power outage need help

flower room lights were on for an hour and 15 min. this morn then power went out for 4 hrs. 5 by the time i can get a response to this post, the question is that i have 5 and 1/2 hrs left of the lights on cycle for the day, should i turn em on or leave them off till next lights on tomorrow 530 am? appreciate input from anybody who has gone through this.sucks because i harvested not long ago so lot of brand new girls in there that dont need stressed this soon into flower.thanks mr d

I'd turn them on for the rest of the time. You should be fine. I've had it happen too, and I was stressed at the time. But, people reassured me here that it would be alright... and it was. No problems.

Leothwyn said:

I'd turn them on for the rest of the time. You should be fine. I've had it happen too, and I was stressed at the time. But, people reassured me here that it would be alright... and it was. No problems.

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cool, over 2 and 1/2 yrs havnt had that happen.have like 20 or so brand new to flower and not even sexed yet. ill b havin nightmares of balls poppin out everywhere from stressin em so young

You should leave them in the dark. The phytochrome response system depends on long dark cycles to initiate and maintain flowering. This is because the chemical switch is very slow to convert to off in the dark cycle, but is very fast to switch to on when exposed to light. This is why long nights are required for flowering, but short bursts of light can interrupt the phytochrome resetting itself. It's pretty sciency, but you should look into it.

GrizzlyBudz said:

You should leave them in the dark. The phytochrome response system depends on long dark cycles to initiate and maintain flowering. This is because the chemical switch is very slow to convert to off in the dark cycle, but is very fast to switch to on when exposed to light. This is why long nights are required for flowering, but short bursts of light can interrupt the phytochrome resetting itself. It's pretty sciency, but you should look into it.

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too late iwas leanin towards leavin em dark but had to make a decision fast so i went with first response ,had my laptop at wendys tryin to post this thread so i could get a few answers before i got home and pricks have a block on all the weed sites on their wifi,porn too checked just for the hell of it

You'll still be alright IMO. When it happened to me I put the lights back on when the power came back and there was no problem.