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bluecheese
01-20-2009, 11:04 PM
My 400w galaxy ballast broke sometime during the day this last Saturday (MLK weekend). Since the hydro shop was closed Sunday, i had to leave my ladies in the dark for about 36hours. Im unsure of when the light went out, i have it on during the day and off at night - 6am to 6pm, but i noticed it Sunday morning, so the plants went all day Sunday without light and about 6 hours on Monday. I figured its safe to say they might have got about 36 hours of darkness. Funny thing is though, i think the plants were stressed prior to this happening, so its almost as if it reset them.

Stress pics:

http://www.filedropper.com/second/8594a98b28ce1b39036ec5e32784c688.jpg
http://www.filedropper.com/second/52911712c8e65c50fc8285eb10e97083.jpg


They now have a stronger aroma and look healthy. However with a week left of flowering im not sure how this will effect my girl. I had to give it only 6-7 hours of light on monday and about the same on darkness to get it back on my normal schedule of 6am to 6pm.

Im checking it each day hoping for the best, and im just feeding it water now since it was about time to flush anyway. Im in dirt (miracle grow organic) and using a combo of foxfarm products.

How do you think they will respond to this accident?

Green Supreme
01-20-2009, 11:16 PM
Might take a bit longer to finish than you thought but the damage to the overall product should be negligible. Good luck. Peace GS

bluecheese
01-21-2009, 02:06 AM
nice, i've been checking the trichs just about every 3 days, most are turning milky white (about 75%) while the rest are turning amber.

How much longer do you think i should extend the flowering, it was supposed to finish the 27th

c-ray
01-21-2009, 12:09 PM
sounds like they are almost done..check the amber trichome theory thread
https://cannabis-world.org/cw/showthread.php?t=4696

Stone
01-21-2009, 02:12 PM
Never go by the 'supposed to finish' date. It's not set in stone and rarely, if ever, accurate relative to your own particular setup. ***They're done when they're done.*** Who knows, this little accident could even cause them to finish faster.
nice, i've been checking the trichs just about every 3 days, most are turning milky white (about 75%) while the rest are turning amber.

How much longer do you think i should extend the flowering, it was supposed to finish the 27th

Lundin
01-21-2009, 04:33 PM
^^^^word

bluecheese
01-21-2009, 07:49 PM
so, do you think i should go by the standard 8-10 week time frame or just by the trichs?

its been 55days of flowering as of today, planned harvest was putting it just a lil over 8 weeks

honestly its no special strand, just a bag seed from a decent batch of ganga - i believe it was called boggleberry

bluecheese
01-23-2009, 05:45 AM
my plant morphed, it turned into hermie - luckly i noticed it early i dont think the pollen has had its chance to impregnate my girl, shim gets chopped tommorrow