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Dark before harvest
- Grumpy Toad
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Dark before harvest
I'm a couple days out from harvest and curious if anyone does a dark period before chop? I've flushed my plants but never done a dark period.
So do you do it? Anything to back it up?
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So do you do it? Anything to back it up?
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Re: Dark before harvest
I've never done it mate. To the average growers I think the difference would be minimal..but I'll let some of the OG's chip in!
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Re: Dark before harvest
seen a few people do it, never done it myself as ive never seen any evidence it does anything tbh.
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Re: Dark before harvest
Hi good question I did it with two clones before one was left in dar for about a week or so and other was chopped there and then and only difference I could tell is one that was in dark felt more squishy and soft compared to the one that was chopped without any dark period .
I never did it again so no proof there just I noticed it was rock hard buds when I last checked then a week after in dark buds were softer not allot but noticeable. I didn't notice difference in frost or taste both tasted very og kush lol
I never did it again so no proof there just I noticed it was rock hard buds when I last checked then a week after in dark buds were softer not allot but noticeable. I didn't notice difference in frost or taste both tasted very og kush lol
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Re: Dark before harvest
I'm gonna say its a load of smelly doggy doo-dah on grass verge, basically a right pile of shite.
I think it was Cam i saw say it was bro-science, ill defo go with that one for sure
I think it was Cam i saw say it was bro-science, ill defo go with that one for sure
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Re: Dark before harvest
I tried the dark period with my gorilla glue.
As mentioned already here, the buds felt softer than
they did without dark period..
(i think when you hang the plant/stems - that is a dark period right there)
As mentioned already here, the buds felt softer than
they did without dark period..
(i think when you hang the plant/stems - that is a dark period right there)
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Re: Dark before harvest
Thanks for the feedback everyone. I guess I'm not going down that rabbit hole.
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Re: Dark before harvest
Shit me too so it was real I thought I was tripping but did notice just that no difference in anything else
And your welcome @Grumpy Toad it was a really good question and even me who tried it now learned someone else got same result just softer flowers... pretty cool lol
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Re: Dark before harvest
I've tried it when running 2 tents of the same clone. 1 had 3 days dark, 1 normal. I didn't notice any real difference. I do often do it now but that's more my bro science reasoning of trying to keeps temps low the last week to preserve terps. I'd day there is no real difference.
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