1st Medical Grow-Super Lemon Haze & The Church

Hey kiki, how's it growing friend! All good i hope
p.s 'Buddy lmao'

jambo;>)

yo kik's where u at girl? hope ya all good?

Yoooooooo kiki...whehrhehehrheheehrrrhrhrhhrhrh areeeee youuouououououou??????????????????????????????????

sorry everyone- husband in hospital since last wednesday - no time for the board.... will get a weekly update this friday for all to see - and will be doing my very first harvest either thursday night or friday morning - - yeah!! I'm so excited.... any last minute advice will be appreciated so the newbie doesn't f**k anything up now!!
talk to you all soon.

Leave the plant in complete dark for more crystal production lol

right - and then chop at the end of the last 12 hour DARK cycle.... right?

I cut slices in my stems with a knife to kill the plants, and let them sit in dark for days drying before I chop. The buds and leaves usually stay alive for a couple days, and produce quite a bit more res. I use to chop immediately, but I found this works best. The only problem is if you do it in your grow room, you cant start a grow instantly after you chop, but luckily I have to identical sized closets in the room I grow. So I just use two other one for storage/ curing, I hope that this helps.

yes it does help.... I'd like some othe opinions on how many days to lkeave them in the dark..... there are a lot of different opinions out there... so let's get the average...

I would say 1-2 days no longer no need

Kiki007 said:

yes it does help.... I'd like some othe opinions on how many days to lkeave them in the dark..... there are a lot of different opinions out there... so let's get the average...

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36-48hours is what I've been doing for a while. it's usually 36hours as when the lights go out I separate the ones I'm chopping from their perspective tents and put them into another room that is cool and dark.
by the next night when lights come on again I just start chopping down the ones I took out.

Thats what I said, a couple days. But a bud, like any fruit, it depends on how old, the older, the riper <-sp??? Too ripe, you lose nutrients because it starts to decay (takes months though if the fruit is still on an alive plant and at least a week otherwise.). If your buds are completely done, you need no dark time. But they will produce more thc if they aren't completely done and the younger the bud, the more dark time would benefit because they are still growing. So it doesn't hurt to leave them in the dark, even a few days or longer, and just see if they have more crystals each day. They are going to be drying anyways once they die. You could even go ahead and trim the leaves, just keep the buds and stems intact. Leaves absorb sunlight to produce energy, so are no use in the dark and will help dry.

just to mix it up..... i dont bother with all that

Hello Kiki. Looking forward to your harvest. Hope it's a cracker

Hmmm i was just goin to chop before my lights came back on that day but thinkin now i might just turn them off that day then chop day after so then its only 24 hour for me and the plants had 36 of dark time....but not sure goin to do a bit a research on it, thanks guys for the topic!

Hey whats happnin Kiki! Lookin foward to that update friday flower! lol

peace

las fingerez said:

just to mix it up..... i dont bother with all that

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I don't either. I do chop during the day and my lights run at night so I gues they get a few hours of dark before chop.

Hey kiki..sorry to hear about the Hubby...but I will say this whole "chopping dark" is an interesting concept...maybe you could do half your harvest normally and the other half wait..don't know if you can stand the excitement though hehe.

las fingerez said:

just to mix it up..... i dont bother with all that

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+1
I do believe that there is crystal production in the time of darkness because the plant is still alive and growing. But there is also crystal production when the light is on.... so if the plant is alive and growing then it makes sense to leave the light on. But i dont have quite as many harvests under my belt as most others, just seems common sense to me.

2 paths to go by~ Leaving her in the dark for 36 hours will produce more trichs at the same time they will continue to ripen and you may lose peak harvest. And as for just pulling and chopping, well I always give her 3-6 hours of darkness which allow time for the plants moisture to flow back down into roots.
~Healing Love to your husband

A couple more days and this girl gets 36 hours of darkness View attachment 1433516View attachment 1433517View attachment 1433518View attachment 1433520

roachclip420 said:

+1
I do believe that there is crystal production in the time of darkness because the plant is still alive and growing. But there is also crystal production when the light is on.... so if the plant is alive and growing then it makes sense to leave the light on. But i dont have quite as many harvests under my belt as most others, just seems common sense to me.

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Light also degrades THC tho