Will it hurt to switch light schedule around week 4 of flower?

[toddtony]

Due to job hours I’d like to switch my plants from lights on 10:30a lights off 10:30pm to lights on 8:30am off 8:30pm has anyone done anything like this? Will it cause the plants to overly stress out?​

 

[Janluna]

Yes. They could potentially stress out and possibly herm out. You’re half way through flower and will shock em bad if you wake em up 2 hours early. However, if you gradually change the cycle 15 minutes every other day then mayyyyyyyybe.

But I wouldn’t do it imo.

 

[Sueet]

I've done it, the plants didn't care.

 

[Ash4twenty]

I’ve done it before no issues, due to temperatures

 

[Canachris]

I've done it. But I only need to change by 30 minutes.

 

[bluter]

done it loads of times. never any issues.

 

[Roy Growin]

I've done it when we had a power outage in the night which skewed the timer
I never noticed and neither did my plants

 

[Sativa1970]

If you plant hermys after the schedule change it was the plant not the lighting. Done plenty of times with no issues. go for it.

 

[Papa OG]

Your good. The schedule is close enough!

Now if it were a few more hours off I would slowly alter the schedule like 2hrs different for a few days, bump it again, wait a few days, etc.