I told them that, just as you worded it too. And when they would do it again they would have some excuse on why they needed the light for just a minute and then forgot to turn it off.....even though I told them they couldn't even turn it on for a minute.
Light is an interesting thing with flowering. I've been told almost since I started smoking that absolutely no light during dark hours. I've found this to be untrue. Naturally they do get light during dark hours. Flood light definitely going to cause issues left on. Few minutes really shouldn't be an issue. Indirect light isn't a terrible thing.
I made the comment about not even being on for a minute because I was trying to make a point about the importance of the light being off. @Sativa1970 Explained it best to me a while ago. A light bright enough that you can barely read a newspaper if left on all the time so the plants can adjust will be okay. And I am sure an occasional flash of light would be harmless. If not, no outside plants would ever make it to harvest. I recently read about someone causing their outdoor plant to reveg from a bedroom light being on too much.
Yes. Plants work a lot like we do. Up with the sun, down with it promoting health. I've got a strip under the closet door my flowering experiment is at, light that gets through doesn't seriously do much. I assume the little bit acts a bit like moonlight.
I like how you explained it. I don't know much about the science of it. In the recent months I've just learned how much more important ppe, ppf, nm are versus lumens and kelvins. I don't quite understand it all but I do understand the gist. Always being told high lumens and specific kelvins, what I'm coming to find out is the par and other measurements are far more important to pay attention to.
On the surface they look almost interchangeable. The details in the measurements make all the difference. PAR is how much useful light hitting the leaf and DLI is total PAR per day. Those two are the base fundamentals to understand and apply first.
I think my dad said it best......."who knew there was so much involved in getting a weed to grow"!
True but those same plants are closer to harvest than you might realize. While the lights coming on might have kept some of them from being 100% dedicated to flower development the clock is still ticking as they say. Come mid to late October and the days are getting even shorter. If the lights do not come on ever again there just is not enough time left for the plants to make up for the lost sunlight. Add in the cooler nights and the possibility of frost.
Unless you're seeing actual botrytis, rot, or mold of any kind on the flowers, you would be better off stripping off every fan leaf and letting them go as long as you can with the night time temperatures where you are.
Oh....I am seeing it
