buds growing in 24/7 darkness?

[indigo990]

Last year I harvested a plant that I'd grown, but didn't cut off the little popcorn buds at the lower reaches of the plant. I put the plant into a closet, meaning to throw away the remains at some future stage, but I totally forgot that I'd put it there.

So now I discover it about a year later, and although the buds are withered and no longer green at all, they definately grew by quite a lot despite not getting any light at all. I assume the plant was able to use all its last food reserves to increase the buds in a last deperate attempt to be pollinated.

But my question is, is there any advantage to putting a plant into 3,4,5 days or more of total darkness before chopping it down? I'd imagine it would stress the plant no end, which towards the end of blooming I believe can actually be a good thing. Has anyone ever tried this?

 

[Core]

i also wanne now this coz i am going to harvest my first crop in a week or 2...... ive read somewhere 2 put in a 48 dark period before chopping.....is this a good way to go?

 

[Guest]

I like to let my plants dry out and then put them in the closet for 48 hrs...IMO the plant seems to squirt out the last of the resin from stress ...I read that if you took thc levels in a plant through out the day it would be at its max first thing before light...light kills resin...others may disagree but it works for me so I use 48hrs or more...best of luck

 

[JimmyEatWorld]

During the light hours the plant produces starch, which is stored in the roots at the night hours ...

The fewer the starch that is stored in the leaves/buds the better taste and smoother burn for the final product.

 

[Guest]

I'f you'd have left the plant under the light for the same amount of time until it died,your buds would be even bigger.Another words no dark hours after harvest do absolutely nothing to increase the size of your buds and in my experience does absolutely nothing in terms of trichrome production that you hear so often.In my expereience its just a waste of time

 

[sensirocker]

hmmm... .what to beleive?

 

[Guest]

If you grow for yourself why believe anybody,I didnt lol.I can tell you though from my experience 24-72 hours of darkness may redden up the pistils a bit but thats about it.See for yourself

 

[NorthernKronic]

There is an article in the September Hightimes that deals with this question, the guy from trichome tech had tried this many times and in each experiment it did nothing for the buds. for more info get the article..

-N.Kron

 

[Eazyman]

I've heard the theory too. I have to agree with Skeletor as two days darkness (74 and 75) on White Widows did nothing extra for them. I was happier to see them, after their two whole days in solitary, so maybe thats why they look "better".
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