Lets Debate...How important in pitch dark in dark cycle?

Jakebakingcake · Feb 7, 2008

smokinjs said:
if it were everyday then yes the flashlight could cause it to hermie or stunt in growth. but jsut a few times , no change in the plant that you could notice would take place.

so your telling me that if a cannabis plant was to grow naturally and there was a thunder storm a few times a week. all that light created by those quick highly energized bolts would turn a plant hermie??

i think not

smokinjs · Feb 7, 2008

where is there a few thunderstorms a week?????? lol but yes they would play a role in the plant. if they were constant lighting, wouldnt that be pretty much the same as daylight. its bright as hell when there is lightning.

HippieMan · Feb 7, 2008

the question you should be asking yourselves is DO you want to take the risk in it happening or not happening? Without even thinking I can say I don't. No light.

smokinjs · Feb 7, 2008

HippieMan said:
the question you should be asking yourselves is DO you want to take the risk in it happening or not happening? Without even thinking I can say I don't. No light.

exactly man. i dont see how hard it is just leave them alone when the light cycle is DARK. jsut wait till the lights are on. its like people cant go 12 hrs without lookin at their plants. so they shine a flashlight on them. "o yep there still there" wtf :peace:

re510 · Feb 7, 2008

I'll admit i'm a noob and just wanted to check on them at times, but the one time i'm concerned about was when my fan went out and was making a crazy noise which forced me to turn on lights and remove it before it became a hazard.

But now of course I will never take a chance again.

Thanks for all the input.

Jon.Smith.Foo · Feb 7, 2008

re510 said:
So after reading around and such, some people say you can turn on or use a flashlight in dark cycle for short periods of time (under 2 minutes) without stressing your plants. And some say that any light, even a led light on a fan or slightest light on dark cycle can stress them.

I just had my first harvest and found a few seeds. My plants were all female without any signs of hermie until the last weeks of harvest i noticed some seeded pods. My setup has no light leak, but there were a few times I peeked in or check on them with a led type light on the dark cycle but never more than a minute or two.

Can nute lockout or PH fluctuation stress them into hermie also?

Reference threads:
https://www.rollitup.org/marijuana-plant-problems/44638-odd-bud-growth.html
https://www.rollitup.org/general-marijuana-growing/48729-5-min-out-dark-cycle.html

I have heard that some female plants will produce a few seeds at the end of the flowering stage in an effort to propagate themselves. Maybe this is what happened here.

:peace:

HippieMan · Feb 7, 2008

who says ya need light to work in the garden? ive had to fix a fan before and just felt around in the dark enough to remove it then figure out wtf is wrong with it outside

or just get a green light in there

smokinjs · Feb 7, 2008

well like i said earlier its not a 'big' deal if it happens a few times. everyone does it once in a while .

Jakebakingcake · Feb 7, 2008

its tougher for people who dont have an light tight space for growing. i know that very small amounts of light leak in during the day on my plants and they are all fine. so i just think that its overhyped when people say if you dont have complete dark your going to grow hermies!!

kathleenbilly · Feb 7, 2008

Well myself i have green light bulb,

but i still don't go there in the dark period I leave them to rest completely in total peace.

I'm like a plant actually come to think about it if anyone turns a light on when i'm sleeping it totally stresses me out !!! :evil:

Delays my sleeping cycle by at least an hour or two ....'' :blsmoke:

miggzeh · Feb 7, 2008

Flash photography releases a high intensity light, I'd think a few flash photos in the dark could stress a plant, after all it can damage old paintings and such.

Jakebakingcake · Feb 11, 2008

so as far as the green light goes. is it just like a regular incadescent with a green covering or do there need to be some specifics as to make sure it wont interupt the dark cycle. i like the idea alot and i remeber seeing the green light used in jeorge cervantes ultimate grow dvd when i first started growing i just cant remeber what he said???

jondog123 · Feb 11, 2008

Jakebakingcake said:
so as far as the green light goes. is it just like a regular incadescent with a green covering or do there need to be some specifics as to make sure it wont interupt the dark cycle. i like the idea alot and i remeber seeing the green light used in jeorge cervantes ultimate grow dvd when i first started growing i just cant remeber what he said???

I'm not sure on this one. It would have to eliminate the continuous spectrum in order for it work. There seems to be a lot of bullshit in this thread... If your plant went hermi, it probably wasn't due to using your phone as a light, ect...

Jakebakingcake · Feb 12, 2008

jondog123 said:
I'm not sure on this one. It would have to eliminate the continuous spectrum in order for it work. There seems to be a lot of bullshit in this thread... If your plant went hermi, it probably wasn't due to using your phone as a light, ect...

yeah but everyones entitled to their opinion lol. there isnt any data to disprove that cell phones are detrimental to flower development. but at the same token there isnt any data to prove that it isnt. mouge point... this whole thread seems to be speculatory.......

....... anyway green lights.. thats what im interested in... anyone know the specifics of the green light ? i dont think any old green light will do .. it has to be some specialty bulb or some shit like that.. so if you know please drop a line!!

blonddie07 · Feb 12, 2008

miggzeh said:
Flash photography releases a high intensity light, I'd think a few flash photos in the dark could stress a plant, after all it can damage old paintings and such.

Flash photos on paintings?? wasnt that on mythbusters?? and it was busted..

LOL

Plants cant work in fast mili second paces. Plants react very slow and the way plants work are with consistency. Plants like to be trained to thier enviornment.

When the plant tries to "train" or adapt.. and when the environment keeps changing.. and it can no longer adapt.. it goes to emergency mode... and it creates balls and female parts so it can reproduce... remember the meaning of life is to reproduce.. and this is exactly what plants are programmed to do... a single shot from a camera flash aint going to do shit..

Flash light aint going to do shit...

Ill tell you 100% hermie method.

1. One day put 12/12...
2. the next day give 24 hours light.
3. now give 24 darkness..
4. now give 8/16 (8 light 16 dark)

As your doing this... Raise and lower the ph each day.

And if you repeat in random orders.. you will get 100% hermie.. and then end up killing your plant.

LIght is not the ONLY thing that leads to hermie... its one of the major issues... but not the only... the other major issue why plants go hermie.. (and this is any plant) Hermie usually means the plant has triggered to hurry up and reproduce before it dies.

Is due to enviornment....(pH, shock, nutes, etcccc)

Thats why some female plants in the last 1 week or 2 of flowering.. they try to go hermie.. because they dont find any pollen from the male...

Jakebakingcake · Feb 12, 2008

blonddie07 said:
Flash photos on paintings?? wasnt that on mythbusters?? and it was busted.. LOL

Plants cant work in fast mili second paces. Plants react very slow and the way plants work are with consistency. Plants like to be trained to thier enviornment.

When the plant tries to "train" or adapt.. and it keeps changing.. and it can no long adapt.. it goes to emergency mode... and it creates balls and females parts so it can reproduce... remember the meaning of life is to reproduce.. and this is exactly what plants are programmed to do... a single shot aint going to do shit..

Flash light aint going to do shit...

Ill tell you 100% hermie method.

1. One day put 12/12...
2. the next day give 24 hours light.
3. now give 24 darkness..
4. now give 8/16 (8 light 16 dark)

As your doing this... Raise and lower the ph each day.

And if you repeat in random orders.. you will get 100% hermie.. and then end up killing your plant.

LIght is not the ONLY thing that leads to hermie... its one of the major issues... but not the only... the other major issue why plants go hermie.. (and this is any plant) Hermie usually means the plant has triggered to hurry up and reproduce before it dies.

Is due to enviornment....(pH, shock, nutes, etcccc)

Thats why some female plants in the last 1 week or 2 of flowering.. they try to go hermie.. because they dont find any pollen from the male...

god its so nice when people answer questions with logic instead of vomiting misinformation!!

godspeedsuckah · Feb 12, 2008

blonddie07 said:
Flash photos on paintings?? wasnt that on mythbusters?? and it was busted.. LOL

Plants cant work in fast mili second paces. Plants react very slow and the way plants work are with consistency. Plants like to be trained to thier enviornment.

When the plant tries to "train" or adapt.. and when the environment keeps changing.. and it can no longer adapt.. it goes to emergency mode... and it creates balls and female parts so it can reproduce... remember the meaning of life is to reproduce.. and this is exactly what plants are programmed to do... a single shot from a camera flash aint going to do shit..

Flash light aint going to do shit...

Ill tell you 100% hermie method.

1. One day put 12/12...
2. the next day give 24 hours light.
3. now give 24 darkness..
4. now give 8/16 (8 light 16 dark)

As your doing this... Raise and lower the ph each day.

And if you repeat in random orders.. you will get 100% hermie.. and then end up killing your plant.

LIght is not the ONLY thing that leads to hermie... its one of the major issues... but not the only... the other major issue why plants go hermie.. (and this is any plant) Hermie usually means the plant has triggered to hurry up and reproduce before it dies.

Is due to enviornment....(pH, shock, nutes, etcccc)

Thats why some female plants in the last 1 week or 2 of flowering.. they try to go hermie.. because they dont find any pollen from the male...

Thank you, you are exactly right. From everything I have ever read you hit a bullseye.

fuffmucker · Feb 12, 2008

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