im a little worried.

hi all,

i have 2 small grows that are 5 days apart.

in one grow i haven't disturbed the plants at all and they are perfect and really chunky going onto week 8.

the grow that is 5 days behind has been disturbed by light twice by accident (i left the room light on), although it was only a low light energy saver room bulb that was left on when the 600w bulb turned off, one time was for a day, the other time was for 1-3 days, this was around the 2-3 week flower period

Now the plants i have disturbed are 5 days behind but they look more like 2 weeks!!!!!! they dont have anywhere near as much bud as the other grow, i have grown the both grows perfect feeding wise.

I am really concerned that because of this light disturbance that i have lost a lot in yield, or have i just set them back and will take longer to harvest? they do look very young still (white hairs) where the older room are really formed swollen buds, hopefully i have just set them back a couple of weeks, is this possible?

what are your thoughts?

I think you just probably set them back a little... which could hurt your yield overall.
Make sure it doesn't happen anymore!

does anyone else have an opinion on this?

They will get their as long as they are not autos

hope so, the stupidest thing and now i feel like smashing them all up coz they dont look great. im so annoyed, the light bulb is out and in a million pieces!!!!!!!!!

Why is your bulb "out and in a million pieces" ???

PersonalJesus said:

Why is your bulb "out and in a million pieces" ???

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i think he smashed it so he doesn't forget to turn it off again

dicknixon said:

i think he smashed it so he doesn't forget to turn it off again

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correct!!!!!!!!! 1 less problem next time

just hope not too much damage has been done, ive checked for hermies and thats ok, they are just very behind.

I had my light and exhaust fan on different timers. One night, the exhaust fan went out at the normal time, but the lights stayed on. I woke up, evidently with premonition, around 4:00am. The humidity inside the cab was over 90%, the temp was 110F. For hours. They stunk terrible. I was shattered. They were in their 6th week of flower, such a critical time.

But they came back pretty well and the quality wasn't affected. Live and learn to be not so stupid.

Buds on the light disturbed plant are now into week 8 and the buds are ALOT smaller than the other grow. Have i fucked up here or will they take longer to ripen and swell up? also i notice the plants arms are alot longer in the light disturbed room with smaller buds, can anyone help me?

Invest in a timer bro they're cheap

i did and i have, left the room bulb on by mistake and took it out and binned it. i dont need to be reminded every 5 minutes, just wud like my question answered by someone in the know

Then post a picture.

not much a pic will tell you, everythings very green and nice, just lacking in swollen bud at week 8, where the other grow at week 9 is huge!

well- I agree.. even a few days of extra light will make them chemically try to go back into "veg mode" and set them back- but that's ok... if you have 2 grows going, usually people want the harvests a week or more apart so there is more room to dry them and less trimming 'all at once'.... they'll be fine.. just be patient!

I know a pic would help. Anyway good luck.

LadyZandra said:

well- I agree.. even a few days of extra light will make them chemically try to go back into "veg mode" and set them back- but that's ok... if you have 2 grows going, usually people want the harvests a week or more apart so there is more room to dry them and less trimming 'all at once'.... they'll be fine.. just be patient!

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thanks man, do u think they will lose out on yield because of the disturbance? i guess im going to have a hard time knowing when to flush them as i wont know when to expect them to ripen, i do check the trichs. just might have a couple days to flush and chop!

when they try and go back into veg, does it set them back a few days, or will they then want to start over again from week one? the light disturbance happened around week 3 and 5, they have packed bud since but VERY slowly and im not seeing any rapid swelling like u normally do from week 6 onwards.

i cud post a few pics but i honestly dnt think it will tell much of a story as im sure alot of you will say that they look fine and have ok bud, but im comparing them to my other grow and there is a huge difference even apart from the fact they are 5 days behind, temps and lights the same, feeding schedule the same, all green leaves and have good air circulation in both grows, just lacking the swollen bud.