Can I open tent during dark cycle?????

Alright, this may be an ignorant question lol. But can you only open tent during light cycle? Ive read something about a green light?? Im not to that stage yet but just curious, still seedlings atm. The seedlings look really good but they seem to be growing more up than out, have them under a T5. Any advice welcome. Thnx

Yeah during the veg cycle you can enter the tent at any time, but during flower you should avoid ANY light leaks for the 12 hours. Yes, green spectrum lights are safe to turn on during flower as the plants don't use that spectrum.

it should be avoided at all costs but it really doesnt hurt to go in there and quickly close the door behind you if you only do that like once a month but that is still dangerous, any light stress is bad really.

i agree with purple hazing--im not sure what it will do if your plants are exposed to light during flowering but even the smallest amount of light will effect it when its sleeping

Thanks guys! Thats what I was afraid. Prob lights on during night so its gonna b hard to stay outta there during the day lol.

If I need to check on my ladies during non-lighting hours even my veg I always use a green light (you can actual affect your veg plants if your not on a 24hr light cycle, but it is nowhere near as bad as letting light hit your flowering plants).

MGT

Use a GOOD green light. Not the cheap WalMart CFL ones. Learned my lesson the hard way.

Where did u get your green bulb?

Yep, get the old school style 40 or 60 watts and make sure it is not the clear one (not sure if it makes a difference, but better safe than sorry

MGT

budlover13 said:

Use a GOOD green light. Not the cheap WalMart CFL ones. Learned my lesson the hard way.

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I was considering getting a greenlight myself, but i decided not to because i would not like risking it. What's the point of checking it when its dark when you could just check it when the lights are on, and actually get a better idea of how they are doing? Every time you open the closet you are risking it when its dark...

RC7 said:

I was considering getting a greenlight myself, but i decided not to because i would not like risking it. What's the point of checking it when its dark when you could just check it when the lights are on, and actually get a better idea of how they are doing? Every time you open the closet you are risking it when its dark...

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That is very true. And my husbands so OCD he probably wont even allow it to be unzipped during lights off anyways lol

RC7 said:

I was considering getting a greenlight myself, but i decided not to because i would not like risking it. What's the point of checking it when its dark when you could just check it when the lights are on, and actually get a better idea of how they are doing? Every time you open the closet you are risking it when its dark...

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I'm a little OCD myself, but EVERY once in awhile an emergency pops up and you need to enter the garden. A second reason would be harvesting under a greenlight so as to not pull any nutes, sugars, etc from the root system into your soon to be chopped buds. I'm harvesting almost monthly now, and it helps. A good size grow is a lot of work and my lights are always on at night for heat issues.

Yea I def am going to get one, even if only for emergency purposes like u say budlover. Thanks for the info. As for my seedlings, they seem to be very small i think we r on day 6. They look very healthy tho. Should they be under more than the one T5?

How many seedlings and how many watts momma? Seedlings don't take much light, but vegging you might want to add a light or two.

budlover13 said:

How many seedlings and how many watts momma? Seedlings don't take much light, but vegging you might want to add a light or two.

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3 seedlings from bagseed (still waitn on Attitude order, like everyone else lol) Pretty sure the T5 is only 25 watts its 2 ft long? Anyways, Im kinda teachin myself, my husband works alot and I have a feelin im going to be the one doin most of the taking care of. we have 3 tents, the little one that they are in now (it also has some cfls that are off atm), another veg tent hydrofarm emilys garden, and a 3x3 DWC 600w cooltube. Its all so shiny n new lol IM EXCITED and a lil scared too, being a newb n all. Thanks for any info!

Well, I think you will want to invest in more light but that will precipitate better ventilation and higher power bills. The power is do-able, excessive heat isn't.

budlover13 said:

Well, I think you will want to invest in more light but that will precipitate better ventilation and higher power bills. The power is do-able, excessive heat isn't.

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more light??? We have 2 T5s, 4 cfls, a 125w, and a 600w? I was just wondering if, at 6 days, they were old enuf for the 125??

Sorry momma! I must have missed that you had more light. I was thinking that the 1 t5 was all you had.

i open my door to flower room and some stray light gets in there. Never an issue and never direct light.

Yeah, I'm wondering if it's really true that ANY tiny bit of light getting into the area indirectly
will actually hermie the flowering plants or not? I doubt-it. Otherwise the Moon would hermie all plants!