White Widow - Three Days Dark to produce extra frost?

[Jack Larson]

I have heard that if you put a White Widow in total darkness for 3 to 5 days @ the end of flowering that the plant will really get frosty.
Does this work?
If so does it work on any other strains?

 

[Jmayne Chronic]

wow dude ive personally never heard of this but im thinking that its not a good idea........i think that 1 u would get frostier buds from either adding some kind of sugerie solute like molassas mixed in water, 2 you would probably get a higher result by Adding more light towards the end, i dont mean longer hours of light of course but adding more light sources, and 3 i might be wrong, and it might not make a difference to a plant if its towards the end, but everything in me tells me that theres a possibilty of hermiying.....so id just try the first two and see what results you get

 

[C.Indica]

I'm new to this site, and have no idea how active I'll be, so don't quote me.
I've heard this too, on top of flushing the last couple weeks of flower with pure water,
I've heard adding sugar like Koolaid/Molasses to It's food pumps up the THC too.
And I've definately heard 2-3 days total darkness at the end.
It simulates deep winter with no light, which in a TOTALLY PRIMITIVE ENVIRONMENT would
trigger the plant into getting desperate to reproduce.
It supposedly drags every last bit of THC out of the plant, in an effort to catch pollen and finish it's life cycle.

I vote flush + darkness at the same time.
I don't know if I'd add sugar, but I guess it helps.

BUT you should look all this up yourself just to be extra sure.

 

[420God]

Interesting quote you might find useful.

"The Stichting Institute of Medical marijuana (SIMM), the first company to sell marijuana through the pharmacies of Holland, has been investigating the medical possibilities of cannabis, together with TNO laboratories and the University of Leiden.

One of their discoveries has been that to keep the ripe plants in the dark before harvesting could increase their potency.SIMM’s growers separated a crop of mature plants, harvested half of them and kept the other half in absolute darkness for 72 hours before cutting and drying. Analysis of the resulting dried buds showed that some varieties had seen an increase of THC of up to 30%, while CBD and CBN remained the same."


As far as sugars go, they don't do anything to the plant itself. It feeds the microorganisms that live in the soil and if you don't have living soil you're wasting time.

 

[420God]

wow dude ive personally never heard of this but im thinking that its not a good idea........i think that 1 u would get frostier buds from either adding some kind of sugerie solute like molassas mixed in water, 2 you would probably get a higher result by Adding more light towards the end, i dont mean longer hours of light of course but adding more light sources, and 3 i might be wrong, and it might not make a difference to a plant if its towards the end, but everything in me tells me that theres a possibilty of hermiying.....so id just try the first two and see what results you get

I don't think it's possible for a plant to go "hermie" in the last three days of it's life especially if it's in total darkness.

Even if it could it wouldn't matter because it's getting chopped right after.

 

[xivex]

Just harvested my lsd last week after 60 hr dark period. No sign of any hermi at any point in the grow. Still drying so i cant yet say how potent it is..

X

 

[cannabisguru]

I've personally never tried this.

But, I've heard/seen/read all kinds of shit about it.

I guess it could work.. I mean, all its doing is stressing the plant out for the last 3 days of its life.

Give it a try xivex.. but be sure to come back and share your experience so that the rest of us will know if its worth trying or not.

Good luck with it!


peace

 

[DrFever]

i do it and yes it works anymore then 72 hrs is a waste what u need to do is keep temps aroun 60 - 65 degrees humidity 40 -45 and you will have some sticky buds

also i seen plants off for 30+ hrs and guy put lights back on and they didnt go hermie at all he thought he was done

 

[NorthernLights#5]

Ive seen some breeders say to keep White widow strains in total darkness for 2 weeks, I had a buddy who did a white rhino and let it sit in dark for 72 hours and one that didnt, there is a difference and its a big one buds that got 72 dark were almost white.

 

[Alex Kelly]

There's info about this all over this sight.

 

[Jack Larson]

Thanks everyone...
What I would like to know, is...
Are there any other strains that this method works on?
A 30% increase in THC is significant!
I'll go ahead and try it out with some other strains & will keep you posted.
I am curious if it works better on Indica or Sativa.

 

[Alex Kelly]

Yes!!! Do some fucking research. It has nothing to do with the strain. Cannabis plants produce THC during the dark/night cycle to protect itsself from the sun/light that it faces during the day. Make sure that at the end of the extended night cycle you take your plants right out of the dark and into chop and trim. Do not turn the lights back on before harvest because the plants will start to re-suck up alot of the nutrient and salts around the root zone creating bad taste. As you can see there are other reasons for this extra dark period before harves but also, as i said, all of this info is on the sight so do your own damn research we're not going to spoon feed you all of your answers. And the ones who do are probably feeding you shit. Peace.

