I do leave the lights off for 24 hours and sometimes more at harvest time. I'm not pressed by the need for the next cycle to replace them so why not? Even if it adds just a little je-ne-sais-qoit to the smoke, I'm willing to do it.
I judge my own harvest time by the colour of the trichs. When 10-15% of them have turned a nice amber colour I harvest. Occasionally this doesn't happen and all the trichs turn a milky white. When this happens, I turn the lights off two days later.
I'm not recommending this to anyone, it's just the way I've learned to do it and it works for me.
I do intend to play-around with the % of amber, to see if I can tweak the buds to a more pain-relieving smoke. I'll go for roughly 20% next time and see what effect it has.
Regards,
Iffy
I judge my own harvest time by the colour of the trichs. When 10-15% of them have turned a nice amber colour I harvest. Occasionally this doesn't happen and all the trichs turn a milky white. When this happens, I turn the lights off two days later.
I'm not recommending this to anyone, it's just the way I've learned to do it and it works for me.
I do intend to play-around with the % of amber, to see if I can tweak the buds to a more pain-relieving smoke. I'll go for roughly 20% next time and see what effect it has.
Regards,
Iffy