Is there a night light

[Dangerdan33]

Wondering if there is some sort of flash light or light that will not interrupt the flowering dark time. I run a few tents that the flowering on time starts at night, cannot work on them when lights are on for security reasons. I usually just use a spot light to water them right before lights on.

I have heard of green lights or whatever but dont know if they are actually legit. Anyone have any experience with a similar situation

Do you think this may cause hermies too

 

[couchlockd]

green light

green light is reflectied off of plants, hence the green coor of them we see.

that being said, i still shudder at the thought of interupting the darness. even with a green light,

i would not make a habit of it.

look for a green lamp, not just a lens on a led colored green but an actual green spectrum led flash light or bulb

 

[Elements001]

I know several people who use green lights when lights are off. One guy (long time grower) used a metaphor.

He started poking me in the shoulder and said, "this is annoying right?"
keeps poking shoulder
Then he said, "Now if you were asleep you probably wouldn't even notice this."

It makes sense to me. I'm a pretty heavy sleeper so it wouldnt wake me, but I'm sure there are some people it could wake up. Just like it's highly unlikely it will make any plants herm, but all strains are different and it is possible, however unlikely.

I've still yet to try it, but I only have one tent and can take care of everything right when the lights turn on. I think you'd be ok man, just get a low wattage green bulb, the lowest light you need to see what your doing. Also turn off all other lights around so your eyes can adjust and you wont need as much green light.

 

[packerfan79]

I use a green LED all the time
No problems

 

[Dangerdan33]

yeah unfortunately it occurs often. i will look for a green led light thanks fellas

 

[420somewhere]

Any LED headlamp will do ...

Any LED headlamp will do ...

Just switch it to 1 light if you are worried.

LED headlamps are not bright enough to hermie your plants.

Good Luck

 

[Justis]

I used to have a green bulb in my over head light fixture so that I could just turn that on at night an do work in room. I never had any problems

 

[Green Spleen]

I've got my eye out for something like this next time I'm at a gardening store

http://www.cowlitzindoorgardening.com/product/Green+Eye+LED+FlashLight

just for emergencies

 

[steadydets]

I know several people who use green lights when lights are off. One guy (long time grower) used a metaphor.

He started poking me in the shoulder and said, "this is annoying right?"
keeps poking shoulder
Then he said, "Now if you were asleep you probably wouldn't even notice this."

It makes sense to me. I'm a pretty heavy sleeper so it wouldnt wake me, but I'm sure there are some people it could wake up. Just like it's highly unlikely it will make any plants herm, but all strains are different and it is possible, however unlikely.

I've still yet to try it, but I only have one tent and can take care of everything right when the lights turn on. I think you'd be ok man, just get a low wattage green bulb, the lowest light you need to see what your doing. Also turn off all other lights around so your eyes can adjust and you wont need as much green light.

I just don't see any logic to this.

These are plants. Plants are not people.

I've heard someone say, "I don't water before the lights go off because I don't like to eat before I go to bed."

I'm sorry, what?

As humans we tend to humanize everything. Its like a person having a conversation with a dog and believing that the dog understands them. The dog understands moods and behaviour, but not the context of whether or not "True Detective" was amazing last night.

 

[Elements001]

it was a metaphor man, lol. A plant reacting to its environment was the point. People dont react to their environments at all though, that's right...

Watering before lights on means there are more nutrients in the medium available for the plant to uptake when lights come on, instead of watering after lights on, meaning less time to metabolize those nutrients with the lights on. Everything isn't instantly available the second you water, it takes time.. The plants needs these things while photosynthesizing, and that only occurs when the lights are on, not off.

Also it's called personification, not humanizing. It's a useful tool for explaining something to someone (a "person") who doesn't fully comprehend the idea, by putting it into terms they(a "person") can understand. Thought this was obvious.

Peace.

 

[steadydets]

it was a metaphor man, lol, look up "metaphor." A plant reacting to its environment was the point. People dont react to their environments at all though, that's right...

Watering before lights on means there are more nutrients in the medium available for the plant to uptake when lights come on, instead of watering after lights on, meaning less time to metabolize those nutrients with the lights on. Everything isn't instantly available the second you water, it takes time.. The plants needs these things while photosynthesizing, and that only occurs when the lights are on, not off.

