Young plants left in dark for 4 days

[RosettaStoned]

Hey guys, I started 3 plants indoors, prepping to go outside around mid-May, but I have a little issue with my lights and they got 4 days of near complete darkness. They're just out of the seedling stage, only a few sets of true leaves on the biggest one. They stretched a bit in this stage and turned maybe a little paler, but not by much. It's only been a day so they haven't really picked up growth again. The tallest one is only like 4.5 inches. 2 are feminized, Frisian Dew (Dutch Passion) and

Do you guys think this is going to really hurt my yield at the end of the season? They aren't showing any preflowers or anything, so I doubt they were old enough to flower.

 

[vostok]

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Plants actually 'burn' seeking light in total darkness, ensure you go 18/6 soon as you can, and should recover well, yield as you will soon note ...is more to do with how much experience you have as a grower ...small things like not growing too many different strains at once and dealing with strains individual needs ..?

 

[jaytoker]

Doubtful it will make any difference. Since your plants are still seedlings which are unlikely to start flowering due to this dark period it shouldn't harm yield. Heck they still have all season to grow.

 

[RosettaStoned]

Thanks for the replies, dudes. I was just worried it would have a definite effect on the final yield (minus the week or two they lose of growth) It seems like they are beginning to start growing okay again. I'll probably give them some more soil soon and hopefully they bounce back nicely.

 

[SmokeyTheBear]

They will be fine. Darkeness for sprouts is bad. Bigger plants wouldn't be phased but I personally wouldn't want any young plants in only dark. Too much stretch is bad.

 

[RosettaStoned]

Yeah they stretched less than I thought they would. They've pretty much resumed normal growth, the foliage looks greener and healthier again, so everything should be okay minus this little setback.