flowering at unwanted standby

A few weeks ago I kind of fucked up in my flowering room, and when installing a new light I got the times messed up and the new light ran for the 12 hours of what was meant to be bedtime for my girls.
Since that time (which would have been 4 weeks into flowering) the bud has all but stopped growing. I think it's because I stressed them out too much, but then again it could be something else too. The plants are about 5 ft high and in about 3.5 litre pots. I ran the new light for about a week and then got freaked out and turned it off. Also, recently, the weather has been really hot, and I'm having trouble keeping the temp down. The average temp is about 30 degrees C, which I know is too high.
I guess it's a combination of all these things.
Have you guys got any ideas for making my girls fatten up again? Or have I screwed them too much?

This morning I noticed my flowering plants were starting to go into veg again. This perplexed me.
I checked the timers, just to make sure, and my partner in crime had changed the time to 14/10. Honest to God I could have killed the guy. What the fuck was he thinking?
So I think that was what the problem was.

When I asked about it he said he read somewhere that it improves bud growth. Has anyone else heard this? Is it misinformation, or does it actually work for some people? For my crop it clearly didn't work.

hi
this change could help the budd but it could turn your plants into hermies
both male and female ,
i would switch back to 12/12 now and problems are iminent so what theb heck
B

It's not really a problem. For some plants, they won't flower without the extra darkness. If your plants will bud on 12/12, leave them at that. You'll want the extra light for bud growth.

gaarge said:

The plants are about 5 ft high and in about 3.5 litre pots.

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.....uh oh!

gaarge said:

When I asked about it he said he read somewhere that it improves bud growth. Has anyone else heard this? Is it misinformation, or does it actually work for some people? For my crop it clearly didn't work.

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That's a technique used to keep pure or dominant Sativas in flowering in tropical and sub-tropical regions due to the hours and lengths of daylight in those regions staying pretty much constant throughout the year.

I wouldn't use it on anything other than extreme pure tropical Sativas.

Yeah, my pots do look a little small.

I did the harvesting last night, and off seven plants I guess we'll get 100 grams, so it's not too bad. Two of the plants had turned into hermaphrodites too. About that: will they stay hermaphrodite forever? Only, I was thinking of regenerating these ones.