My current WW/WR grow is in its 3rd week of flowering and today my timmer malfunctioned and my lights didn't shut off as scheduled. They were on 7 hrs extra before I came home and noticed...............arrrrrrgh I turned them off and I was wondering if I should let them come back on at there normal time or should I make sure they stay off for at least 12 hrs and then just reset my timmer to its new setting??? HELP Please!!
i've had the same problem before. i reset the timer for a couple hrs later than the normal time, and the plants didn't seem to see the difference. in your situation i would extend the dark period by 3.5 hrs.
lights being on for too long does not do herm damage unless youre really fluctuating the timing a lot... its more about how long the lights are off. you need 12hrs of darkness to enable flowering... you could have a 19/12 schedule all the time if you wanted
jzchillin, I'm going to take your advise and turn them on 3.5 hrs later to kinda compensate for the malfunction of the lights being left on and then have them turn off at thier normal time. Thanks......