light leak

[Smithj2000]

Can a pro longed light leak cause a plant to produce seeds in the abscence of pollen?

 

[LUDACRIS]

yes.it can become twin sexed through being stressed.or become a hermaphrodite.
you dont want this kind of plant.

 

[LANKSTACRANKSTA]

What does light leak mean how does one know if one has a light leak????????

 

[bonz]

it wont change the sex, hermie only.
a light as small as a night light on for about an hour is all it takes. if it`s not a sealed room it will have small leaks

 

[juststartin]

i take it we are talking about light entering when the plants should be in their dark period?

 

[Baz]

What about very minor amounts of daylight coming in through small gaps in the door, whilst my plant is at the back end of its dark period, also is this a problem whilst vegging or just flowering?

 

[bonz]

vegging not to important but absoluutely no light at all during flowering. do you have a pic of your set up

 

[323cheezy]

I work hard to try to keep my girls in total darkness...but theres alway alittle light leak for a couple of hours....i put up a curtain in front of my closet too keep it out...but always thes a little light that seeps threw...not all the time....when my tv is off.... that is when there is no little leak...and in the mourning when the sun comes p...but i try my hardest to close the wdow and still get air flow...mine never turned hermie, and a know there has been light leak issues....

 

[bonz]

got lucky, more stable genetics

 

[Baz]

Quite hard to take pics of my set up as its in a small room under the stairs, but here it is. I dont think it lets that much light in as the back end of my dark stage is very early morning

 

[bonz]

try some weather stiping around the door opening. watch your nutes and watering. i see some burnt tipsd and droopy leaves

 

[Baz]

Yup i think my tap water did it, not using nutes as yet. got a ph tester today from ebay but didnt work so waiting on a replacment, think i might use bottled water untill it comes or how about using rain water that has run off my shed roof into a storage container, would that be any good? and good idea with the weather seal strips

 

[bonz]

i wouldn`t use the roof water. put a bucket outside and catch the rain. it is good stuff

 

[Baz]

Ok, well it rains alot in the uk, if i collected a bucket full and put it in my growroom does it matter at all if the water has been stood for a while or would i need to renew it

 

[Padishah]

rain water has alot of pollutants in it use distilled or reverse osmosis for best results if you use tap water let it sit over night

 

[Scranny420]

I just boil a gallon of the filtered water that comes out of the refrigerator. I think that's good enough, don't you?

 

[bonz]

if it`s been sitting it loses it`s o2. i use a 10 gallon rez and run it through a fish tank fiter. keeps my water at the right temp and perfect ph and ppm is 0

 

[323cheezy]

I just boil a gallon of the filtered water that comes out of the refrigerator. I think that's good enough, don't you?

I dont think you have to boil it...but if you have the time...boil the mutherfucka...thats alot work seeeing as my ladies get hugry quick....I use filtered water from a regular water refill place in la...bottled water...