Harvesting

Hello all,
A little info about my grow. Running a dual spec. 1000W HPS and a 400WMH. I have 4 JackBerry plants. Started from a clone. They are at the end of week 8 into flower. Day 60 to be exact. Im choppin one of them tonight before the lights come on. I'm chopping another a day later. As for the other two I was going to let one sit in 48 hours of dark instead of 12 like the other two and then harvest. The last one I'm going to let sit in 72 hours of dark before harvest. People I've talked to all said "You can do that, but isnt neccessary". Let me add I havn't gave them any nutes for 2 weeks and 1 day. All the trichs on the actual bud are a milky color and the trichs on the sugar leafs are a milky color with 20 percent being an amber color. Ive had multiple people insist that I need to let them sit in darkness for 48-72 hours. My question is WHY? What could this possibly do for my plant giving them an extra 36-48 hours of darkness (they will already get 12 before harvest) The way I see it is it took these plants 2 months to ripen what the hell is an extra 2 days of DARK going to do for my plant? Please provide some insight and facts. Has it been proven that this method will enhance the bud... If so will someone please provide a link because I cant find any evidence. anywhere. Other than that go ahead and provide some insight. If you guys wont some pics I will be posting some later this evening. It's 2PMEST right now, Ill have some up for ya at 1AMEST. Thank you in advance.

Spring

“When you smoke the herb, it reveals you to yourself.”―Bob Marley
 

personal lux

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Hello all,
A little info about my grow. Running a dual spec. 1000W HPS and a 400WMH. I have 4 JackBerry plants. Started from a clone. They are at the end of week 8 into flower. Day 60 to be exact. Im choppin one of them tonight before the lights come on. I'm chopping another a day later. As for the other two I was going to let one sit in 48 hours of dark instead of 12 like the other two and then harvest. The last one I'm going to let sit in 72 hours of dark before harvest. People I've talked to all said "You can do that, but isnt neccessary". Let me add I havn't gave them any nutes for 2 weeks and 1 day. All the trichs on the actual bud are a milky color and the trichs on the sugar leafs are a milky color with 20 percent being an amber color. Ive had multiple people insist that I need to let them sit in darkness for 48-72 hours. My question is WHY? What could this possibly do for my plant giving them an extra 36-48 hours of darkness (they will already get 12 before harvest) The way I see it is it took these plants 2 months to ripen what the hell is an extra 2 days of DARK going to do for my plant? Please provide some insight and facts. Has it been proven that this method will enhance the bud... If so will someone please provide a link because I cant find any evidence. anywhere. Other than that go ahead and provide some insight. If you guys wont some pics I will be posting some later this evening. It's 2PMEST right now, Ill have some up for ya at 1AMEST. Thank you in advance.

Spring

“When you smoke the herb, it reveals you to yourself.”―Bob Marley
Hey man, I'd be glad to shed some light on this situation. In rosenthals course book from oaksterdams university, he shows the representation between light scheduling and terpene production. In the hours just before lights come on terpenes are the most active, so prolonging this period by upto 48 hours max by not turning your lights back on, you can bring a more pungent smelling crop.
 
Hey man, I'd be glad to shed some light on this situation. In rosenthals course book from oaksterdams university, he shows the representation between light scheduling and terpene production. In the hours just before lights come on terpenes are the most active, so prolonging this period by upto 48 hours max by not turning your lights back on, you can bring a more pungent smelling crop.
Perfect. Thank you for the quick response. It's been driving me crazy because I havn't been able to to find the info that I've been looking for. One more question for ya Lux... i need to get to the book store and continue to expand my knowledge.. any recommendations for a beginner. I say beginner because this is my first grow where I'm in total control.
Thanks again man.
 

personal lux

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Perfect. Thank you for the quick response. It's been driving me crazy because I havn't been able to to find the info that I've been looking for. One more question for ya Lux... i need to get to the book store and continue to expand my knowledge.. any recommendations for a beginner. I say beginner because this is my first grow where I'm in total control.
Thanks again man.
I'd recommend jeorge Cervantes for an easy go to guide. Aswell as the course book from Ed Rosenthal for a more advanced book.
 
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