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SkunkPatronus said:It takes a certain amount of time for the plant to switch from daylight respiration(co2 in o2 out) to dark respitation(o2 in co2 out), and when it has done that, if you make it switch back again(by adding light) it will hermie. Someone once told me that without light plants switch to dark respiration in less than 10 minutes... and it is this that is the mechanical mechanism that keeps them thinking that it's June 21 or later in the year. They have to stay in the dark to breath o2 and break down the carbs it made in the light and use them in the dark... so they have to stay in the dark, Period... Green light doesn't count because pot plants don't 'see' green light, but it has to be a real green light, not a coated light bulb. Led greens are a tru green... but i woudn't do it at all, because you are playing with fire, and you might be playing with nanners soon after...
Hello SkunkPatronus!
Always enjoy reading your posts. I believe when you refer to "daylight respiration" you are referring to photosynthesis, the process the plant goes through to manufacture it's own food. Photosynthesis is a light dependent reaction in plants- without light it cannot occur. Respiration is when the plant uses those sugars it has created for various metabolic processes, including cellular growth. Respiration is a light independent reaction- it occurs with or without light (that's why plants grow under a 24/0 schedule)- and that is why temperatures are so important to growth- the plant will burn sugars to cool itself, leaving no food for growth.
It is correct that only a plant having the hermi gene has the potential to hermi. Some plants will hermi under the slightest stress; others with the hermi trait could be subjected to numerous stresses and will not self.
Hermaphrodism, while usually caused by light stresses, can however be brought on by other stresses. While interuptions in the dark cycle is perhaps the greatest influence- it is not a definitive one. That is how we can reveg a plant without causing it to hermi.
All that being said-
IRISH said:i'd go with the no light op dude. a trillion customers can't be wrong.
Happy Growing!