Protect from light pollution

knnthc93

Well-Known Member

• Jun 3, 2012

• #1

I live in a city with lots of light and at night I feel like my plants are not getting dark enough. Do you guys know of any way I can protect my plants from the neighboring lights at night?

 

Dr Kynes

Well-Known Member

• Jun 3, 2012

• #2

a very large box (like a washing machine or water heater box) painted white on the outside, and placed over your plants from a set time in the evening to a set time 12 hours later (on at 7 pm off at 7 am for example, every day) will help you get her flowering right.

 

c3llblock

Active Member

• Jun 3, 2012

• #3

A trashcan will also work and Dr looks like I'm stalking u tonight lol

 

Dr Kynes

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• Jun 3, 2012

• #4

c3llblock said:

A trashcan will also work and Dr looks like I'm stalking u tonight lol

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Trashcan is a good idea, nothin suspicious about a trashcan... if the plant is gettin REAL BIG (which i am in favour of) you might need to make a darkness tent frrom cheap timber or bamboo and black weed barrier fabric, or buy a motorcycle or car cover. maybe even an RV or boat cover, dare we dream. just dont crush your foliage.

 

c3llblock

Active Member

• Jun 3, 2012

• #5

I might end up using trash can myself

 

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kermit2692

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• Jun 3, 2012

• #6

what do u mean light from the neighborhood lol?! you put up some nice blinds then hang a blanket over the blinds then cardboard the shit out of your window so on the outside it looks totally normal but inside no light gets in

 

Dr Kynes

Well-Known Member

• Jun 3, 2012

• #7

kermit2692 said:

what do u mean light from the neighborhood lol?! you put up some nice blinds then hang a blanket over the blinds then cardboard the shit out of your window so on the outside it looks totally normal but inside no light gets in

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outdoor plants pardner, he has a streetlight problem.

 

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kermit2692

Well-Known Member

• Jun 3, 2012

• #8

oh lmao...i read the word city and therefore didnt even think he could have meant outside...

 

knnthc93

Well-Known Member

• Jun 3, 2012

• #9

Yeah I am growing outside and my neighbor has this huge flood light. Its cool now because I am pretty sure its stoping my plants from flowering but later in the year it is going to be a problem. I would love to get a car port but I am too poor for that lol. thanks for the help guys

 

Coho

Well-Known Member

• Jun 3, 2012

• #10

I just have a vision of 10upside down trash cans in the yard..

 

Dr Kynes

Well-Known Member

• Jun 3, 2012

• #11

knnthc93 said:

Yeah I am growing outside and my neighbor has this huge flood light. Its cool now because I am pretty sure its stoping my plants from flowering but later in the year it is going to be a problem. I would love to get a car port but I am too poor for that lol. thanks for the help guys

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just go Gilligan's island on that bitch! get some long slender branches (bamboo, camelia and willow come to mind) and tie them into a framework, with the bottom staked to the ground with poultry staples so it doesnt blow away in the wind. make a frame like Gilligan's hut, bound with string, no nails or screws or anything like that.

get a large stretch of dark fabric (weed barrier cloth, camping tarps, an old tent you wouldnt mind cutting the bottom off of, a bunch of dark colored cotton sheets etc) and tie them to the frame on the top bars. every evening flip them down, every morning roll them up or take them off. easy and cheap.