Switching to flowering from vegetative

Hey guys, I am making a serious attempt at indoor growing and so far have been just playing it by ear. So this whole operation is something of a prototype. I'm happy to say that I have five healthy plants (that I haven't gendered yet) that are ready to flower for daddy. At this very minute, they are sitting in total darkness only because this is what my grow bible told me to do. They have had this status for about 24 hours. Now that I'm underway with this technique, I feel like I still should be asking questions to be sure I dont lose my 'crop'. Is this a reliable way of growing? And if so, is three days to long to deny light?

I wouldn't do that!
Just flip to 12/12! No need for 24, 48, 72 hours of darkness before!!

When in nature is it ever dark for 3 days?

Fonzyyy21 said:

I wouldn't do that!
Just flip to 12/12! No need for 24, 48, 72 hours of darkness before!!

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Agreed.

I just realized you referred to yourself as daddy. I’m out of this thread

qilla said:

that are ready to flower for daddy.

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yes, I reread the info in my grow bible to confirm and I was wrong, those three days of darkness are meant for pre harvest,, I thought it was strange also,, but needless to say, I immediately put them back into the light,, and now they are on a 12/12... thanks for the input.. no more smoking before farming for this guy!!

JoeBlow5823 said:

Agreed.

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thanks,, will do

Wattzzup said:

When in nature is it ever dark for 3 days?

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I know, the thought process was that it was a method for force flowering,, but I misread,, thankfully not too much damage was dun, just one missed light cycle