Will it still make buds at least?
Likely not. Depends on how much light you’re talking, but that will be a problem.
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So I should just give these two away and plant some autos flowers since light is always going to be a problem for me didn’t know they were photos when I got them
Right, if you can’t give them 12 hours or so of darkness daily, the photoperiod plants will stay in a vegetative phase. Autos will flower without darkness.
Some people say if its dark enough where I can’t read a book I should be ok is that true?
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Dunno. Probably depends on strain and myriad other factors. But experimentation is part of the fun. After a week of the best daily darkness you can provide, see if your photo plants exhibit the first signs of flowering. And share your experience here
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Will keep u tuned in see u in a week!
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What’s your set up look like? If you can share details/photos, maybe some folks will have creative ideas to help with darkness!
I’m guessing these people have never grown Cannabis…that’s completely incorrect, but feel free to challenge it. The two major stressors leading to a herm are heat (too much) and light (leaks or schedule inconsistency).
I suppose people can do what they want, but i just don’t get it. It’s usually pretty straight forward to make a space light proof…just takes a little analysis, time, and patience. All the other time and money we spend setting up a grow and someone feels comfortable taking a chance on light leaks and stress? Must feel awesome to get to the 3rd to last week of flower only to realize you’ve spent hundreds and maybe even thousands of dollars growing a hermi or a tent full of them.
If stressed autos can herm just as fast as photos. You can grow autos under 24hrs of light so they may be ok in your setup.
What is it that makes it impossible to light proof?
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My problem is with ventilation when flowering if I leave the bottom vents open light will definitely get in I’m going to leave it close an run my fans just worried about bugs if I do that
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I see…
I’d use a couple cardboard boxes to make a light trap (labyrinth) to cover the vent opening. The general idea is you setup a path for the air to flow but you put partial baffles (little partial walls) so light can’t get around, but air can.
I believe someone posted an example in the past day or so of a larger setup doing exactly this…you could adapt the design to your small requirements.
Another alternative would be to switch to use the circular 6" duct to the left of the rectangle duct. You could run a length of 6" round ducting into the tent. On the outside then snake it it into an “s” shape outside the tent. The curves will make it more difficult for light to travel up the duct work.
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Get a flexible 6" hose and put it through the opening to the left. That is what those are for. Pull the string to tighten around the hose. Put a bend in the hose so that light does not have a straight line path through it.
Edit: I changed “right” to “left”, my head was up my kazzoo.
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I’m sorry I’m a little confused about your current situation with light. I assume you live somewhere like Alaska where it’s daylight for long periods of time. I don’t have any problems with my grow when lights are 12/12. Having the vent open and if I turn the light on in the room where my tent is or in the morning when the sun is up the lack of total darkness hasn’t presented a problem
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Sounds like music to my ears thanks for the info!
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Flexible duct placed into shape of an S is indeed easy money!
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You could also leverage one of the side ports on the top and fee the hose in a C shape onto the roof of the tent so you dont trip on it. As others say, the shape cancels the light access. It will also bleed off more heat if your worried about that.
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You could also use an exhaust fan utilizing top vent
or intake fan in bottom vent.
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That comes from this Dr Bugbee video.
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give it a shot and let me know how it goes…
Why not stick a small desk lamp in there so the plants can read at night? All joking aside, interesting video…
I can only counter this with my lived experience as a long time cannabis grower (which is far more time than the 5 years experience the phd candidate in this video has been making observations btw). I’ve also grown in commercial settings. My family ran an organics company, and as a child I was raised in greenhouses, growing everything you can imagine outdoors.
My experience is that my indoor Cannabis has a far higher chance of reversing if I have any light leaks…and not big light leaks either. I’ve had it happen often enough, I just don’t take the risk, and I recommend others don’t take the risk.
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