Darkness before Harvest

Extended darkness before harvest will just slow your plants metabolism unnaturally which can cause THC to break down to CBD and CBN due to the almost zero metabolism and I would say, your plant would be traumatised, not an ideal situation if you are after prime flowers. I, after years of experimentation, have developed a preference for harvesting about an hour or two after lights on/sun up and after a normal one nights "sleep". It seems harvesting in the afternoon produces flowers with less terpenes, possibly because by then the plant is in full energy producing mode (photosynthesis) and the terpenes have either slightly evaporated or somehow "locked away" against the heat. I have discovered that the tastiest trichomes and most pronounced terpenes seem to be, as I said earlier, at their highest levels after a normal nights rest and about an hour or two after the metabolism is boosted by the arrival of dawn or lights on, if growing indoors. I have over the 35+ plus years that I have been growing, experimented with harvesting and also taking notes about which times I have harvested, anywhere from dawn, early morning, late morning, midday, early afternoon, late afternoon, sun set and even in the middle of the night, which incidentally produced the blandest flowers, followed by afternoon and sunset harvests and with the early morning harvests being declared the winner by me. Hope this helps,... Organoman.

Interesting vid on youtube: https://youtu.be/C-Ns7j0WIJM

48hrs of continuous darkness: Jorge cervantes, talks about it being beneficial in his book The Marijuana grower’s guide. It is thought to increase trichome production making the bud more potent. Moreover, if done at the switch stage from VEG to FLOWER it is thought to make the plant enter the flowering stage faster. There is no scientific consensus about all this but it’s interesting nonetheless.

Bro science mate, no real proof it does any good. I chop after 12 hr night time, just as lights come on. I know there's a lot of waffle about lights out for extended periods before chop but unless someone can show me some scientific, undeniable proof that it works, I'll stick to what I know. Side by side grows can't prove this method has any benefit, ya know. Sorry for goin on lol

During my last 2 plant grow I did 24 hours of dark with one and not the other.( both plants were the same strain ) I think the “dark” plant is a nicer smoke but that could be physiological or coincidental given how many factors are involved. I won’t hurt if you try it, so why not 👍🏻

ChitownCannaChica, interessant! Nog niet aan gedacht, bedankt voor het geven van de tip, ik ga er ook naar kijken. 🤙

Look up a video on YouTube about this—- it’s interesting regarding flavor and terpenes.. with that being said, it’s usually 24-48 hours. On that video, they did like 72 and the results did vary. Good luck! ✌️🏻💚✌️🏻

Hi ! Normaal tussen 24u en 48u, dit is persoonlijke keuze. Je bezorgd de plant stress net voor de oogst, waardoor de productie van de trichomen omhoog gaat. Hij ontwikkelt dan ook melkachtige en amberkleurige trichomen. Ik heb een duistere periode ingelast voor het omkeren naar 12/12. Ik kan je niet zeggen of dit een verschil heeft gemaakt, daarom heb ik dit nog te weinig gedaan. Over het toepassen van duisternis is nog niet bewezen of dit ook effectief de plant ten goede komt. Maar ik heb er geen problemen mee gehad. Ik hoop dat ik je kon helpen🙂 Veel succes met de oogst!🌱