Do you chop tomatoes in the dark ?
Or climb trees in the dark for coconuts ?
Lots of “ internet lore “ gets twisted. Up is down , pee or poop … etc.
I pulled plants during first light cycle hour ( no issues ) and in a powered
off ( dark ) tent - which by the way i leave plants in there for days sometimes
because it allows me to chop anytime i feel like dealing with “ trim jail “.
I give them a PRE TRIM then shove them into solitary confinement ( dark tent ) to begin drying IN POT.
Then when i get home or after a weekend somewhere - i can finish them up. They aint going nowhere in the dark tent plus with my extraction fan going and passive inlet while in dark - plant dries slowly and i can check when to finish the harvest. Even hang a mesh drying rack and cut buds go back into dark tent .