Radio shack. Haha.

Put some trust in me. I have no reason to tell a fib about this. The one thing that must be said. I put my girls in 24 hours of darkness. The thread was created because I left some broads in the dark for 4 days.....

I went on vacation. Came back to ripe fruits of labor that sat sleeping.

Douglas.C said:

Yeaaah, ooookay.

You'll pardon if I wait for independent verification of their results. lol You can say that 20,000 more times, it won't change what happened in my garden in the past. 4 days of dark is dumb and pointless. I can harvest at lights on and 12hrs of dark and you won't be able to tell the difference. I highly doubt it was 'strain dependent' so yeah, I'll wait for that verification study. lol
Have a GREAT day! :D

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I guess your not going to see much growing with CFL's :) There buddy lol but you are wrong before lights on i got frost and the wicked nice smell and after 12 hrs @ 60 watts per sq foot they look considerably different also smell is not as strong but after 12 hrs guess what smell is strong as fuck and frost is there
The synthesis and breakdown of psychoactive resins occurs when the plant is alive, too- and it continues producing more during its reproductive cycle. The trichomes changing colors is a visible sign of the breakdown; the amber color is a sign that much of your THC is degraded into secondary compounds.
exposure to intense light degrades its there for a reason to protect plants period as the intense 12 hrs lights on the resin degrades Doing its job protecting the plant in the dark cycle what do plants do ?? they repair there damaged cells and produce more resin to protect herself for next day and so on and so on so
i have left plants in dark 48 hrs can i tell a difference NO one would need THC and canabinoid tests done
But what i am saying is allow plant 12 hrs after intense light to refurbish her self so Chop prior to lights coming back on

simple test would varify the truths harvesting right after 12 hrs of light and harvesting 12 after dark

I stand by my statements for truly ripe cannabis.

Smerb said:

Put some trust in me. I have no reason to tell a fib about this. The one thing that must be said. I put my girls in 24 hours of darkness. The thread was created because I left some broads in the dark for 4 days.....

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I believe you, I have 15+ years of experience with checking amber and trying dark periods before harvest. I use the former, for the latter is worthless.

Douglas

Purpletrain said:

I guess your not going to see much growing with CFL's :) There buddy lol but you are wrong before lights on i got frost and the wicked nice smell and after 12 hrs @ 60 watts per sq foot they look considerably different also smell is not as strong

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What the hell do CFL's have to do with it? Changing the subject?

You just described a room that's out of whack. You shouldn't get such obvious changes between lights out and lights on. Stress does that. (This is exactly the same information I posted first. If you see a difference with lights out, your environment is out of whack. Period)

Douglas

Threes company two

The compact Flo thing did come from left field. Haha. This some caveman talk.

Definitely enjoy me some potheads talk. I'm serious!

My 2 cents..

Tried up to 36H before flip..Never Notice a damn difference, except more stretch loool...(I dont do that any more...).

I leave them tho in complete darkness the last 48H combined with NO water the last 3/4 days seems to help abit with drying and resin production..but really not even worth waiting chop chop :D lol.

Prevada13.

Smerb said:

Just imagine ice water on your nuts, might not be good, never tried. I have gone on a 5 day vacation before and put a plant in the attic that was just about ripe. Got home went straight to her and it was completely finished. Buds had swelled perfect. Orange hairs. Frosty sticky. This shit works

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Next time, have light on her those 5 days am sure she would reward you as well.. Some strains really explode the final few days (week)...

Prevada 13 said:

Next time, have light on her those 5 days am sure she would reward you as well.. Some strains really explode the final few days (week)...

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Why? The plant was ripe(done) .

Buds had swelled perfect. Orange hairs. Frosty sticky.

When I read this, I thought that she wasnt done yet.. I give dark period (sometimes) when all the above is meet already.

never noticed a diffrence myself with a dark period,been growing indoor for 15years ,i do know a couple oldtimers that swear by it though
if it hasnt been mentioned ya better have alot of airflow cuz mold can and will set in quick

Why don't someone lock one way in darkness and takes pics b4 & after then leave other in light snip n dry and show us the final results and we can compare the pics

I am about to start a new run. I made the thread and will do it in 60 days. The only real thing you will see is a ready nugget, and takes less days to dry, it's what's going on with the plants energy. It no longer is feeding. It's one growers idea that might help another grower. It's old school. If you can harvest about Full Moon the gravity will help. That's alot

Douglas.C said:

Yeaaah, ooookay.

