#125 Quick update (well, one pic...)
Someone on my page asked why I harvested right at lights on. The discussion went to people having days or even a week of no light before harvest.
I did some re-reading, and most of the info you find is on sites like this, not like a High Times article or anything.
So among the benefits discussed were:
The dark makes it think it is about to die, so it produces whatever extra trich's it can in one last ditch effort to catch pollen - and that it takes 3 days to see any results.
One post said that it also prevents the UVB degradation of the THC already present as it produces more, and makes for a smoother smoke because it clears out some of the chlorophyll.
But the one that sold me was
- quite simply - that especially for people that tend to harvest too early, it gives them an extra 3 days of ripening before harvest - whether or not any of the above stuff is scientific or not
So since I was in the middle on harvesting, but it was going to be in the next few days I gave these two a few cups of water instead of soaking them, and they are in my drying closet for at least 3 days. I may have to give them a little water each day or so, but there's only a 120cfm exhaust so I didn't want to soak them and have humidity issues.
There's an oscillating fan on the floor by the buckets.