tried doing searches on this one, and i'm figuring i'm just not thinking of the right search phrases (because i know this has to have been asked before, i just can't find it)
but....i added a 600w to 2 400w's this weekend - and this was more load that the power strip in place wanted to handle. it functioned fine for 2 observed light cycles, but...today, i stopped in to see the flowering girls and they were sitting in the dark.
best i can figure, they had 4 hours of darkness where they expected light. i've re-jiggered the load off the power strip for right now, and i'll be replacing w/ a ballsier power strip tonite, but my question...
which is the path of less calamity in dealing with what's already happened?
1) let the girls deal with an 8 hour light cycle?
2) extend tonite's light cycle so that they get 12 hours of light (altho 4 hours later than normal)
3) split the difference? extend them for a couple of hours, so they get 10 hours of light tonite?
4) some combination of the above
if it matters, it's a pretty broad mix under the bulbs - skunks that are 2 days into flowering, NL, AK, and haze that's seen 3 weeks of 12/12, and a passel of 5-to-6 week finishing afghani that've seen between 2 weeks and 5 weeks of 12/12
i'm leaning towards 1) at this point, curious as to the advice of others before i do it, tho
but....i added a 600w to 2 400w's this weekend - and this was more load that the power strip in place wanted to handle. it functioned fine for 2 observed light cycles, but...today, i stopped in to see the flowering girls and they were sitting in the dark.
best i can figure, they had 4 hours of darkness where they expected light. i've re-jiggered the load off the power strip for right now, and i'll be replacing w/ a ballsier power strip tonite, but my question...
which is the path of less calamity in dealing with what's already happened?
1) let the girls deal with an 8 hour light cycle?
2) extend tonite's light cycle so that they get 12 hours of light (altho 4 hours later than normal)
3) split the difference? extend them for a couple of hours, so they get 10 hours of light tonite?
4) some combination of the above
if it matters, it's a pretty broad mix under the bulbs - skunks that are 2 days into flowering, NL, AK, and haze that's seen 3 weeks of 12/12, and a passel of 5-to-6 week finishing afghani that've seen between 2 weeks and 5 weeks of 12/12
i'm leaning towards 1) at this point, curious as to the advice of others before i do it, tho