Imitating a drought before harvest

I can't find where I had read this, but I remember reading somewhere that you can imitate drought conditions shortly before harvest and it will make things better.

I don't remember why or how, so I was looking for a little validation on this idea
if anyone knows please chime in!

I think I remember reading for DWC you can lower your res levels very low for the last couple days.

Thanks

Plants cant produce buds without water.

Yeah, I understand that.

This is one of those things that you do right at the end if I remember
correctly.

Well I have my doubts - hydrogen and oxygen are main components of THC. No water = no THC production.

Well if you IMITATE drought you May make your plant Suddenly use MORE of its stored Nutes in the Leafs to Pump in all the sugars and such.. but its not worth it IMO.. i would rather let it sit in Darkness for 2 days b4 harvest.. less risky

It's not that I'm saying a complete end all life drought.

Simply lowering your reservoir levels very low. I think this is supposed to
make your roots freak out thinking that a drought is coming, so the plant
begins to put things into overdrive.

Sorry if my wording wasn't appropriate

this will cause stress for ur plant...if you notice extra growth its using the last nutes stored in the leafs an stem....and may cause the plant to produce pollen pods a good thing if your crossing plants the pollen will be female...at harvest i subject the lower part of the plant to this stress for this reason

I've recently heard about giving them some cold water(60F) close to harvest to simulate winter coming to build resin production. Anybody else?

its best to let your plants "dry out" a few days before harvest so the soil is totally dry when u cut down. decreases drying time. obviously you dont want them drooping but if you plan it right theyll be bone dry needing their next water when u cut down. also cut down in complete darkness. stops the roots from bringing up anything that is left in the soil into the leaves/stems.

mclovin4:20 said:

its best to let your plants "dry out" a few days before harvest so the soil is totally dry when u cut down. decreases drying time. obviously you dont want them drooping but if you plan it right theyll be bone dry needing their next water when u cut down. also cut down in complete darkness. stops the roots from bringing up anything that is left in the soil into the leaves/stems.

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Cut in complete darkness? Sounds dangerous. How are you suppose to see what your doin?

lotsOweed said:

Cut in complete darkness? Sounds dangerous. How are you suppose to see what your doin?

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Not to mention what if you're outside...

I imagine if you're using a small cfl light for harvesting it wouldn't effect
things that much. Maybe by darkness he means after the dark cycle
for 48 hours then instead of turning on HPS lights while harvest just use
a small enough one to see what you're doing.

In soil you time your last watering so when you chop, it would have normally been when you would water again. You do this to cut drying time without starving your plant.

OZUT said:

In soil you time your last watering so when you chop, it would have normally been when you would water again. You do this to cut drying time without starving your plant.

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Ding ding ding

lotsOweed said:

Cut in complete darkness? Sounds dangerous. How are you suppose to see what your doin?

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lol good point

Hay farmers drought to make plants use reserved nutrients stored in the roots. I've read some theories on the opposite. By literally drowning the plants up to 48 hours before harvesting you jumpstart the curing process, starving the roots of oxygen causing the sugars to forment inside the bracts while still on the plant. I think I read it somewhere on cannicom?

Wine industry sometimes hopes for a drought during harvesting season to increase sugar production. Same with citrus. So there is some truth there. If it works with weed, let someone who has tested this theory out answer the question rather than arguing about it.

As far as decreasing rez temps in the last week, I know heavy16 nute line has you do this in their advance feed chart....

using a green bulb would work or simply turn the lights out and use a flashlight. Cut them down and trim in another room with good lighting.

Cutting them when it is dark probably has very little effect on the quality of the plant. There are so many other factors that are way more important, that in my opinion this is old-wifes-tail advice. The good advice is to harvest just about when you were going to water them. This will shorten the drying time and help with possible mold formation.

You guys realize that plants lift nutrients out of the soil and up the stems with the negative pressure created by water evaporating from the leaves right?

Without water, the plants can't really do anything.

Nothing can get above ground level.