Quote Originally Posted by doobidude
Hi, I assume you dropped the light duration from something in the range of 18-24 hours. Assuming so I suggest you do this... keep your current lighting scheme with the florescent lights until all plants are sprouting white hairs like crazy, then start looking closely. At some point within 2-4 weeks from the light reduction those white hairs will start to shrivel up and turn brownish-red. Now, assuming you want to re-generate these plants, keep going until every plant has at least a few hairs turning color. This is the time to increase your light back to the long schedule. Eventually if everything goes well the buds will continue to mature as the hairs all turn color. Depending on nature's accuracy (ha!) your buds will get all sparly and sticky and smelly, hehe... and look for little sprouts coming out of the top of the buds. The hairs might not ALL have turned color yet but the sprouts are a sign that the vegetative cycle has returned. This means harvest time is approaching. Pick the ripest ones first and continue till you are satisfied you have all the "good stuff" then kick back and enjoy as the drying takes place (however you decide to do that - I used little baskets that have screen in the bottom and hang them where it is warm. Your plants will have begun another cycle. Over the next weeks you will need to trim off the old growth leaves that are not good enough to "use" and then let them re-grow to a height that is still well short of the max, and do it all over again... enjoy!!! :hippy:
That is the strangest harvesting method I have ever heard.