Lights off before harvest??

[drew225]

Im harvesting saturday and am wondering if I should shut my lights off for 24 hours or more before harvest. I heard that with the lights off for extra long the plants sugar production will go into overdrive thus producing more crystals. Thanks

drew225 Reviewed by drew225 on 12-06-2012. Lights off before harvest?? Im harvesting saturday and am wondering if I should shut my lights off for 24 hours or more before harvest. I heard that with the lights off for extra long the plants sugar production will go into overdrive thus producing more crystals. Thanks Rating: 5

[Faddenator]

Exactly. Go for 36 hours though, that's my general rule.

I've also found it beneficial to drop temps and starve the plant towards the end of flowering. This is because trichomes are a defense mechanism to protect the fruits of the plant from the elements. So abusing it a little will usually cause more trichs to form.

[HipsterDoofus]

the theory behind this method is that it causes the existing trichomes to swell up and increase in size by up to 30%.

the method does not produce more trichomes or more crystals. It just makes the existing ones get a little bigger.

it is also said that this method is strain specific and that most strains will not experience this effect.

[bitemybud]

Doesn't matter.

[DrFever]

As this has bin tested it does not work on all strains and for the ones that where tested you needed 72 hrs of darkness to see actual results