hobby4life
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We're the same boat, I've never heard of that before...I never heard of that but at the end of my grow I put my plants in darkness for 48 hours, I was told the plant will frost up a bit more, probably an old wife's tale but I do it.
How so?No. Just. No.
Rather straight to the point but fair call.Because it’s a waste of time. Period.
That's some awesome stuff right there!!No. Just. No.
This plant went from 24/0 to 11/13 without a 36 hour dark period. I grow perpetual so there’s no way I could even do 36 hours of dark without messing things up. Been growing like this for 15+ years and have had amazing results. Don’t over think your grow. Get good at growing and the plant will do the heavy lifting. No need for extended dark periods. Period.
Thank you for the fair explanationJust switch them, they don’t need a period of dark to tell the plants to switch. They know trust me.
I think the reason behind this logic is the flowering mechanism in the plant. Light destroys the chemical signal within the plant that tells it to go in flower, during extended periods of light, there is not enough time for this mechanism to build up in the dark to sufficient levels to trigger flower. So from this comes the idea, keep it in dark for a long time and that will ensure enough time for the trigger chemical to build up. But it’s not needed. Plant will sense it immediately without a dark period in between
This is no wife’s tail and it works just fine. I do it and have since I began and have had no problems. As to flowers forming faster I’ve not done nor seen a side by side.Hey people, hope you're all well.
I have spoken to a few people about switching to flower and turning off the lights for 36 hours was one thing that came up. The theory is that it will help the plants realise it's flower time especially if they have been in veg for a long period of time.
I tried it in my first grow but don't have a comparison as to if it helps.
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