24 hours dark question

[mtbazz]

I've got some bogbubble ready to be chopped in the next week or so, the colas are just simply massive, yet there are some smaller buds below these that are not filling out because they are not getting enough light (they are larger than popcorn buds).

Any reason not to give these ladies a 24 hour dark period, cut the main cola, than put them back under my 1k hps for another week or so for these smaller buds to fill out? Or will the dark period just trigger some sort of delay in any further flowering?

 

[geopolitical]

You're fine, what you're proposing is a "gradual harvest" and tons of people do it to maximize yield per plant. You generally will not get a TON of additional growth or filling in but it can be worth your while depending on the cultivar.

 

[Greenheart]

Extended darkness for my plants has caused no harm to the blooming process. I had a bubblegum that I kept dark for 2 days before harvest. Topped the main buds off and left the rest to go a few more weeks. The bottom produced more than I was expecting.

 

[DocLeaf]

Any reason not to give these ladies a 24 hour dark period, Or will the dark period just trigger some sort of delay in any further flowering?

Dark periods are unnatural. When was the last time the sun went away for 24 hours?

Cut the main cola, and resume on a 12/12 until the lower flowers fill out. Most common with indica/afghan varieties... since that's how they harvest them in the fields.

Hope this helps

 

[j242]

Dark periods are unnatural. When was the last time the sun went away for 24 hours?

Cut the main cola, and resume on a 12/12 until the lower flowers fill out. Most common with indica/afghan varieties... since that's how they harvest them in the fields.

Hope this helps

A lot of the veterans on this board recommend a 72 hour dark period before harvest! What are you thoughts on that and it's efffects?

Cheers,

 

[teemu shalanie]

I do the 3 days darkness/icewater shock ripening, I think it adds resin, lots of old timers dont like the sounds of that , but i like the results , and have never killed a plant like tat ever....
TS

 

[hup234]

What's an ice water shock...

 

[teh_piper]

What's an ice water shock...

Watering with ice water to shock the plant into thinking winter is here so it puts out all the resin it can. Or so I think that's the theory behind it? It's supposed to help ripen the buds and make them a little extra frostier. I have noticed doing this will cause the buds to tighten up noticably, I guess just part of the ripening up. I did it for the last week as part of my two week flush.

 

[moonie]

Just dry your room out for the last 2 days, why make it dark? A dry climate in the last days does more resin output than a dark period. Drop the humidity to like 15%, it forces the plant to suck up everything it order to survive, after 2-3 dasy of that, the buds look like they're already curing. Tis a beautiful thing when done right.

 

[Unclepeter]

Dark periods are unnatural. When was the last time the sun went away for 24 hours?

Cut the main cola, and resume on a 12/12 until the lower flowers fill out. Most common with indica/afghan varieties... since that's how they harvest them in the fields.

Hope this helps

in the artic and such like however they say thats changing now!.

 

[ski_phan]

The one thing that has only made sense to me on the darkness period is to slow down photosynthesis and to eliminate a large plant taste and should help it cure faster.

I don't buy dark = resin. nothing in plant logic would lead me to believe this would happen.

the cold water makes sense but I am still sketch on that idea

 

[geopolitical]

Cold water sure will shock a plant, ice cold water may even kill some feeder roots if you're using it consistently. I doubt you'd kill a plant this way, cold-shocked plants in my experience just grow a little shorter and tend to finish faster & smaller. The short bit is great but I'm not a fan of reduced yield.