Will one light coming off 5 min early cause hermie?

Growing in a tent 1200w one of the 600w comes on 5 min early every time can't seem to get the timers on the same time. Would this cause hermie? Or any other problems? + rep

so your doing 12:05/11:55

shouldn't be any problems as long as it is consistant.

5 minutes? You're screwed.























J/K....I don't think nature keeps a constant ratio of night/day so you should be AOK.

shouldnt be more than 2 min 38 secs.

It shouldn't be a problem, but I'd be worried about those mechanical timers accidentally being turned (i've done that)

This is why I love the digital timers. They're not THAT much more expensive, they have a battery so they don't forget the time when you unplug them (or stop counting like the mechanical ones).

If power goes out for 5 hours with mechanical timers, you will have to go back and correct the timers, or your whole period will be shifted by 5 hours. Just something to keep in mind. It should be fine.

I was all about digital timers until mine reset to 12 PM like an old VCR when I unplugged a lamp from a socket. Now its back to a good mechanical.

Not a problem at all.

The sun is never the same exact time.

SMoke trees

brotherjericho said:

I was all about digital timers until mine reset to 12 PM like an old VCR when I unplugged a lamp from a socket. Now its back to a good mechanical.

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I'm using both.
The digital in the grow room and the mechanical in the flower room.
Been playing with manually shortening the days with the mech timer.

The digital is weird to program but is very dependable with the battery back up.
If the power goes off I have to reset the mech timer but just do it on the hour.
A few minutes wont matter.
There are cloudy and rainy days in nature.

viridi said:

Growing in a tent 1200w one of the 600w comes on 5 min early every time can't seem to get the timers on the same time. Would this cause hermie? Or any other problems? + rep

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That may be a good thing, sorta like sunrise and sunset.
You have no worries.

Light stress is WAY over exaggerated. I am 100% sure youll be fine. Trust me ive done a lot worse than that to my current plants and they havent hermied.

No, that won't be a problem.

Dude I know personally intentionally sets them 5min apart. He's running 4x 1000's (last I was in his grow room). I'm not sure if it's some myth he follows, or just his methodology, but I do know that he has consistently some of the best smoke available. Best damn ChemDog I've ever had.

I agree with the Sunrise/Sunset idea too. The sun doesn't turn off with a switch.

Nope no prob. I set mine 10 mins apart so I don't pull so many amps at once on fire up.

5 minutes wint do any harm. hermies comes more from genes rather than from those tiny things like 5 min dif. +rep. now grow some nugs, good luck!