leave in dark for last days..?

Smoke2Live420 · #1 01-03-2008, 11:29 AM

Ive read about ppl leaving thier plant in dark for last 2 days before you cut it down? What does that do and should i do it

ccodiane · #2 01-03-2008, 12:34 PM

Can make your plant mold. I know.

thekeefmaster · #3 01-03-2008, 03:34 PM

ive heard the same thing and actually my harvest is currently in the dark, Ill let you know if it looks any different after i take it out of the dark

but i'd really like to know the scientific aspects of it too!

bambam13579 · #4 01-03-2008, 03:52 PM

i read this somewhere else and it seems people r split over it.

meant to make it produce more resin or something

bwinn27 · #5 01-03-2008, 03:55 PM

i heard leave it in the dark for 48 hours before you havest. it will make more resin. i dont know if its true but if it is let me know good luck.

thekeefmaster · #6 01-06-2008, 12:37 AM

i'm a believer but its hard to tell for sure

MagusALL · #7 01-06-2008, 12:42 AM

biologically i believe the plant will go into a reproductive overdrive from the hormones released in prolonged dark periods. whether 48 hours is appropriate is debatable and in my experience not proven. if youre going to do it though, keep your fans and exhaust running. they still produce o2 and moisture will form on the leaves that transpire toxins. this is why we use only water in the last weeks. we dont want to smoke the nutrients and biological waste that the plant is diffusing through its pores. i think, however that a dark period for 24-36 hours would be fine. i doubt the plant will change much more without a light source in 48 hours.

bwinn27 · #8 01-06-2008, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by MagusALL

biologically i believe the plant will go into a reproductive overdrive from the hormones released in prolonged dark periods. whether 48 hours is appropriate is debatable and in my experience not proven. if youre going to do it though, keep your fans and exhaust running. they still produce o2 and moisture will form on the leaves that transpire toxins. this is why we use only water in the last weeks. we dont want to smoke the nutrients and biological waste that the plant is diffusing through its pores. i think, however that a dark period for 24-36 hours would be fine. i doubt the plant will change much more without a light source in 48 hours.

thanks man. there is only one way to find out. some one has to have two of the same plants and havest one when the lights are on and one when they have been off for 48 hours. unless there is another way? and the plants would have to be clones to tell for shore i might be wrong.

MagusALL · #9 01-06-2008, 01:09 AM

its too hard to measure like that. to be accurate you would have to grow an entire crop and see if there is a significant difference. with just one vs one the fluctuation could be from anything. better light position, more co2 cuz of better air hitting it. but a whole crop vs crop would measure exactly, or i should say, more accurately the value of an enhanced finishing dark period.