You'll pardon if I wait for independent verification of their results. lol You can say that 20,000 more times, it won't change what happened in my garden in the past. 4 days of dark is dumb and pointless. I can harvest at lights on and 12hrs of dark and you won't be able to tell the difference. I highly doubt it was 'strain dependent' so yeah, I'll wait for that verification study. lol

Have a GREAT day! :D

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Again i will see if i can find the actual test done in lab conditions by profesionals from stitching institute again we can believe what we want chop anytime you want but ask the ones growing big like mendo and some others big out door and indoor growers most will tell you they chop before lights on and for good reason
like the saying goes osmosis there breathing at night and nutrient levels stay low in the root system once day light triggers photosynthisis what happens ???? You know it the plants start there business of taking in nutrients
so where does it end ???
At night time the plant still is working but its repairing damaged cells its using up its batteries to do the job of replenishing everything nutrient levels are deep in the root zone not in the plant as there on batteries and its not needed
so in other words leave your plant in the dark with out nay light the question is how long will it stay alive is what you need to ask your self Right ??
Again do what you think is right
out door when to harvest ?? Second frost and after dew so normally 10 ish before the hot sun starts to degrade the THC or what the chemical is designed to do for the plant

Many factors influence the production of THC. In general, the older a plant, the greater its potential to produce THC. This is true, however, only if the plant remains healthy and vigorous, THC production requires the properquantity and quality of light. It seems that none of the biosynthetic processes operate efficiently when low light conditions prevent proper photosynthesis. Research has shown (Valle et al. 1978) that twice as much THC is produced under a 12-hour photoperiod than under a 10-hour photoperiod. Warm temperatures are known to promote metabolic activity and the production of THC. Heat also promotes resin secretion, possibly in response to the threat of floral desiccation by the hot sun, Resin collects in the heads of glandular trichomes and does not directly seal the pores of the calyx to prevent desiccation. Resin heads may serve to break up the rays of the sun so that fewer of them strike the leaf surface and raise the temperature. However, light and heat also destroy THC. In a bud strain, a biosynthetic rate must be maintained such that substantially more THC is produced than is broken down. Humidity is an interesting parameter of THC production and one of the least understood. Most high-quality Cannabis grows in areas that are dry much of the time at least during the maturation period. It follows that increased resin production in response to arid conditions might account for increased THC production. High-THC strains, however, also grow in very humid conditions (greenhouses and equatorial zones) and produce copious quantities of resin. Cannabis seems not to produce more resins in response to dry soil, as it does to a dry atmosphere. Drying out plants by with holding water for the last weeks of flowering does not stimulate THC production, although an arid atmosphere may do so. A Cannabis plant in flower requires water, so that nutrients are available. for operating the various biosynthetic pathways.



what does a plant do when the sun goes down.

During the night, the sun goes down. That’s a pretty fundamental problem here, in that during the day, plants can of course get energy from sunlight through photosynthesis. But during the night, when the sun goes down, their source of energy disappears and they had to come up with some way to compensate for that so the plant metabolism and growth can go on during the night. So, the way in which plants solve this problem is that during the day, they store some of the energy which they get from sunlight in the form of starch and during the night, this starch is broken down. And the observation was that the rate at which starch was broken down during the night was more or less constant during the night. If you measure the amount of starch as a function of time during the night, it kind of goes down as a straight line. Some of the best growth i see growing weed is during the night cycle
At the end of the day who really cares right we grow and chop which ever way we like
you say you observe no differene and its a waste i have done this a few times might be good practice in a sense to rid plant of its sugars and starches being its used up to keep plant alive in the dark
wouldn't it ??? make it even a cleaner smoke ??
Again i do not know if you grow one plant or hunfreds but when i did hundreds refering to chop time i clearly see a difference in room smell which is resin being depleted in the plant right there defense mechanism when lights are on actually the first 4 hrs of lights on is when it stinks the most then as the 12 hrs goes on the smell gets weaker
but shit when lights go on god dam its strong and why ? because the plant did what it has done for thousands of years repaired her self n the dark period
Again this is my observation
Honestly 24 - 48 hrs of darkness is a grand idea that is if your not in a rush whats two more days

Dunge said:

These are all reports of practices and conjecture.
Nothing to demonstrate any advantage in dark (except for We Solidarity offering the brix model).
I suspect it's just an idea that's easy for stoners to believe in.

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Well if your plants go threw bad stress and you leave them in the dark I noticed that they green up especially around new growth, like when you do 24-36 off before switching to flowering . I can't deny this works folks have been doing this as far back as 2004 from when I first remembered hearing this, I be leave that after a good nine week cycle 48 dark will close those flowers and hard ball . I would say this is fact in my eyes cause I've been doing it 10+years ,my brother does this matter a fact everyone I know does this I'm doing it this very second

Three day flood clearex , 3 days water only, turn dehumidifier on constant, turn off lights . Leave flood time 15 mnts day while in dark , Do this for 48 hours chop with lights off, I don't know if anyone already said this but what I heard along time ago was that , starch taste bad when smoked , starch hides when lights are out that's why leaves appear dropped at night, when lights come on starch rushes into plant to effect it , so cut in the dark,