36 hours dark before flowering?

[blackdragon]

I have grown in a number of ways. I have tried trimming fan leaves, not smart unless they are large and blocking a developing bud lower down, and even then, if you can bend it out of the way, its better for the plant. Any damage to the plant releases a hormone that is essentially a growth inhibitor.
I have grown a plant and just trimmed every BRANCH, not fan leaf, before flowering stage, and this conserves energy for the bud with apical dominance, making it and any above the prune fatter. From what I've read about flowering, 24 hours of darkness before flowering supposedly "resets" the plant's circadian rhythms, and supposedly helps it flower faster. I was curious about trying it but from what cthulhu said it probably doesn't matter a great deal, but anything to decrease growing time right? If I could hook electrodes up to the plant and soil to make it grow faster I would.

[dejayou30]

Absolutly agree and that OLD Dude was on the money you can not keep on going into crops using cuttings from previous ones with out messing up the strain completely. There is nothing better then to take your cuttings from one in a thousand plant.. LOL This log started with a funny question!!!:thumbsup:

Hmm, whats your source for this? I watched a High Times growing DVD that said you could clone clones indefinitely without any negative effects to the plant genetics, and Jorge Cervantes also confirms this in the Medical Grow Bible. I trust Jorge as the word on growing cannabis and I'm sure High Times wouldn't give bunk info on their DVD, so I'm interested to see your source for your claim. I am on the 5th generation of Master Kush clones after flowering the old mothers because they got too huge and they all have performed the same and end up with basically the same results, so I am a bit skeptical of the info you presented.

As for the thread topic, I have never given an extra dark period between veg and flower because I don't want to screw too much with the light cycle, but Jorge says in the MGB that "some growers" report that giving 24-48 hours of dark before HARVEST increases resin production. How that is measured and how accurate the claim is, I don't know, but I am giving mine 36 hours of dark before harvest this time around just in case. :thumbsup:

[blackdragon]

Ive read somewhere that marijuana uses the trichomes and resin that accumulates on the stalk as LENSES in order to focus light in a way that benefits the plant...and also that the resin serves as a sort of sunscreen, which in itself seems a bit contradictory, unless you understand that marijuana does have preferred spectrum that the plants absorb more efficiently. Depending on the genetics of the plant, indicas vs sativas or whatever, they may prefer different light because of the adaptations to that particular environment it was cultivated in. Ive read that the plant itself originates from an arid (xeric) part of the world, and that it is efficient in heat dissipation, which is why it stands out to a chopper with FLIR in the midst of cooler plants (grass or whatever). The resin may focus a specific spectrum of light and diffuse other spectrums that the plant doesnt want or need.

[blackdragon]

Ive also read that higher energy infrared and ultraviolet can increase resin production because of the sunscreen effect, which doesnt neccessarily increase potency. I tried feeding my last batch 3 t5 blacklights....some of the plants turned purple within a week, which may also be attributed to the flora nova 2 part series of nutes , which i read may cause plants to turn purple. The other plants did NOT like the UV light, and they burned from it, with little polkadot burns all over the parts up to 1 foot of the lights. The current batch has been eating ultraviolet blacklight since they developed a real serrated leaf right after cotyledons (baby leaves without seration). They are growing robustly with no sign of adverse effects, just started week 1 of flower. These are the purps from last batch ......the big purple one is from outdoors.

[the image reaper]

plants don't like the far-UV 'black lights' ... and, remember: 'purple is just a color', doesn't make the plant any better (just more expensive :wtf ... :smokin:

[buzzinbullen]

yo black dragon that is after 1 week wtf am i doing wrong man !looking good isnt shee :jointsmile:

[GROWxMOREx420]

You do your lollypoping in the veg stage, then give it about a week to heal itself before going into flowering. I strip at least the two bottom branches/nodes then thin out the bottom layers. Works well for me....