I have heard from somewhere (probably on these forums) that if you leave the plants in complete darkness for 24-48 hours before the chop, it stresses them into producing more THC. Only asking because if it's true, they will have another 36 hours of life left in them, otherwise .
They've been on water for the last 7 days so are more than ready anyway.

Thanks .......

Burton

Load of ole bollocks mate.

Cheers Bish. Looks like I've got something to do tonight then

well its proven light degrades thc so technically yes the thc will not degrade if there is no light to degrade it, but i dont think it makes a noticeable difference to the finished produce imo and i have tested it with a week of dark on clones from the same mum..

spot on as always

crack on......
chop em down

bloody leaving them in the dark.....the only time that happens is when they've done their time
and i switch the lights off
and can't be arsed to cut them down in one go

i've heard the same story also...glad to have it cleared up

my plants go to total dark for six days. I don't known if more thc is produced but I do get more trichs (resin). It also shortens the time for curing I find.

I'll be conducting tests in the next two months to prove both statements above.

How did you draw that conclusion?

Hi all just a little question i'm ju to harvest this friday,iv i leave my plants in darknes 4 an extra 4 day's is this enough time to promote extra thc or is this just an old wive's tale, thank you,gf08

some may say different

same

Hi Bish,

I don't cure, other than putting my dry buds sit in jars which get opened occasionally as I dip into them to get a few buds for my small stash jar. And my buds are very sweet tasting. In another topic around here (sorry but I wouldn't know where to find it now) someone had posted a snippet from a topic on another grow site.

The article said that when bud is drying, the plant produces enzymes that deconstruct the chlorophyl. This enzyme goes away once the plants are dry. Hence the need for a long dry for sweet buds. I reckon that by putting the plants in dark for a few days or more, prior to the chop, this enzyme has a better chance to do it's job, especially as I imagine that the plant stops producing chlorophyl if it is in the dark.

Now maybe I'm completely off my rocker (wouldn't be the first time) but again, I don't cure and I have had many compliments on the taste of me bud. So I'm thinking that the 6 day darkness is helping. In the next few days I will be conducting a smoke test between darkened and non-darkened plants. The results will be published in me first grow diary

Cheers bart,marko,thought it was myself but it wont do them any harm will it,if i leave them?????

For anyone who hasn't seen it, there's a huge thread here - http://www.uk420.com/boards/index.php?show...amp;hl=darkness

i m inclined to think this falls into the myths and fishtails category . then again i v never tried it , nor do i intend to . bit risky on the mould front for ma liking .

actually fish heads were used by native americans to help with their crops, a trick my step dad, 1/16 native american, use to use. Fish emulsion is the modern equivalent.

I don't have any issues with mold as my dry room (where i let the plants sit in the dark) is constantly vented.

thanks for the link Bish!

the way i see it, 48 hour dark dont happen in nature so it dont happen in mi grow

ahh, neither do HID's dude. Not to mention aeroponics.