i got a new light from a buddy and its the 6 bulb 4ft pioneer light w/ veg bulbs. i forgot to turn on my light timer so for about 40 hours or so my babies that are like 8 weeks into flowering had to endure that light. what is this gonna do to yield potency ect. or am i ok and just set back 4-5 days cause they started to revert back. On the tops of the main colas there are like 2 little colas coming out help please
changing light cycles that drastically... will hermie your plants especially if they were already put in flowering then back into veg... thats a nono
To be honest, I can't tell you what is going to happen. I have never done that to my plants. My suspicion is that it is going to effect your yield and potency slightly, but not drastically. I also think that being at week 8 you are probably too close to harvest to worry about hermies. any male nodes created wouldn't have time to fully develop before you chopped the whole plant. I think you will be OK. In the future just try to be more careful. Good luck.
This may be your saving grace. While I don't subscribe to it, I have read of some growers who purposely give the plants 24/0 light at the end of flowering, on the theory that the plant is too far along to hermie and the extra light will give the plant extra energy to turn into fatter buds. I'm skeptical, but it's an interesting idea. Nonetheless, in your situation all you can do is keep growing on and let us know what happens. I also don't understand about how you didn't turn the timer on -- timers turn themselves on automatically, that's exactly what they are for...
I often do (actually more like 72 hours). I said above that I read this from other growers, and that I'm skeptical and don't subscribe to it. Regardless, I think there is a chance that being so late into flowering could prevent the OP's plant from going hermie.
well just took down the dawrf it has started to hermie but doubt it would of made it far but took it anyways bout 3 days later and no ill effects to the naked eye, but who knows and the timer i have has a little slider on the side that turns the timer off go figure. but just looks like i got little antennas on the tops of the main buds like it made the bud tall and possibly thicker, there might be something to what you were talkin bout but dont subscribe to. i wouldnt either cuz its just not natural. ill update in a few more days see if any ill effects have risen.