Accident - 36 Hours of darkness during week 5 of flower

[ridgelind]

So something happened today when i had my lights turn on, and the bulb broke (well rather the inside of it) it was a Sunmaster Dual 400 Watt HPS.

So by the time i get a new bulb tomorrow (this time im getting two, JIC) the plants will have 36 hours of dark.

Usually I wouldnt worry if it was the start of flower, but I guess im at the critical moment of the grow where things are supposed to start getting dank, i was ready to add my PK 13-14 and now this happened.

So, what can i expect? Its female Seeds ICE, almost 100% Indica strain.

This happened to anyone else like right in the middle of flower?

Will it mess with my grow, or just prolong it? I'm kind of anxious, been nursing this baby for the past few weeks and would be a tragedy if it messed upmy entire grow

Cheers

 

[lysergicCO]

They should be fine.

 

[WelderDan]

Go right back to your regular light schedule. The plants won't miss a beat. Outdoors, plants have to deal with cloudy days and moonlit nights. Don't sweat it, they won't even notice.

 

[Imsostonedagain]

I usually agree with everything welderdan says, I cant on this one completely. Going right back to your light schedule is what you should do but Im going to say there is a decent possibility that you may end up getting some intersex trait expression. Just watch for nanners. Also completely possible that they wont miss a beat.
I had the same thing happen 4 or 5 years ago while growing C99 and she ended up throwing hermie juice everywhere. I imagine it depends on how hermi prone the genes are. My Cindy would always throw a late nanner or 2 and since I did perpetual grows, I always ended up getting 5 to 10 seeds per ounce. The time my light was out for 2 full days was MUCH worse. Thankfully thats only happened once in over a decade of growing indoor.
Hopefully your plants dont miss a beat. Good luck

 

[dansbuds]

36 hrs of darkness is alot better than 36 hrs of light !!!

 

[Imsostonedagain]

36 hrs of darkness is alot better than 36 hrs of light !!!

Yup...WAY BETTER.

 

[ridgelind]

Thanks all for the advice, feel better now.

Imsostonedagain, so by nanners you mean male flowers? What should I be looking for them/removing to prevent seds from forming?

Cheers

 

[moses wellfleet]

VEG ROOM: abnormally long dark cycle = negative effect!
FLOWER ROOM: abnormally long light cycle = negative effect!

 

[al70]

There's not much ye can do bout it now, I wouldn't worry too much, just keep your eyes open for hermies, good luck.

 

[Imsostonedagain]

Thanks all for the advice, feel better now.

Imsostonedagain, so by nanners you mean male flowers? What should I be looking for them/removing to prevent seds from forming?

Cheers

Sorry, havent been on in a few days. Hopefully you have no issues from this. Just keep an eye out for tiny little bananas sticking out of your buds. If you do, take some tweezers and pull them out as you see them. Hopefully you wont get any.