How to do cannabis flowering Light Cycle Interrupted Why Do Light Cycles Get Interrupted? First thing first, light cycles don’t get interrupted themselves. There are some intentional or mistakenly done changes behind that.Who do we say it’s ‘Intentional’? Well, it’s a basic indoor growing that some grower trigger to induce quick flowering or stay in vegetative stage by manipulating the light cycles. And done properly, that seems to be no problem at all.What we’re concerned about is the unintentional and accidental cases of light cycle interruptions, particularly in the flowering stage.Here are some of the reasons we’ve listed behind extra light during flowering– Case 1: Long Interruptions(4 hours or more) You forgot to put on/off the lights. The dial-up timer didn’t function properly. There is an unexpected leak through the vent or around a door frame. Case 2: Quick Interruptions(Few minutes to 4 hours) Light burned out and you didn’t notice. Electricity interruptions due to hazards like winter storms or so. Sudden interruptions in the light cycle for a while. As you can see in the list, we’ve sorted them out into two kinds of incidents. For obvious reason, the impacts and process of recovery are different in both of the cases. We will take you through that shortly. Extra Hours of Light in Flowering Cycle Flowering cannabis plants need their sleep. If the 12 hours of darkness is interrupted with grow light, the signal to flower is turned off. The sooner this can be corrected with 12 hours of uninterrupted darkness the better. Once a plant is fully in the flowering state it is very difficult to coax it back to fully vegetative growth but you can still cause plant stress which may lead to hermaphrodites and seedy buds. Even just a little light leaking into a room through a vent or around a door frame can be enough to cause problems. Tip – To test a room for light leaks, close yourself in the room with the grow lights out. Wait for 10 minutes with your eyes open so they adjust to the darkness. If you can see your hand in front of your face you have a light leak that needs to be fixed. Extra Hours of Darkness in Flowering Cycle
Extra hours of darkness during the flowering stage should not hurt the plants as long as it doesn’t last for too long. In fact some growers give their plants a full 24 hours of darkness or more as they switch from veg to flowering. It's possible this gives the plant a little extra signal to begin flowering. I haven’t done the research to see if this is really beneficial but from experience I can tell you it’s not necessary. When you discover the problem, leave the plants in the dark until the light cycle would normally begin.This should be a least a full 12 hours of darkness. Even when you know what you are doing, growing indoor can be complicated. One mistake can set you back months or destroy an entire cycle. Trust me, there are plenty of opportunities to make mistakes. Learning how to grow indoor is a journey. Learning the best way to run your particular grow tent can take years. Learning to avoid mistakes and how to correct them when possible takes time. Nothing complicated is mastered overnight but I hope this information will help you.
How To Avoid Flowering Light Cycle Interruptions As you’re done with the current mess of light cycle interruption, you never ever won’t like it to happen again. In fact, no one would. Take these actions and seal the chances of happening this over againSpot and Seal any Kind of Leaks In case of indoor cultivating, there is a good chance to have unintentional leaks through which light can enter into the room and interrupt the dark hours. To check for these leaks, close yourself inside the room and keep the lights turned off. Take a few minutes to adjust yourself to the darkness. Now look at your palm and check whether you can see it or not. If you can find the palm in your vision, then there is some kind of leak in the whole space. Find and seal them with a sealant. Use A Dual Grow Light Timer Century 24 Hour Plug-in Mechanical Timer Grounded As you know, growers need to set different schedules of light and darkness throughout the whole cultivation. To prevent light/darkness interruptions, the most familiar kit is the dual grow light timer. In these days, these timers will let you adjust the lighting time with an interval of 15 minutes. That helps the growers to deal with the lights more precisely. Use An Environmental Controller Want to avoid the mess of multiple timers and controllers around the whole grow room? You may try a good quality environment controller where you can deal with all of light, humidity and temperature control.