Harvest

Hi. What a range of opinions. I use 3 days of dark before harvest. I stop the water and use that time for the start of the drying process. Yes they shrink slightly, but who cares when you are in it for quality not quantity. I find it really helps the flavor. The plant pots are so much lighter and easier to lift. That's my opinion. Chuck.

You don’t have to but you can. You will see a slight increase in terpenes as well as cannabinoids in your final product. This is not because the extra darkness is scaring them into producing more this is simply due to the fact that your resin glands will not be destroyed by the light as they normally are during the day cycle. As many know the resin glands are degraded when exposed to high light which is why it is preferred to have a dark room while curing. The same principles are applied when giving the extra days of darkness at the end of the cycle. Once again I want to reiterate this will not cause your plants to produce more resin it will only help preserve what has already been created.

That sort of thing begs to be researched, because it's absurd, lol. If you want to do 'something' make sure to cut it before lights come on. If it is the only plant, turn off the light-timer the night before so you can sleep in a bit. This will reduce what's going on inside the plant by avoiding photosynthetic processes. it's "optimal" but i don't know how important it actually is. I've not noticed much difference when i sleep in and forget to turn off light night before. Every day a plant doesn't get enough photosynthetic energy, they contract.. they get smaller. While 48 hours may not cause it to contract much, it is incontrovertibly smaller after 48 hours of darkness and this is in direct conflict with the goal, i think. There are some contexts when this may be useful, but it's because of some other negative impact. E.G. If the trichomes are being evaporated off the top. how can you tell? does it look more developed up top or 5-6" below (not counting new growth like foxtailing). If you have more trichomes below, a slight dark period may help, but i wouldn't go 48 hours.. i'd just raise the hot lights the last 7-14 days. (and look into a light that doesn't evaporate trichomes at the height you need them to bloom a plant) so, in general now.. but in extreme cases you might find a net benefit from it, but nonetheless it is not based onscience and is most likely a net negative 99% of the time.

Hi there! This is a practice that some growers swear by and they say it will add much more trichomes in the final product. www.youtube.com/watch Here is a quick video with lab results on THC and terpene contents with 48hrs of darknes before harvest and it looks like it really adds some cannabinoids to the plant.