total darkness?

[clones-R-us]

i just finnished my maple leaf indica. i was reading some stuff about keeping them in the dark for up to 72 hrs. they are in soil.... whats this for? do i keep a fan on them?still use co2? the lights ar off now and i havent removed them from the room.

 

[YwouldntI]

i heard its so that yhe buds will turn rock hard kinda like petrifieing them

 

[Guest]

I've done it for 24 48 72 hours out of necessity from being too busy,it accomplished nothing in my eyes.More often than not those extra hours would be better served under a 12/12 photoperiod as many have a tendency to harvest a skosh early.This is a harvesting technique that produces results if you're not in a hurry.When the plant is fully ripened water thoroughly several hours or the night before hanging it.This will hydrate the plant thus assuring a more slow and even cure.Conversely if time is of the essence for one reason or another,harvesting a partially dehydrated plant accomplishes a quicker drying period.This is about the only harvesting technique I have found that produces any real results.

 

[Dr Dog]

Theoretically the purpose of a dark period b4 chopping, is that during lights on period, your plant uptakes starches and sugars into the plant, going through leaves and buds.
During the dark period, the plant, moves these starches down into the roots, thus making the plant smoother while smoking

I have never noticed the difference either, but some people swear by it

 

[Guest]

After only 24 to 36 hours there is quite a difference IMO,. I have never tried 72 hours. I have identical clones in identical growing conditions. The ideal test conditions for this.

 

[Guest]

Different in what way?Visable or noticable differences are no opinion it's either different in some way ore not.I never noticed any positive differences and its not an opinion its my observation

 

[gromer]

Ahh yes the extended dark period at the end.This tricks the plant into beleiving that death by frost is imminent and in an attempt to protect itself it throws out the last bits of resin and cannibinoids stored up within the plant.During the dark cycle is when these resins are produced and the extended dark mean an extra push of resins and our beloved THC.Dr atomic did an article in Cannabis Culture that explains this in detail and he swears by it.Although Ive heard alot of growers say its hogwash my experience with it was always awesome.

 

[Guest]

OK so I spend the better part of two months making sure everything is environmentally perfect in which to "farm trichromes" only to find out there's a trick in the end to increase trichrome production or cannaboid potency?Sure is simpler than a co2 generator controller dehumidifier and 1K horties!Don't buy into the "shocking" of the plant to suddenly create a better product.Columbian farmers used to drive stakes through the stalk at harvest time esssentially prematurely killing the plant and turning the flowers gold.Somehow this got misconstrued into shocking the plant into a more favorible condition when in reality it was cannabis assasination.It's pretty much universally accepted now that keeping a pheno under it's own optimum conditions throughout veg and flower is the way to produce the best erb.If its working for you somehow don't stop though,like Bill says to do so would be ridiculous haha.

 

[Guest]

Different being a noticeable improvement in taste (subjective at best) The darkness does reduce starch(converted to sugar) and sugar. Dark periods cause plants to trans-locate sugars and starches(carbs) to the root system. I think there is a maximum potential certainly all of the starches and sugars do not move to the root-system at night.At best a percentage of the carbs move to the roots.

Maybe this could be generalized by calling it "carb flushing".You wouldn't give a plant a good dose of nitrogen before harvest. Most of us would agree that the dose of nitrogen would be detrimental to the quality of the finished product. 72 hours IMO is probably too much dark time, but 1 day really could not hurt.

Chelating undesirable substances from our smoke is practiced in different degrees with different methods. Carb flushing is someones personal preference and is defiantly not harmful. Turning nugs into rocks has never happened.

 

[YwouldntI]

i tried it once when i got back from the dam(thats where i heard this at)the guy at the internet cafe (i think)told me about this technique honestly he said 24 hrs. i noticed no difference

 

[patrickbateman]

witchcraft... j/k have to try this out.

 

[Guest]

Theoretically the purpose of a dark period b4 chopping, is that during lights on period, your plant uptakes starches and sugars into the plant, going through leaves and buds.
During the dark period, the plant, moves these starches down into the roots, thus making the plant smoother while smoking

thats the reason I put them in dark for 48 hours..really helps in making sure any chems that didnt make it out from flushing are in the rootball and not the buds..I also read somewhere that at first light the plants THC content is at its highest..just my 2 cents as why I do it...

 

[clones-R-us]

thanks

thanks

wow what alot of feed back.... thanks peeps. i left one in and one out.... lets test it. here are a few pics...

 

[Dr Dog]

you have got some nice macros there, you should take more pictures

 

[DIGITALHIPPY]

wow what alot of feed back.... thanks peeps. i left one in and one out.... lets test it. here are a few pics...

IM SORRY THAT I DONT AGREE WITH OTHERS WHEN I SAY THAT PLANT DID NOT LOOK READY TO HARVEST ATALL....

OK so I spend the better part of two months making sure everything is environmentally perfect in which to "farm trichromes" only to find out there's a trick in the end to increase trichrome production or cannaboid potency?Sure is simpler than a co2 generator controller dehumidifier and 1K horties!Don't buy into the "shocking" of the plant to suddenly create a better product.Columbian farmers used to drive stakes through the stalk at harvest time esssentially prematurely killing the plant and turning the flowers gold.Somehow this got misconstrued into shocking the plant into a more favorible condition when in reality it was cannabis assasination.It's pretty much universally accepted now that keeping a pheno under it's own optimum conditions throughout veg and flower is the way to produce the best erb.If its working for you somehow don't stop though,like Bill says to do so would be ridiculous haha.

thats a good rundown right there.

good thread alot of ideas in one place...

i never seen a differance with 'extra' dark or not. i even tried 84 hours.
although i havent exactly done my testing proper with perfect side-by-sides.
haha kind of blows my validity out of the water.