> Due to the summer heat in my attic, I tried to initiate flowering by having
> the lights on 11 hrs at night, and off 13 hrs during the day, hoping to
> keep the peak temperatures down.
>
> 4 weeks of this lead to absolutely no flowering! They didn't even begin
> flowering until 2 weeks after they went to the big bed, which is on 12 hrs
> during the day. Messed up my schedule big time.
>
> The next batch was flowered with a normal day cycle, and flowered well at 2
> weeks, so I'm lead to believe that light and heat periods should be
> aligned, or that heat during the dark period prevents the flowering
> hormones from developing. So make sure the cool period comes at night.
>
> -mikey

> Mycoloteur wrote:

>> On Nov 18, 3:02 pm, Mike Ross REMOVEcomcast.net>
>> wrote:

>>> Due to the summer heat in my attic, I tried to initiate flowering by having
>>> the lights on 11 hrs at night, and off 13 hrs during the day, hoping to
>>> keep the peak temperatures down.

>

>>> 4 weeks of this lead to absolutely no flowering! They didn't even begin
>>> flowering until 2 weeks after they went to the big bed, which is on 12 hrs
>>> during the day. Messed up my schedule big time.

>

>>> The next batch was flowered with a normal day cycle, and flowered well at 2
>>> weeks, so I'm lead to believe that light and heat periods should be
>>> aligned, or that heat during the dark period prevents the flowering
>>> hormones from developing. So make sure the cool period comes at night.

>

>>> -mikey

>

>> Yeah. Or perhaps you had some light leaks in your grow op. Leaks that ...

> Mycoloteur wrote:

>> Yes, but the issue was light leaks. Since he was growing out of synch
>> with day time, it is possible that the overlap between the light being
>> provided intentionally and the ambient light together exceeded 12
>> hours or just interrupted sufficiently the dark period.

>

>> Remember what is happening is that while it is dark, hormone is
>> accumulating. It is the accumulation that is essential in flowering.
>> Even small amounts of light will destroy the accumulating hormone.

>

>> Of course I am speculating. My point was simply that it was possible.

>

>> Love and Light

>
> I have found that moonlight levels of light aren't enough to trigger the
> hormones,

> Mycoloteur wrote:
>
>

>> Yes, but the issue was light leaks. Since he was growing out of synch
>> with day time, it is possible that the overlap between the light being
>> provided intentionally and the ambient light together exceeded 12
>> hours or just interrupted sufficiently the dark period.
>>
>> Remember what is happening is that while it is dark, hormone is
>> accumulating. It is the accumulation that is essential in flowering.
>> Even small amounts of light will destroy the accumulating hormone.
>>
>> Of course I am speculating. My point was simply that it was possible.
>>
>> Love and Light

>
> I have found that moonlight levels of light aren't enough to trigger the
> hormones, so a little light leak won't hurt. However, my setup had no

> On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:02:07 -0600, Mike Ross
>
>
>
>
>
> REMOVEcomcast.net> wrote:

>>Due to the summer heat in my attic, I tried to initiate flowering by

> having

>>the lights on 11 hrs at night, and off 13 hrs during the day, hoping

> to

>>keep the peak temperatures down.

>

>>4 weeks of this lead to absolutely no flowering! They didn't even

> begin

>>flowering until 2 weeks after they went to the big bed, which is on

> 12 hrs

>>during the day. Messed up my schedule big time.

> ...

>On Feb 3, 10:35 pm, jack sprat nowhere.com> wrote:

>> On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:02:07 -0600, Mike Ross
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> REMOVEcomcast.net> wrote:

>>>Due to the summer heat in my...