Cutting down: lights on or off?

[SimonBarSinister]

looking for opinions on cutting down when the lights are on or off. I personally do it when they're off because I read in Jorge's Bible about 12 years ago that just before dawn was the optimal time. Something about the plant storing energy in the roots or something when it's night time. Anybody done both , kept it seperate thru dry/cure and looked for a difference

 

[Tupapa]

Im just gonna copy and paste what i wrote in another thread because i don't fell like writing it again. Lol
Well harvesting at night does infact make your buds taste and smell better. chlorophyll is produced during the day as photosynthesis occurs. the plants break down sunlight and nutrients and turns them into energy for the plant. if the plants are cut during peak photosynthesis the chlorophyll will be abundant in the plants stems leaves and buds and produce a very grassy like smell / taste. during night hours chlorophyll production is halted. it makes sense that 72 hours of darkness would infact degrade all active chlorophyll in the plant and allow for the plant to taste much better. I always give my plants atleast 24 hours dark before I chop but try to give them 72 if I have time and patience enough.

Never heard of THC being active during the day ... kinda doesnt make any scientific sense at all really.

 

[Bugeye]

This is a question for people growing itty bitty little plants! When it starts to take 8+ hours to harvest each of your plants, you'll know your question is largely moot.

 

[jay5coat]

8 hours, lucky! You must have help lol takes me like 3 days. I leave the light off after I start to harvest.

 

[SimonBarSinister]

Im just gonna copy and paste what i wrote in another thread because i don't fell like writing it again. Lol
Well harvesting at night does infact make your buds taste and smell better. chlorophyll is produced during the day as photosynthesis occurs. the plants break down sunlight and nutrients and turns them into energy for the plant. if the plants are cut during peak photosynthesis the chlorophyll will be abundant in the plants stems leaves and buds and produce a very grassy like smell / taste. during night hours chlorophyll production is halted. it makes sense that 72 hours of darkness would infact degrade all active chlorophyll in the plant and allow for the plant to taste much better. I always give my plants atleast 24 hours dark before I chop but try to give them 72 if I have time and patience enough.

Never heard of THC being active during the day ... kinda doesnt make any scientific sense at all really.

yeah , that was it ! Thanks mang !

 

[SimonBarSinister]

This is a question for people growing itty bitty little plants! When it starts to take 8+ hours to harvest each of your plants, you'll know your question is largely moot.

No itty bitty plants here

 

[mauricem00]

I leave my lights off for 2 days before harvest and spend about 2 days harvesting and trimming my girls

 

[SimonBarSinister]

I leave my lights off for 2 days before harvest and spend about 2 days harvesting and trimming my girls

I'd like to try to leave my lights off but I run a Perpetual cycle and generally my plants are too big to remove and place somewhere else for 2 days

 

[andlund0930]

I like to cut just before lights on. But if it's dank, it's dank; doesn't fucking matter what time you cut that bitch

 

[SimonBarSinister]

That mess in the pic was over 750g after drying. The big one under the hps was 450 herself ! Chopped just before lights on

 

[YodaHazeMaster]

Healthy forest in there bud. I always give some dark period before harvest.
Terpenes seem to degrade with heat I've read. Better to give them coolness and dark.
I think the folks talking about small plants are used to the outdoors monsters haha