Also it's called personification, not humanizing. It's a useful tool for explaining something to someone (a "person") who doesn't fully comprehend the idea, by putting it into terms they(a "person") can understand. Thought this was obvious.

Peace.

hu·man·ize
ˈ(h)yo͞oməˌnīz/Submit
verb
1.
make (something) more humane or civilized.
"his purpose was to humanize prison conditions"
synonyms: civilize, improve, better; More
2.
give (something) a human character.



Or

per·son·i·fi·ca·tion [per-son-uh-fi-key-shuhn] Show IPA
noun
1.
the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure.
2.
the representation of a thing or abstraction in the form of a person, as in art.
3.
the person or thing embodying a quality or the like; an embodiment or incarnation: He is the personification of tact.
4.
an imaginary person or creature conceived or figured to represent a thing or abstraction.
5.
the act of attributing human qualities to an animal, object, or abstraction; the act of personifying: The author's personification of the farm animals made for an enchanting children's book.





In regards to the science on watering with lights on/off, I've read literature that says there is no difference what so ever. The author equated to something akin to "As if raining at night outdoors would harm the plants .." That was in bulldog cannabis grow guide I had from Amsterdam a few years back. But for everyone one source that says one thing, there are 10 that say another.


So I guess we can agree to disagree. On the watering that is.

The rest I believe the definitions above says it all.

 

[steadydets]

I know several people who use green lights when lights are off. One guy (long time grower) used a metaphor.

He started poking me in the shoulder and said, "this is annoying right?"
keeps poking shoulder
Then he said, "Now if you were asleep you probably wouldn't even notice this."

It makes sense to me. I'm a pretty heavy sleeper so it wouldnt wake me, but I'm sure there are some people it could wake up. Just like it's highly unlikely it will make any plants herm, but all strains are different and it is possible, however unlikely.

met·a·phor [met-uh-fawr, -fer] Show IPA
noun
1.
a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.” Compare mixed metaphor, simile ( def 1 ) .
2.
something used, or regarded as being used, to represent something else; emblem; symbol.




Ok so thats not a metaphor.

That is called an "Analogy".

a·nal·o·gy [uh-nal-uh-jee] Show IPA
noun, plural a·nal·o·gies.
1.
a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based: the analogy between the heart and a pump.
2.
similarity or comparability: I see no analogy between your problem and mine.
3.
Biology . an analogous relationship.
4.
Linguistics .
a.
the process by which words or phrases are created or re-formed according to existing patterns in the language, as when shoon was re-formed as shoes, when -ize is added to nouns like winter to form verbs, or when a child says foots for feet.
b.
a form resulting from such a process.
5.
Logic. a form of reasoning in which one thing is inferred to be similar to another thing in a certain respect, on the basis of the known similarity between the things in other respects.



Which is more of a comparison.

Like your heavy sleeper comparison to yourself and the plants.



So yea.....

 

[Elements001]

lol buddy. get over it...

 

[steadydets]

lol buddy. get over it...

Haha here's dismal! doesn't surprise me one bit that you would dismiss me.


I'll assume thats you being humble.

First you quote me, wrongly at that, then claim I'm being to literal by using the wrong working definition, then dismiss me.


Ever notice how one only uses the word "buddy" when they don't really care for someone? I usually hear the word "buddy" when I address a stranger who doesn't say thank you when you hold the door open or something. Like "hey buddy, no thank you?"


So, next time "buddy", you should be a little more careful before you hop on your high horse and lecturing about what is or isn't.

 

[mojave green]

settle down boys...op has good question and we should attempt to answer with science rather than emotion, yeah?
i'm no expert but my google fu is strong. i have also heard/read that green light doesn't interupt photoperiod but after reading this, i'm not so sure.

Thus plants may grow in green light, but efficiency in the sue of the total light energy will be small because plant absorption of green light is very small.

http://people.umass.edu/psoil120/manual/lab11.html

i'd like to see an experiment on this. light a bloom with nothing but green light during it's dark time. but i aint gonna sacrifice my grow for it right now though, lol! i might do it one day. i am curious what effect green lighting would have on cannabis's photoperiod response.