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Speeding up ripening process

RickC420started grow question 3y ago

Hello, I want to harvest my plants this weekend, but one of my plants is slower than others, I need to speed up ripening process. I was advised to switch from 12/12 to 18/6. Or I´ve read on ILGM give them 10 hour of light and 14 hours of darkness. What should I do? Thank you. :-)

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GrowingTrannyanswered grow question 3y ago

No do not change the light schedule. This will cause a lot of stress and will decrease yield. There is no way to fasten up the ripening process. Otherwise everyone would be doing it.

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deepsheebaanswered grow question 3y ago

Hi, Give her only a PK (ripen from GHE). Lowering hours it get exactly the opposite of what you want. Less light is less development! You could try to stress her with icy water. A good idea would be to use hormones to speed up the ripening projects. I'm not that familiar with that but I'm pretty sure it exist

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GrowingGrannieanswered grow question 3y ago

I'm 100% with m0use on this one!

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ernest_twwganswered grow question 3y ago

Do NOT switch the light cycle to 18/6. It will switch the plant back into a vegetative state and halt flowering completely. Dropping to 10-11 hours of light a day might do it, but I've only read about it and never personally tried it.

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