AFN Myth Busters 2017

[pop22]

Hey EP! I'm doing good, how are you?

Cheers @F.N.

Hello @pop22 how ya doing buddy, been a while since we chatted, you all good my friend ?

 

[Waira]

eP! ---." ...she came the planet....Claaaaaaaaire,..." *bssshhhhh* ..... Fie eP, tout me not!...for n'more but a parrot what ken reed am I! ... and quite enough of that neo-Dickisonian, 2-pinkies-raised, monocle-wearing, elitist Poindexter Queens English speak I say- ...verily, you can layer thickly-- and well!
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>>> FN - Cheers brudda, happy I could help drop a clue or two,... ... say, you're on some wavy-gravy Indica, aintcha!

 

[bushmasterar15]

Looks like you've been having a good time @epenguin

 

[epenguin]

Be careful @bushmasterar15 , don't stereotype me...................look what happened to my cousin Rastamouse........................

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[icmoon]

High all, what a great site you have here.

I would like to know what exactly is meant by the plant has to be in TOTAL darkness for 12 hours a day when you switch Photo's into flowering mode. I am new to all this and I hear all the time comments like "even a street light" or a "car light" or a "slight leak through the zip of your tent" etc.....Will completely trash your crop. This then begs the question that those plants grown outdoors recieve moonlight don't they?

I used to be a photographer and therefore know how much it takes to make a room completely light proof.....It ain't easy I can tell you.

I ask this question because being a newbie I let my indoor plants grow too high and had to raise my grow tent another 3ft. The problem here and now, is although I am trying to keep the light out for a 12/12 period there is going to be no way I can keep 100% of the light out,.......90-95 Yes,.......100% No.

I am going to paste this question somewhere else as I'm not sure where to post things at the moment so please excuse me if you see it twice. Hope you understand.

I appreciate any input here as I would be lost with out you guys!

Cheers

Cmoon

 

[fryge]

my experience is you can take that 'total darkness' with a grain of salt. but I'm an outdoorgrower, they might be more sensitive to it indoors.

the theoretical part why lightleaks could cause issues is all right(look into phytochromes), it's not just weedgrowermyth.
the question though is of a small lightleak is intense enough to be sensed by the plant.
common sense tells me no. my outdoorplants have never had issues with the moon, stars, a somewhat nearby streetlamp or light shining trough my window onto the balcony. I've only had revegging plants from planting early strains out too early, so they get triggered while the days are still getting longer, and reveg due to that.
and there are plenty of other plantspecies, that also are influenced by daylength and using the same system to sense it, that grow fine outdoors, even in cities with plenty of streetlights.
I've also forceflowered plants using a pretty macgyver/ghetto setup. take plant inside, put it in a closet, and hang a blanket over the door to mostly block the light coming trough the crack(the door doesn't close well, and there's light coming trouh the gap caused by the hinges). and it has never failed me, no hermies due to lightleaks either.

although I can think of a few reasons why it might not be as bad outdoor as indoor:
-acclimation. maybe because outdoorplants always receive some light from stars and the moon, and light pollution from humans, they get desensitized a bit
-intensity. even if the moon seems bright, the intensity hitting a leaf might not be that big, and we see the moon at night when our eyes are adapted to lower light, so it may seem much brighter than it actually is.
-color/spectrum. streetlights and lamps in our houses are usually more yellow, since that's the light our eyes perceive best, and it's a pleasant color. while plants mostly use light from the blue and red parts of the spectrum. so a light could seem really bright to us, but if it's mostly yellow it could seem a lot less bright to a plant.

 

[Master_gRoshi]

@pop22
Here is a new one for me.
Sticking a blade into the stalk. In the last week of flowering.

Said to make the plant give a final push to flowers and resin production from the plant dying.

Thought i would share

 

[pop22]

Another myth about to be busted!

@pop22
Here is a new one for me.
Sticking a blade into the stalk. In the last week of flowering.

Said to make the plant give a final push to flowers and resin production from the plant dying.

Thought i would share
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[SeaTurtlesAreGreat2]

Another myth about to be busted!

I did that last grow. I posted pics I believe in my warrior account or my buzzyman I can't remember. But I honestly couldn't tell the difference from my other plants . Nothing more or less after I did it. And I stabbed one bigger than this . Same grow style

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[SeaTurtlesAreGreat2]

I did that last grow. I posted pics I believe in my warrior account or my buzzyman I can't remember. But I honestly couldn't tell the difference from my other plants . Nothing more or less after I did it. And I stabbed one bigger than this . Same grow style

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And I literally shoved the knife through the whole stalk to where it was two parts not one anymore

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