With regards to flashes of light during dark period...
Quote Originally Posted by Opie Yutts
You sure? I hear people keep saying that, but I do it anyway. There's grows when I haven't done it, and some that I have, and I've never noticed a difference.
Are you really sure it's a good idea to have newbies reading this, and possibly screwing-up their grow? IMHO, Not a very responsible approach.

Quote Originally Posted by Opie Yutts
Well unless the book I read wasn't telling the truth, back in the hippie day it was more common to see people letting their plants bud for ages after normal harvest times. I don't find this too hard to believe, but perhaps this experiment will help us gain some insight to the truth. I had a plant bud for about 8 months after I tried to revert it to veg. It didn't grow real fast, but it kept making buds, not nanners, until it decided it was time to stop that nonsense and start vegging.
Whatever...I am one of those from the "hippie days", and I'm curious how your book says we kept the sun co-operating for 8 months of flower. We didn't have the HID's like now-a-days. Common to use was Mercury vapor and halogen...Too hot, and wrong spectrums...so I'm kinda curious to hear how we pulled this off...Seriously...a direct quote. I'm curious how this works.

Quote Originally Posted by Opie Yutts
I'm not sure what you mean by stressing or fucking with. Do you mean the one small test bud I took off each plant, or the stress caused by the first harvest? I suppose you are right, maybe, a little, but these varieties never seem to get stressed with topping or cutting. However if you just compare day 52 in dirt to day 45 in hydro, there is a huge difference in favor of the hydro. This is before any conceivable stress. And since you say that you missed the point, here it is again: Experimentation. When I hear favorable reports of ways of doing things that are different than my own, I often like to try them for myself. Sometimes I share it with others.
I have never had anything against experimentation. I often do it myself.
One tiny test bud is obviously not at all what I'm talking about. Nor is a single or multiple instance of topping. (but that is done in veg, not flower) If you keep removing the 'largest' mature buds, and leave the rest to flower, there will be a tipping-point where she kicks it into emergency propogation mode. (hormonal imbalance?) Likely, she starts throwing-out nanners.
Yes, there is a big difference between the hydro-grown plants, and soil grown. The hydro tastes like Cannabis-Light in comparison. Not an insult to you, Opie, just my observations. Don't like my opinion...? Oh well...I don't prefer smoking hydro-grown plants.

Quote Originally Posted by Opie Yutts
Well, I still don't understand. As far as I've seen, hydro makes the buds less fluffy, not more. It's also much easier to get rid of any weird taste in hydro, and the equipment doesn't have to be any more crazy than a container and an air stone. And what chemicals? All nutrients are made of chemicals, whether you feed them to dirt plants or hydro plants. If for some reason you're worried about pharmaceutical nutrients, you could use all organic. I too have a separate veg and flower area, and I could easily transport my hydro plants to another location if I wanted too. Years back I started with a couple dirt grows, then when I switched to a simple container and air stone, the leaves of the same variety grew twice as big and yields roughly doubled. I'm not trying to argue or get anyone to switch to hydro, I'm simply sharing my experiences. I agree that it doesn't get much simpler than dirt farming.
Whatever. You want to toot your own horn...? Go right ahead.
But my reasoning stands, and I'll stick with what has been sucessful for myself, (and others) for many years, and let you tell everyone how bitchen your techniques are, and how superior your knowledge is.
My main concern is, that what you type, newbies read...and with your flippant attitudes, hopefully you aren't teaching failure to those newbies.