Putting your plants in the dark for three days before harvest might actually lead to less flavor. I am ready to harvest 2 plants after 13 weeks of flowering. I want to put them in a closet for 72 hours of total darkness. What he said was to cut the plant on the following day, when your lights would normally turn on. Give plants 24-48 hours of total darkness before harvest. Reactions: WeedHopper. I've done a few days darkness quite a few times. On a very cold night, 10 minutes before midnight, A GREAT QUAKE will shake the earth for 8 hours. Make sure that you schedule the 12 hours of light to be the time that you can take care of the plant, because you do not want to contaminate the darkness. I hear it makes things somewhat frosty. Also you should not give the plants any water during the 72-hour period of darkness. I've harvested with and without a dark period and I couldn't tell any difference it was all good. Share Tweet Share. Look at what is known. Cut or pluck off large leaves and leaf stems a day or two before harvest. June Pentecost may be the first Trumpet judgment with 1/3rd of the earth burning. I think the myth of 48\72 hours is just someone's dreampt up way of stressing the plant in its final stages. save. SIMM was rumoured to have separated a batch of their plants, harvesting half and leaving the other half in 72 hours of complete darkness before harvesting. the above paragraph is all I have ever found on this study. SIMM was rumoured to have separated a batch of their plants, harvesting half and leaving the other half in 72 hours of complete darkness before harvesting. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Lights off for the night at 8pm, didn't turn on the next day, following day, did harvest, so I guess our plants had 36 hours of darkness. STEP FIVE . the plants will not use the water in the dark cycle, so make sure they arent soaked before putting them in the dark. Normal watering up until the 72 hours of darkness is fine but don’t soak them right before putting them into 72-hours of darkness. Remember this. 72 hours of darkness right before harvest? I think we’re better. Don't let em die in there, but don't send them in drowned. Thanks for any good info. You should take this one with a grain of salt. Good to hear that I did not waste any drying time trying it. Looks like you're using new Reddit on an old browser. Most indoor growers give their plants 12 hours of darkness and 12 hours of light each day to initiate budding and continue with that 12/12 light schedule until it's time to harvest. Archived. And if it is true does it count with auto flowers. Most growers will move their plants into bloom after about four weeks of vegetative growth, but you can technically keep them in this p… New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the microgrowery community. Lights off for the night at 8pm, didn't turn on the next day, following day, did harvest, so I guess our plants had 36 hours of darkness. Buzzy Well-Known Member. It’s the increase in red that triggers flowering. - WickedSmoke Yep in here and eventually in more places. My understanding is that this is done to increase bud density and potency? 6 comments. Grower’s To-do List Before The Harvest Whilst some types of stress in the final stages do increase Thc (such as adding uv, or water starvation) an extended dark period is just phooey … I’ve heard of people giving there plants a whole 24 hours of darkness before switching to a 12 on and 12 off schedule, but personally we feel its a waste of time. Old skool forever, bro! I have never tried the 48 hours of darkness as I could not get that concept to register in my 72 year old brain. But in this scenario, a grower wants to harvest buds before they get too dark in color. 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