power outage

joehank

Member
I know if light leaks into your room during dark cycle that you can get hermies, but what happens if you lose power and you miss a whole 12 hours of day cycle? Can that cause hermies also?
 
I wonder the same thing.. I have been doing ALOT of research on this topic, and i have heard numerous different answers. none of them are the right answer either might i add.
I have heard that the smallest amount of light leaking into your room will ruin everything. (even a tiny led light on a power strip was reported to have ruined someones flowers)
Then again, some of my buddies will enter inside their grow room when the lights are running at 12/12 and will even use a flash light to find there way around once they enter.
I really do believe there is no correct answer to this discussion, because all plants have different genetics, and are all grown under different conditions.
The one thing i do know, is stress is the number one reason for a plant to hermaphrodite. The less stress, the more likely you are to have a female.
Ill keep my fingers crossed for you though, I truly hope all goes well for you.
Im going through the same stress right now.. i had a light leak the first 3 days of my flower. everything is sealed up now and 100% dark, but there is still a chance that my flowers might be ruined.. hopefully i am just over thinking, and being paranoid.
 

joehank

Member
i was at week 5 of flower when it happened to me, but i was already recovering from earlier issue. i had one branch on one plant hermie on me. it happened again on next cycle also from a plant that was in the same location.I attributed to red light on a surge protector that i overlooked somehow.
 

gogsyc

Active Member
no worries your plants will be fine, fucking with the light cycle over and over again MIGHT turn a plant hermie and its a myth that a little led light will hermie a plant,it aint pitch black in nature, is it ?
 
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