?24 hours of darkness before harvest?

hmm id like to know the answer to that to..

 

Leaving the plants in the dark for the last few days tricks the plants into thinking the growing period is done / coming to an end. The plant puts everything it can into producing THC to protect the flowers/seeds during that time. I don't know if its scientifically proven, but its to try and get a little extra potency out of them.

 

TOTAL bull shit

The only thing you should be doing to your plants during the flowering period is putting them on a 12/12 cycle, stop giving them nutes two weeks prior to harvest, and flushing them atleast once.

You flush a plant by figuring it like this: You're growing in a 3 gallon pot, so flush the soil with *gasp* 3 gallons of water.

I've heard, read, and seen a lot of things: experience has taught me the only thing that will help your plants is the above steps and my recommendations in my signature.

Honestly, have you ever seen mother nature turn out the lights?

 

I doubt anyone has any documents proving this theory...(24 hours of darkness being beneficial to your plant)

But i did hear an interesting thought...

Cut your plants right after your dark period and your smoke will be smoother...

Cuz your plants have already used the nutrients they made during the light cycle(most newayz)

Sorry i know thats not what u wanted to hear, but better than nothing? lol

 

depending on your setup & the number of plants you are going to harvest. i would just do it to half of the crop. then dry and cure them separately. then do a smoke report and judge them both. idk just my 2 cents

 

Mother nature doesn't exist in a closet...

 

i read on another thread somewhere about some guy named the wizard from northern cali, and i'm pretty sure it was 72 hours. you'd have to check on that before you take my word though.

 

i have read here on the outdoor forums so idk if it is true with artificial light but the sunlight degrades the surface THC and the plant replenishes it at night so harvesting early morning is ideal, idk how much truth there is just hearsay.....

 

that seems reasonable. i might actually beleive that...

 

MJ plants do continue to produce THC while in dark cycles. When you turn you lights on in the morning it triggers them to think it is another day and to continue normal flowering patterns. I believe this started because people wanted to get the most from their plants during the VERY end of it's life, without turning lights on and pushing a plant any further in flowering mode. I have never read in any cultivation books or heard that there are any hard facts to back it up. It is something I have always done, something I learned from some older growers when I first started growing. my two cents.

 

makes sense to me i belive ill be trying this with my harvest coming up/

 

idk about any method has been proven more than another method, but everything i have ,done, heard, read etc.. is about the same 24 hours, ive heard 36 is the perfect number i dont know why. but the reasoning has allready been said for the reasoning of tricking the plant to push everything out in last efforts of pollenation. What i do is harvest in the morning. so darkness before and after harvest is best because any light will break down the thc.= less potent

 

The main objective of indoor growing is to replicate mother natures nurturing arms as much as possible. Turning out the lights will do nothing, although the original poster has gone with his plan to turn out the lights prior to harvest, I cannot make him do what is best for his plants.

Granted I may have jumped overboard in my original post, its simply because I've seen so much bad advice lately. It just gets tiring after a while.