 

[Alex Kelly]

Ive seen some breeders say to keep White widow strains in total darkness for 2 weeks, I had a buddy who did a white rhino and let it sit in dark for 72 hours and one that didnt, there is a difference and its a big one buds that got 72 dark were almost white.

Perfect Example. 2 weeks? Really? Please show me the "breeders" who say this. And please don't put your plants in darkness for the last quarter of its life either lol ooh mannn.

 

[Jack Larson]

yes!!! Do some fucking research. It has nothing to do with the strain. Cannabis plants produce thc during the dark/night cycle to protect itsself from the sun/light that it faces during the day. Make sure that at the end of the extended night cycle you take your plants right out of the dark and into chop and trim. Do not turn the lights back on before harvest because the plants will start to re-suck up alot of the nutrient and salts around the root zone creating bad taste. As you can see there are other reasons for this extra dark period before harves but also, as i said, all of this info is on the sight so do your own damn research we're not going to spoon feed you all of your answers. And the ones who do are probably feeding you shit. Peace.

dude chill

 

[Alex Kelly]

duuuuuuuude................... you're asking simple questions and the answers are everywhere.

 

[Uncle Ben]

I have heard that if you put a White Widow in total darkness for 3 to 5 days @ the end of flowering that the plant will really get frosty.
Does this work?
If so does it work on any other strains?

Is that a rhetorical question?

 

[Jack Larson]

duuuuuuuude................... you're asking simple questions and the answers are everywhere.

You gotta be kidding me!
With all of the stupid ass questions asked on what is supposed to be an "advanced" forum my question is "simple"? 65,691 views on a discussion about cloning a fan leaf...Who the fuck cares? Even if you could, why the hell would you? You said I should do my own research...so I did...on you. It turns out you're a jerk who hijacks threads just to be a shit disturber who gets off by using belittling negative comments. Well, you've been made. Now you can start a new search for your next victim. Maybe a nice older lady with cancer who has the nerve to ask a question that has already been asked.

 

[Alex Kelly]

You gotta be kidding me!
With all of the stupid ass questions asked on what is supposed to be an "advanced" forum my question is "simple"? 65,691 views on a discussion about cloning a fan leaf...Who the fuck cares? Even if you could, why the hell would you? You said I should do my own research...so I did...on you. It turns out you're a jerk who hijacks threads just to be a shit disturber who gets off by using belittling negative comments. Well, you've been made. Now you can start a new search for your next victim. Maybe a nice older lady with cancer who has the nerve to ask a question that has already been asked.

https://www.rollitup.org/advanced-marijuana-cultivation/412179-cloning-off-clones-4.html#post5408545

?

 

[auldone]

Perfect Example. 2 weeks? Really? Please show me the "breeders" who say this. And please don't put your plants in darkness for the last quarter of its life either lol ooh mannn.

I pulled this off of Attitude...

Dinafem Seeds White Widow is the most potent cannabis on Earth and is named for the abundance of trichomes, giving the plant a whitish tint. It is also one of the more powerful strains of marijuana (alongside AK-47 and Afghan Kush) with a very high 20%-25% THC content.
White Widow feminized seeds are (60%/40%) indica/sativa cross-strain and is best suited to indoor cannabis cultivation. Cannabis seeds grow as high as 35-80 cm with the yield up to 450 gr per m2. It's suggested to flower (12 hour light) this marijuana variety for 8 weeks, but 10 weeks will really give you the crystals you are after. Try to turn the lights off altogether the final 2 weeks of the flowering cycle- or at least down to 8 hours. This keeps the flowers from re-growth and stresses the plant into giving up its last drop of goodness as crystal to protect the flower! The buds have so much THC on them that it is hard to see them at all.
White Widow feminized seeds produce plants that give you the taste of freshness laced with many fruits, because of the strength of the cannabis crystals - the only real taste goes hand in hand with the expectorant effects of the THC. The smell is strong pungency. It first hits you, then follows a sour sweetness with the final whiff ... turning sweet. If a plant could have a strong body odour then the White Widow needs a deodorant.
Cannabis smokers adore its sweet, thick, acrid smoke that imparts a hammering stone. Extremely powerful. Recommended for experienced smokers only.

Dinafem's site says 60 hours of darkness....

 

[digg]

Plants apparently produce resin during the dark period, so I reckon there must be some truth in this........... I'm sure as hell gonna give it a try.