Do you leave lights off 24 before harvest?

yoyoyojoe

yoyoyojoe

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Saw a few things on here about people leaving there lights off 24 hours before harvest.

Is there any advantage to this?
 
Sub Zero

Sub Zero

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I did read that on some strains the Dutch do a 8 on 14 off light cycle during the last week of flowering.
They say it supposed increase trichome production.
 
"let it burn"

"let it burn"

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i turn my lights off for example my grow now i will turn my lights off at 6 am on sat and then i will turn them on again sun morn at 6 am and start my 12/12 cycle, that what switches you from veg to flower. good luck
 
Sub Zero

Sub Zero

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[quote="let it burn";2186525]i turn my lights off for example my grow now i will turn my lights off at 6 am on sat and then i will turn them on again sun morn at 6 am and start my 12/12 cycle, that what switches you from veg to flower. good luck[/quote]I tried that this grow, 24 or 36hrs of off time can shorten flowering by one week... works great!
 
yoyoyojoe

yoyoyojoe

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Sub Zero said:
I tried that this grow, 24 or 36hrs of off time can shorten flowering by one week... works great!
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Mine are ready thought tomorrow, so I dont need to speed the flowering cycle up, I just want to see if there are any benefits of leaving them off for 24 hours before harvest??

Anyone else have any extra success with this method?
 
sandmonkey

sandmonkey

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I'm gonna harvest in about a week. Will give 'em 36 hours of darkness and drop the temperature a few degrees.

They'll know the Reaper's coming :fire:
 
GrowKindNugs

GrowKindNugs

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sandmonkey said:
I'm gonna harvest in about a week. Will give 'em 36 hours of darkness and drop the temperature a few degrees.

They'll know the Reaper's coming :fire:
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yeah, i'm with monkey on this one...i've seen alot of master growers use this technique with great success..i'm gonna try it for the first time, and i just started the dark period tonight..i'll let ya know how it goes
 
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tnmotown

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so like the 3 days before you are about to harvest you have them under total darkness? Not to be an idiot but to make myself clear, 72hrs of dark and then its chopping time?

Im also curious because harvest time is coming up
 
DookeyNugs408

DookeyNugs408

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tnmotown said:
so like the 3 days before you are about to harvest you have them under total darkness? Not to be an idiot but to make myself clear, 72hrs of dark and then its chopping time?

Im also curious because harvest time is coming up
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i give it 24 hours of darkness then cut off all the leaves b4 i pick it so all the buds r exposed then hit em with 12hrs off just uvb light..snake lights
 
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