Photo plants - light leaks from household bulb

[IndoorTropics]

Running photos first time ever.

How damaging will switching on a single normal 5-10w bedroom light bulb (that hits the top of the 1 sided open tent) so no direct exposure, to quickly smoke in the room for 10 mins during dark periods occasionally be?

I guess there is more flexibility in seedling/veg stage than in flowering.

 

[Zaaboot]

Running photos first time ever.

How damaging will switching on a single normal 5-10w bedroom light bulb to quickly smoke in the room for 10 mins during dark periods occasionally be?

I guess the damage will be more during flowering than seedling/veg phase or is this not the case?

probably not the best thing to do, are the plants in a tent that sits i the room - if the tent is good it will be fine. Ultimately it can cause stress which can cause hermies and seeds. An option is to get. small green bulb which apparently does no harm.

 

[IndoorTropics]

probably not the best thing to do, are the plants in a tent that sits i the room - if the tent is good it will be fine. Ultimately it can cause stress which can cause hermies and seeds. An option is to get. small green bulb which apparently does no harm.

Oh very interesting re small green bulb, thank you.

In general it looks like i need to just stay out of there once in the dark and use something like a green LED headlamp for emergencies only. S1 seeds will be more risky than F1 and so on and likely require less light stress to trigger a hermie.

 

[Fiddle]

Green is still picked up by the plants, In flower they need a good amount of darkness. Veg you have more slack

 

[Zaaboot]

I have to disagree there, I have had a green light in my lung room which is turned on when I go to smoke in my grow area, or in fact every time I enter the garage be that with lights on or off in the tent - have been doing it for years and never had any hermies or random seeds show up.
There is ample reading and science behind the way green light works (as well as ample to refute it works) and how plants can pick it up, but dont when it is small doses, something to do with their colour and reflection Vs absorption etc... Ultimately, no light of any kind is the best approach, but if you have to - a low watt green bulb works fine

 

[Fiddle]

I don’t see your disagreement, I mean to say don’t over do it

 

[TrichomeAssassin]

small green bulb which apparently does no harm.

When I first started growing, I did several runs of photos and used a green bulb lamp during dark time and all was well. I don't enjoy the 12/12 light schedule, so autos became my golden ticket.

 

[Zaaboot]

I don’t see your disagreement, I mean to say don’t over do it

Ok my bad