Are light leaks as bad as people say they are?

I have six plants in my closet, and I just put them into the 12/12 flowering light schedule. The light goes off at 10pm, and I'm usually up until 12am-2am, and I have several large computer monitors that cast a fair amount of light. The closet is usually pretty dark, but if I open one of the doors with the computer monitors on, light gets in. There are spaces in the doors that a small bit of light could *maybe* get into from my monitors. Is this much to worry about? Could they re-veg? Or should I break out the aluminum foil and cover up those spots somehow?

I know the answer will probably be to cover them up, but is my situation that serious?

yes light leaks in dark cycle of 12/12 is bad stop it

Lol I'll close it up as soon as I can.

What could happen? Hermes?

billybobjoe said:

what could happen? Hermes?

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yes...............

From what I have read, light interrupting the dark cycle is like us getting woken up in the middle of the night - sometimes its nothing and your back asleep but sometimes your up for hours. Any 'unneeded' stress can cause issues and especially since your in the flowering stage you 'could' cause the flowering process to be 'woken up' ( sorry if this doesn't make sense ).

open the door once in a while - not a big deal. Consistent ambient light leak - meeeh. If you can patch it I'd say do so.

Either way - def let us know how things go! Hopefully very well still! : )

the occasional light is not worry but continuous light leaks are
cant sleep when lights are on all time

fabfun said:

yes light leaks in dark cycle of 12/12 is bad stop it

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unless u dont mind hermies

Jakabok Botch said:

unless u dont mind hermies

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boo hermies suck dick but that might be cuz they are he/shes

BustedParaphernalia said:

I have six plants in my closet, and I just put them into the 12/12 flowering light schedule. The light goes off at 10pm, and I'm usually up until 12am-2am, and I have several large computer monitors that cast a fair amount of light. The closet is usually pretty dark, but if I open one of the doors with the computer monitors on, light gets in. There are spaces in the doors that a small bit of light could *maybe* get into from my monitors. Is this much to worry about? Could they re-veg? Or should I break out the aluminum foil and cover up those spots somehow?

I know the answer will probably be to cover them up, but is my situation that serious?

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light leaks are bad, period, but the worse kind of light leak BY FAR is the continuous light leak, the room should be as close to pitch black as possible, if u open the cabinet/closet door, etc for a minute to look at the plants, thats understandable. i do it when i get home from work but i would highly advise you to stop ALL continuous light leaks...

mazand1982 said:

light leaks are bad, period, but the worse kind of light leak BY FAR is the continuous light leak, the room should be as close to pitch black as possible, if u open the cabinet/closet door, etc for a minute to look at the plants, thats understandable. i do it when i get home from work but i would highly advise you to stop ALL continuous light leaks...

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great advice
and watch out for the PO
they r bad for grows too

Ok thanks folks gonna check right now

I'm not even sure any light is getting through, or that any light that IS getting through is significant. I just stood in my closet for a few seconds with the door closed. Lights off, nighttime, computer monitors on in my room. I could not see my plants. It was pitch black, but I could see the cracks in the door hinges where it was lit. I could also slightly see the ducting.

Hornchen said:

From what I have read, light interrupting the dark cycle is like us getting woken up in the middle of the night - sometimes its nothing and your back asleep but sometimes your up for hours.

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I'd equate this to falling asleep with a small electronics LED shining from somewhere in your room. Not sure if that analogy makes any sense with plants.

I'm going to go stand in my closet again, brb.

Okay. Plants are definitely pitch dark. I can only *barely* see the ducting, and the lit outlines of the cracks between the door segments is minimal. Noticeable, but like I said, the closet is pitch dark.

I spent like an hour with tape and aluminum foil covering up one of the cracks, and I'd rather not have to try to figure out how to cover the rest of the segments as this isn't a normal swinging door, it sort of folds, and would be complicated and use lots of foil and tape to finish covering up. I don't have enough experience with marijuana growing (or any plant growing) to say for sure that they're okay, but I feel like they will be.