The Myth About Light Leaks

Crumpetlicker said:

Difficult, time sapping and easy to forget. Somebody should invent a timer that reduces time each day by a given amount to reflect certain latitudes on Earth. The next thing you can do is find the minimum number of hours you need to hold a plant in veg. Then it would be more like the environment it came from. Especially handy for sativas I would have thought.

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amneziaHaze said:

20-25 days maybe for veg they dont want to flower before that. and you can easily make an arduino timer and program it to go 5 min a day less i beleve thats real world but if you do it like that then you will be growing like outdoors almost half a year....

just flip it to 12h if you think about it how many breeders have made seeds and fliped she should have some genetics by now to accept a flip as normal world.

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ShawnSunshine said:

Wouldn't it be beneficial to gradually change the light hours instead of just abrupts 12:12?

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Livingblacksoil said:

Tell me more, tell me more like does he have a car

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Samwell Seed Well said:

I bet he get paid to present hus opinoin. Cant trust Dr. Get paid bugbee

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Fardsnarp said:

Good science is hard. At the cutting edge you often have to make the equipment you need because it isn't exactly off the shelf stuff. Without even bothering to do research I don't think it would be too far out on a limb to assume the light instrument company was mot likely a result of this.

I think the real problem is people over relying on what they do know and excluding other possibilities that either haven't been or can't currently even be tested. How do you define 'high'? I'd say a majority on this forum is overly focused on THC. Well guess what. Placebo works. Pavlov's dogs salivated at a bell. Botulism toxin is deadly at 1 nanogram per kilogram of body weight. People argue curing bud doesn't increase potency because there is no change to THC levels? UV light? Please. Accept that due to inadequate research for political reasons, we don't know 1/10th of what we should at this point.

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Milky Weed said:

I would want to get paid also if i dedicated years of my life to plant sciences.

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Samwell Seed Well said:

Ya big sarcasm in that post.

Of course he deserves the reward of his lifes work, with the credibility to go with it... internet brads and beckys can go kick rocks in their tents

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Kassiopeija said:

plant will also sense the autumnal temperature drop to make it switch faster
plus, the more red-shifted spectrum
indoors doesnt have that
some pure sativa from the equatorial regions may need to be adjusted from 14/10 to 10/14 or lower to help them ripe out as they usually live in a climate without real summers/winters

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ShawnSunshine said:

Oh so more dark closer to finish then?

I ask , cause I'm growing purple haze, they are from a southern region.

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Guitar Man said:

IMO, genetics does play a role when it comes to how bad a plant will herm. I've grown several strains and some are ball happy. lol But like I said, that first grow I did was herm city, but when grown outdoors, no problem. And, those 4 indoor plants were in a very tight grow space, which caused more stress. Now, I only grow 1 plant at at time and the herm problem is minimal.

I'm just sharing my experience in this area and my success in growing cannabis has emerged into a skill I never thought I would like. I don't just grow weed now, I grow an entire garden that feeds our family and friends and shades our backyard with a lush forest of life.

Here's a few pics of our happiness...

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Guitar Man said:

I've read countless threads and comments about why an MJ plant will Herm. When I first started growing 11 years ago my first indoor grow went Herm wild on me. All 4 plants produced balls and seeds and I came here to find answers. The conclusion? Find those damn light leaks!!

So I go on a rampage, finding every single sliver of possible light that might sneak into my grow room. The conclusion? The plants still went Herm on me, even after making sure my plants went to sleep in total darkness.

Then I go to the next stage of my grow experience by growing outdoors, using the same seeds from my indoor grow. During the grow and at harvest I didn't find a single ball or seed on any of the plants. This puzzled me but became my here and now answer to this problem. After growing indoor and outdoor for a few more years the same situation prevailed; balls and seeds on my indoor, but not outdoor, unless, the outdoor plant went through a super stressful event, like intense heat. And even then, only a minute Herm event on the outdoor plant.

I also observed the light that would hit my outdoor plants during the evening hours when flowering was taking place. Our home windows are right next to the plants we grow and we never covered the windows to stop the light from tagging the plants. This is where I really began to put the pieces together. If my outdoor grow is just fine with being hit with an outside light source and NOT Herm, I began to realize that light leaks were not my problem.

Well, many years later, through trial and error, my conclusion is light leaks DO NOT cause a plant to Herm, indoor or outdoor. It's stress, period.

And the indoor stress that is wholly responsible for a plant throwing out some balls to pollinate itself is LIGHT. Not a light leak, but your grow lights. This unnatural enviroment where we use intense lights to produce fantastic buds is your Herm enemy.

Now, this part of my post doesn't have anything to do with my above reference, but I actually like when my indoor grow will throw out some balls to give me some seeds. Why? Because they are feminized and the exact same strain I'm growing. The more I grew, the better I got at using the Herm to give me more of the same for my next grow.

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Nizza said:

Thanks for sharing your experience man, I'm sure we all have a lot left to learn about our beloved plant!

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Guitar Man said:

IMO, genetics does play a role when it comes to how bad a plant will herm. I've grown several strains and some are ball happy. lol But like I said, that first grow I did was herm city, but when grown outdoors, no problem. And, those 4 indoor plants were in a very tight grow space, which caused more stress. Now, I only grow 1 plant at at time and the herm problem is minimal.

I'm just sharing my experience in this area and my success in growing cannabis has emerged into a skill I never thought I would like. I don't just grow weed now, I grow an entire garden that feeds our family and friends and shades our backyard with a lush forest of life.

Here's a few pics of our happiness...

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