lotek said:
Google has kind of tough me that all seeds from kc brains, with a few exceptions here and there under perfectly matched conditions, are crap. very weak genes that are not stabilized, just random offspring crosses almost.
but in the op's case, the fix is so easy for this he needs to do it. my grow room is made with semi translucent plastic so my problem with light was much larger and a pita to fix. 7x7x7 in a 28x7x7 which was connected to another 28x7x7 with no door. the 2nd big room was lit 24hrs a day. unfinished ceiling so light came thru all the spaces between joists, all kind of places. 2 windows, a loose vent slot, and a door with a .5" gap. took me almost a week to plan and do.
all you need to do is hit it with 4$ worth of weather strip.
Lotek,how does someone qualify a statement regarding 'very weak genes that are not stabilised,just random offspring crosses almost' ?
I and many I know have grown various KC strains and they always did what was written on the tin.
Those Mango beans were fine,used before both inside and out but reacted very badly to a light leak with minimal resin production and continual calyx/pistil production,just lots of plant matter with little resin on it.
Oh,and I've just remembered,a local guy my way grew for the first time this year and refused to take an led off a night time heater and I warned him it might end in tears and oh yes it did,with his Blue Cheese and Red Diesel both going hermy on him with resin production strongly reduced.
@Johnny. Don't apologise mate,you didnt come over that way and maybe I'm coming over a bit strident with me banging on about light leaks but it's only because my direct experience has shown me it can be a right choker,why,I had 15 Mango plants messed up,about a kilo and 14 weeks of time in the bin.The leak was found and fixed,same seed germed and the next crop was cracking quality.
I'm just trying to convince anybody not to be slapdash when it comes to light leaks,just no room in a serious grow for em.
So Johnnyrotten,an hour either side of the light cycle with a slight leak is no biggie,especially as you are in veg atm and about to flower and are going on to fix this shortly so all will be fine.
As an example of how powerful the influence an interrupted dark period can be,in the plant nursery/veg industry some plants are kept in a veg state with 12 hours dark and the light coming on for 15 minutes mid dark period and the plant stays in a vegetative state with much less power used than the 18 normally used.
so,you are aware of the leak and are working to fix it and if the leak during that hour at sunrise/sunset is significant it will appear to the plant to be on a 14 light/10 dark cycle so the plant will flower but the flowering response won't be as marked as 12/12.
You say you are gonna fix your leak/vent problem 'in a few weeks',well ok but I'd really try get it sorted sooner rather than later,shoulda been really done from day one but we don't live in a perfect world do we now?
All the vey best with this,your first grow Johnnyrotten123.:watchplant: