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Hello all, i am hoping for a little bit of input, please. I had a couple of plants in a small grow box in a shed. It was pretty small and simple, and because it gets quite hot over summer i thought i would have the lights come on overnight and i would have the dark cycle through the day, but the plants didn't seem to be flowering properly. I don't know if it might be because of the warm days, or whether my attempts to make the box dark did not quite get the box 'PITCH BLACK'. Maybe a slight combination of the two, i don't know.
Anyway, things weren't working, the plants started flowering but seemed stunted, and looked like they were starting to reveg, but i'm not sure, because they are stilling popping up many pistils.
So i ended up changing the light cycle to having the lights on during the day, and the dark cycle in the night. The thing is if the box is still not 'PITCH BLACK', but still dark, with no beams of light coming in will this suffice.
I guess, in a nutshell, would it be ok if there are 9-10 hours of absolute darkness, and 2-3 hours of pretty decent darkness, with 12 hours light? Any opinions? thanks.
Also, how does ye think thy plants shall fare after having their 12 hours light changed to 12 hours dark, and vice versa??
thanks again.
Anyway, things weren't working, the plants started flowering but seemed stunted, and looked like they were starting to reveg, but i'm not sure, because they are stilling popping up many pistils.
So i ended up changing the light cycle to having the lights on during the day, and the dark cycle in the night. The thing is if the box is still not 'PITCH BLACK', but still dark, with no beams of light coming in will this suffice.
I guess, in a nutshell, would it be ok if there are 9-10 hours of absolute darkness, and 2-3 hours of pretty decent darkness, with 12 hours light? Any opinions? thanks.
Also, how does ye think thy plants shall fare after having their 12 hours light changed to 12 hours dark, and vice versa??
thanks again.
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