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Light leaks and photoperiods

Yeah, last litter of puppies I had decided they wanted to rip the flap completely off. So I turned it upside-down to use the Velcro on the top instead of the bottom. It's really not even stuck good any more 😂 needless to say I will have no more puppies.
 
Also have some indirect light contamination from a window close to my veg room but it’s minimal compared to the full moon brightness
 
I grow outdoors also, and even use my deck where I grow to use the grill after dark. Have big motion detector flood lights out there. Three years and no problems. I've only used bag seeds which tend to hermie and no issues at all.
 
I have grown photos in 2 tents with vents open at the bottom to allow for passive air flow and have low intensity light hitting one of them all the time but no hermies for 2 grows like that. makes me question the light theory as well.
 
Oh its real, leave your lights on the wrong schedule for a week in flower. But at the level we are discussing here, I'm not too worried about it myself.
 
Secret Jardin makes a light baffle I’m thinking of getting so I can close up my little windows that are letting air in now. I just got my SJ Propagator 90 tent for cloning/mother. I like how they make their vents/holes wherever you want. Far less openings to close up.
Watch the videos, pretty slick.
https://www.secretjardin.com/?s=Light+baffle&lang=en
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qahpZo5ETCM&feature=emb_logo

If they have a ring large enough to fit around my Gorilla tent’s bottom draw cord opening I may put the baffle there.
 
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My cats climb up my tent one day and left holes in it, no hermies and still my plants flower, no problems and I have another grow in veg next to my tent, never hurt my grows
 
I was just about to ask about equipment power switches and LED screens. I have two heaters, a surge/timer protector, 2 Inkbird controllers and my av infinity screens. How big a deal are the red lights and low white screens? I was going to use some black fingernail polish (not mine) to paint the switches, but I use my 3 control screens to watch humidity/temp readings through the plastic tent windows without opening the tent.
 
Hey there MrPNW. Just curious what you’re referring to when you mention “screens”? I’ve never heard that term used in the grow world, but then I am pretty new to it.
 
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I was just about to ask about equipment power switches and LED screens. I have two heaters, a surge/timer protector, 2 Inkbird controllers and my av infinity screens. How big a deal are the red lights and low white screens? I was going to use some black fingernail polish (not mine) to paint the switches, but I use my 3 control screens to watch humidity/temp readings through the plastic tent windows without opening the tent.
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If you can mount the screens outside of the tent, I would do that.
 
Yeah not a fun chore now that our temps have dropped in to the mid 20s this week. Even in my unheated, uninsulated shop where my tent is it’s about 35-40.
My main Inkbird heat controller is set to 77 for the 750w oil-filled radiator, my secondary Inkbird heat controller is set to 70 and runs a 1500w milkhouse heater. The av infinity keeps the humidity under 58. Making humidity is not an issue in the northwest, the air is full of it.
Originally the radiator was maintaining a 75 degree average with fluctuations between 68-78. Then mid Oct temps plummeted fast and once i hooked up the secondary heater the temp doesn’t drop below 69 again.
I went with the radiator because it doesn’t dry out the air so fast, its a more even heat throughout the tent. The milkhouse on the other hand is a quick boost of heat needed when it drops below 70.
i guess I’ll have to put a sock over them and rely in my Govee sensor’s bluetooth readings.
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Correct I posted a photo below. My first grow so I’m probably inventing new terms that won’t catch on.
 
Electrical tape works really well. I like that you use zip ties for cords to keep them up. Little thing but goes a long way for keeping a proper room.
 
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