Dark just before harvest?

2absolute2purity2

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I've read and listened to reports on flushing before harvest and it seems the biggest benefit is that it removes some chlorophyll. Since light increases chlorophyll I was thinking about doing 72 hours of darkness just before cutting. Has anyone tried this?
I seen mrcanuckgrows on YouTube talk ab how 48 hrs of darkness before harvest helps the plants increase terpene production so i also wanna know this. It was the 33:37 min vid he did 8 months ago. Id post a link but idk policies on riu here. Not tryna get banned lol. The flowers looked incredible. One was a blueberry fritter n I’d love to get that strain someday
 

Stuck27

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Cured flower from Cherry Diesel was evaluated by a group of industry experts for flavor and smoking characteristics in a blind taste test. Overall, the duration of the flushing period had no impact on flavor, smoothness of smoke, or color of ash (Figure 5a-d) (P < 0.05). The seven-day flush period had the highest “bad” rating (21.1%) and the 0-day flush had the highest “great” rating (16.7%). Most panelists rated the flavor of the samples as “okay” or “good”. The ten-day flush had the highest “okay” ratings at 48.6% and the 0-day flush had the highest “good” rating at 47.2% (Figure 4a).


Here is a good read. Remember that if you take away nutrients you're slowing down the growth. The same couple weeks is where you get your density. If you want to figure it out yourself that is good, but I'd recommended reading this and then watching Mr. Growit's video with Dr. Bugbee.

He talks about both nutrients and darkness.. Will explain it all

 

Stuck27

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I seen mrcanuckgrows on YouTube talk ab how 48 hrs of darkness before harvest helps the plants increase terpene production so i also wanna know this. It was the 33:37 min vid he did 8 months ago. Id post a link but idk policies on riu here. Not tryna get banned lol. The flowers looked incredible. One was a blueberry fritter n I’d love to get that strain someday
See my comment above. Mr. Canuckgrows gives misinformation a lot .. I use to watch him until I learned the difference XD

who would you believe.. A REAL doctor or a guy who does youtube videos talking about medical stuff?? Your choice will show in the results :lol:
 

Lenin1917

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I usually chop right before lights on because, we’ll i don’t know why other than someone suggested it and their reasoning seemed sound(fuck if I could remember what it was bongsmilie )
And even if it makes no positive difference it doesn’t make a negative one either.
 
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