advance for any help
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Digital timers suck. Cheap analog timers are far better and more reliable.
 
daloudpack

daloudpack

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troyf said:
Hi all experienced indoor growers....

Would well appreciate any help with a nightmare i woke up to. I have 4 seedlings that have been above soil about 3 days , about 2 or 3 cm tall. i put a timer switch for the lights yesterday afternoon. Yesterday was they're first day of 23 hrs and i planned to decrease by 1 hour a day until they get 18 or 19 hrs a day.
i woke up this morn and the timer switch has failed !!! No lights on and only 21 degrees. I am pretty sure that babies of this age are mega sensitive about not having light cycle messed up.
So if they had one hour of night yesterday 12 - 1pm , what should i do today ? im not sure when the timer failed during the night, so dont know how many hours of night they have had, possibly only 1.5 hrs of darkness , but the switch failed so its not necessarily accurate
Am i correct in thinking that messing the light cycle could stress them enough to turn hermaphrodite?
Thanks in advance for any help
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ure if ur growing autos or photos , but if your growing photos , 24hr light thru veg is fine...also i dont think lighting thru vegg can cause herms.... good luck
 
troyf

troyf

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daloudpack said:
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ure if ur growing autos or photos , but if your growing photos , 24hr light thru veg is fine...also i dont think lighting thru vegg can cause herms.... good luck
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Thanks for your help ..... i managed to herm a load last year , but it was my first year n i had no idea about light stress or much else , so im hyperactive about herms now
 
daloudpack

daloudpack

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me too i grew my first three grows with bag seed all hermed... the last one went 4 weeks into flowering an self pollenated i was bummed... now i go feminized and have 8 for 8 females that are beauties
 
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