is varying light during veg OK?

Originally Posted by Getcrunk

I have 3 plants nearing a month old. I normally keep them under 3 42w plant and aquarium bulbs. My question is, is it ok for the light/darkness to vary a couple hours sometimes during this early growth. I plan on putting the plants outdoors around june 1st but im not always home to manage the lights so sometimes they are under the lights for varying hours, sometimes they are in the window for a day or 2 because i stay at my girlfriends sometimes. Will this cause my plants to be a hermi this early on or is it ok for now seeing as they will be outdoors permanetely soon

Why don't you just keep the lights on 24/7?

As long as they get atleast 16 hours a day I think they'll be fine. Invest in a cheap timer.

Well I guess that ment to be part of my question. I had them on 18/6 i was doing it myself the on and off then i had to go for a couple nights and i didnt want to do 24/7 seeing as they have been on 18/6. so i left them in the window for a couple days. Then since then i keep them in the window and when i wake up i put them under my lights then when it gets dark i put them back in the window, because they are going out there soon i figured instead of changing the light again how i had it id just keep them used to what they will be going to. Would it be ok at this point to put them on 24/7 until they go outside?

Originally Posted by Furthur

As long as they get atleast 16 hours a day I think they'll be fine. Invest in a cheap timer.

I actually did, its an Ingraham digital timer and its too fucking complicated for me to figure it out so i said fuck it since they would only be inside a month

Originally Posted by Getcrunk

I actually did, its an Ingraham digital timer and its too fucking complicated for me to figure it out so i said fuck it since they would only be inside a month

GIGO - Garbage in, garbage out

Originally Posted by can.i.buz

GIGO - Garbage in, garbage out

byong! nicely said. +rep.

Well they have been taken care of properly minus the 2 nights i was away and they were in the window. its not like i neglect them whatsoever i dont.

So should i keep them on 24/7 until i put them outside or not

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