Do buds grow at night?

[Purple Daddy]

Just curious. I've been pulling a few plants inside the garage around 6 p/m for a couple of weeks, last few days I left them inside until like 7:30 ish am and I swear the bud size seems significantly larger.

I can't help but wonder if the plant itself feeds the buds all day then at night the flower releases the energy and grows? I'm sure this has been debated and I'm probably all wet but I wish I had a double blind I could compare it to. My other plants are already budding naturally so I'm going to pull a few of them inside and increase the dark cycle a little and see if I notice a difference.

Purple Daddy Reviewed by Purple Daddy on 07-20-2011. Do buds grow at night? Just curious. I've been pulling a few plants inside the garage around 6 p/m for a couple of weeks, last few days I left them inside until like 7:30 ish am and I swear the bud size seems significantly larger. I can't help but wonder if the plant itself feeds the buds all day then at night the flower releases the energy and grows? I'm sure this has been debated and I'm probably all wet but I wish I had a double blind I could compare it to. My other plants are already budding naturally so Rating: 5

[CanGroIt]

Phytocrome is the hormone responsible for flower production.... It senses the light cycle and is what makes the plant produce flowers.... When the lights come on, phytocrome sits on standby while the plant(s) absorb(s) necessary energy to store and produce those flowers during the dark....

So to answer your question, YES, buds do grow at night....

CGI:::::::jointsmile:

[Purple Daddy]

OK, well I have four plants in the back of the yard and 11 plants I'm bringing inside at 6 p/m and moving outside around 7 a/m and there is absolutely no comparison to the bud development of the two groups. I would say at this point the bud development of the plants getting longer darkness is almost double.

[MEDEDCANNABIS]

indoors is an abrupt light cycle change, whereas outdoors is a gradual change and will take roughly two more months than indoors. yields can be higher outdoors due to the root space being much larger. yes growth does occur at night and i would assume that daytime is feeding time and most growth occurs at rest times.

[Purple Daddy]

What would be the minimum amount of daylight they need to avoid any deficiencies?

[MEDEDCANNABIS]

What would be the minimum amount of daylight they need to avoid any deficiencies?

mj is a full sun plant. unless you live in arizona or someplace like that which require shade covers.

[energyefficient]

i have noticed the same thing. this is why light deprivation is such a great concept.

[Kitchen Weasel]

"indoors is an abrupt light cycle change, whereas outdoors is a gradual change and will take roughly two more months than indoors."

Thanks meded for the light cycle info for buds outdoors. It explains what I'm noticing this year and the previous grow. My containers are on a balcony outside 24/7 and at my latitude, there is a long midsummer period of 13-14 hours of light during the days, and as you said, there is a gradual change. The buds have been visible for weeks, but slooooooooooow developing and maturing at this point, probably from short nights. I know the end result is worth it, because the slow growth at this time means very tall, very dense colas when they finally are ready after the 12-hour light period passes at the end of September/early October (according to the almanac). Hopin' so, anyway!

[Purple Daddy]

Well there is absolutely no comparison between my 24/7 outdoor plants and the ones I've been bringing inside before nightfall. I'd say after about a month the bud development/maturity is about twice on the plants put inside. I'm hoping for a similar scenario with the few I've left outside, longer growing season and bigger buds. Right now I'm stretching beyond my height limits with a lot of bending of the top branches to keep them below the fence so the sooner those ones finish the better. The others are in a different location and I can let them grow taller although one has already reached the top of my 8 foot brick wall in the back yard and I've had to bend it down as well, the others I'd be shocked if they got that tall.

[Purple Daddy]

So assuming the natural time for a plant to go into flowering and finish is about 3 months(aug-oct), could I assume the plants I'm forcing to bud early will finish sooner? One is about 6 weeks into forced flowering and it's starting to look like it's getting close.