Finishing off with 8hr cycles

[AutomaticSlim]

Hi, is there any merit in dropping the light hours to 8 or even 0 to stress the plant in its final days? Also another line I heard is that letting the plant run out of water is another method to stress and extract more resin. Growing White Widow atm.

Cheers Slim

[Serrated edge]

leaving the plant in total darkness for 72 hours before harvest is a way to increase resin .noticably

 

Especially noticeable on plants left well past their due harvest date .

 

No good trying it unless you handle some of the buds and feel how sticky they are before putting

them to the three days of dark.

 

Then feel them at the end ...you should be able to notice the difference.

 

Even the dry bud is more tackier

 

If hand watering In cool weather they can take the dark hours without a drink . But be mindful in hot weather as you

 

might need to sneak in and give them a drink . It's seems ok if your quick and use low light like from a phone .

 

As long as they have had a good long flush I believe it takes the buds to a better level . Worth trying .nothing to lose.

 

 

I let one plant dry right out once but didn't have a benchmark to tell the difference .(only one of its strain in the grow)so cannot really say

If it worked or not.

[Serrated edge]

Dropping the light to eight hours day would only make them finish faster at the expense of weight .

[hydrochronic]

Just give it plain water to flush it out for at least the last week, some people do last 10 days or so. Some people leave it in complete darkness for about 48 hours before harvesting too, but I've never heard of 8 hour light at the end before.

[AutomaticSlim]

Thankyou fellas. I will give 48 hours darkness a go. While we are on the topic I have a product called final rinse is it any good or should I use just water?

 

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Edited March 22, 2017 by AutomaticSlim

[BigBudSpencer]

leaving the plant in total darkness for 72 hours before harvest is a way to increase resin .noticably

 

Especially noticeable on plants left well past their due harvest date .

 

I didn't know that, I'm onto that next time.

 

I had a strain I had to finish of quickly and went back to 9 hours and it worked a treat.

However like others have said, other the two week period they didn't fatten up anymore.

 

Looking forward to letting it run "naturally " this time

[Sir PsychoHashy]

When I first started growing 30 years ago, I bought a book which told me to 16/8 for veg and 8/16 for flower, so that's what I used to do, worked just fine.

 

It was a long time ago, and I had a massive break from growing in between, so I can't remember how it compared to 12/12 in terms of flowering times and bud yield.  But if they were basically the same it would be a way to save some power I suppose?  I know some sativa's like light hours reduced, especially towards the end, and that's the only time I've gone below 12/12 recently, but indicas seem to be more than happy with plain old 12/12.

 

Might have to try it again one day, could also be helpful during hotter times of the year I'd imagine.

[Gazza2001au]

I made the mistake one time watering my plants before harvest worse mistake ever felt like it was never ending when trying to dry it now I harvest after 2-3 days after the last watering it could have been the season it was possibly winter but I remember ever since that day I don't water before harvest

[_Puff_Tough_]

I dont understand how the plant can produce more resin considering how long it takes for resin to mature on the plant. Can you explain this ? If the resin we smoke has matured on the plant for say 6 weeks atleast.... how can keeping a plant in the dark, no photosynthesis is occuring... not feeding it anything, yes you are stressing it out.... but stressing it out to produce more of the compounds that take 6 weeks+ to reach a peak in concentration... is a load of shite. Absolutely bullshit.

 

 

[Serrated edge]

I dont understand how the plant can produce more resin considering how long it takes for resin to mature on the plant. Can you explain this ? If the resin we smoke has matured on the plant for say 6 weeks atleast.... how can keeping a plant in the dark, no photosynthesis is occuring... not feeding it anything, yes you are stressing it out.... but stressing it out to produce more of the compounds that take 6 weeks+ to reach a peak in concentration... is a load of shite. Absolutely bullshit.

 

I'm sure there is a lot you don't understand Nuffy, Google it for fucks sake .