Last week.
02/01 Only water with Ph adjustment, 1 liter per plant.
I cut a sugar leaf of some buds, and magnified them with the microscope. See attached pics
I'm not sure to harvest on saturday (-2 days).. for this growth i want higher level of TCH but trichomes are not clodly enought....
Let's see
04/01 - Another check to the trichomes today let me to a conclusion: i must postpone the harvest... they are not ready. Unfortunately it's been a week since i feed them only with water, so now i used Overdrive and Bud Candy to let them survive another week. Leaves are very green even after one week with no-nutrients.. So probably they didn't suffer.
New harvest date: friday 10/01
Meanwhile i bought the "flawless finish", a product from Advanced Nutrients which remove all nutrients from the plant and root zone. I will try it soon
08/01 - I turned off the lights: starting dark period, in total it's about 72 hours of darkness. Smell is the most powerful, flowers are ripen enought and now i'm feeding them only with water and flawless finish. Saturday, 11/01, will be the D-Day.
@AsNoriu, niiice! I will try with 72 hours, but i will keep watering them during this night period, properly flushing the roots. I have a green headlight, which is perfect to do things inside the tent without "waking" the ladies :D Thanks again for your advice
@Ninja31, i read a lot about darkness shock. There is one really good article or research work about it from holland scientist. Short version of it. Plant needs at least 72 hours ( 3 days ) for results to be expressed in real trichoms increase.
In shorter time plant reacts, starts to defend himself, but for that to become reality plant needs time, 3 nights. Research showed aswell that there is no bigger increase up to 5 nights, but cuttoff minimum is 3.
Water them well before darkness, give 3-4 nights and enjoy frostiest weed ever ;)
@AsNoriu, Unfortunately i must plant this activity due to job issues :/
My aim is to dry them in the tent, because outside humidity is very high and i have to limit the smell.
That's why i can't harvest buds separately, even if this would be a great choice (i like the cluctch effect too ;)
By the way i will wait 'till the end before harvest... I also want to try 36 hours of darkness this time, i read that this increase potency :O
http://ursalighting.com/effect-green-light-plants/
I stoped disturbing them in the night, first 5 or last 5 min of darkness wont change much, but gives you vission even with simple flash light.
Green light beeing reflected , but still is used in photosintesis. You can influence your cycle.