Little_Hobo
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No its because you are stressing her out slightly, if you can manage to slightly stress her out apparently she will create more frost and terpenes as a defence mechanism.
24 - 48 Dark period before harvest
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Little_Hobo
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But stress her out too much and she will spend too much time trying to heal and not enough time defending
twentyeight.threefive
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You'll hear a lot of incorrect information being repeated over and over. It doesn't make it true.
@Lordhooha on here is a commercial grower. He submitted samples for testing with and without a dark period. There was no increase in THC or terpenes from the tested samples.
Lordhooha
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This no actual benefit. Lab tested and proven.
The ice however does increase trichs and it sometimes makes buds purple also
twentyeight.threefive
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This is also not true.
Lordhooha
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no it doesn't and if you want purple plants get the right genetics rather then forcing the roots to go dormant for no reason. Because shocking them with ice water is cool.?. I’ve tested these stupid ass stoner myths. I’ve taken them to labs. I pay on average hundreds of bucks on labs one so I can sell and two to prove this stupid shit wrong.
Little_Hobo
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What is your guys opinion on molasses? i see that is pretty taboo too. I have been using it in the later weeks of flowering. My reasons is to feed the microbes in the soil, so they can turn sugar to carbs.. or something. It helps the plant feed better. and produces CO2? hehe im sure i have something mixed up here but this is what i have read from memory (a really semi-old stoner memory)
Will I am wicked
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If you live in a dry environment like me I do cause the slower the plant Fry's the better the taste
If I live in a dry area I would the slower you dry at the better The taste supposedly
Little_Hobo
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I have read into the ice water thing too, it seems it could be bro science.. but the change in colour thing may be an actual thing....
Lordhooha
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Anywhere you live you want to dry a min of 10 to 14 days period.
Lordhooha
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if you want color get the genetics. I grew in Michigan it doesn’t always work. I’ve harvested outdoor junk in October with snow around them.
I’m just telling from past experiences from people I grow with I’ve seen em fill their pots with ice everyday for the last week and watch their plants turn dark purple almost black
Lordhooha
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Yah and they’re morons. It makes the plants roots go dormant As in not taking in nutrients anymore resulting in less bud, thc, terpenes etc. genetics are where you want to get proper color not adding ice. It’s a terrible method that benefits you none.
Little_Hobo
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It so hot here at the minute but usually really wet. Ill keep that in mind for when the chop comes though.
What if I don't care about the final week's worth of possible growth? My plants are 100% for myself and family and I have more than I need or even want.
What I don't have is time.
If I starve out the plant in that final week (whether by ice or boiling the roots) and watch it move all its nutrients around and burn off all the chlorophyll to get a jump start on curing is this so bad?
Remember, I do not care about the last week's worth of growth. I've got more than enough.
Yea I understand you completely but the last week of life before chop what really do the plants have left to do that plant looks fire btw!!
drsaltzman
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Freezing or boiling your roots will not move nutrients around or burn off chlorophyll and certainly won’t benefit your plant in any way. I can’t believe some of the things I read sometimes. You shouldn’t either.
48 hours of darkness does nothing. Flushing does nothing.
Also, the final weeks worth of growth is not only about quantity, it’s about quality.