Just wondering if you keep your fan ect on in tent when you let your plant sit in dark before harvest? Chers
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Absolutely no problem there @johnnyr1027 , it helps build the terpenes and tricomes. Just keep that airflow going.
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Thanks Chris , good thing know!!! @chrisj 
also while drying can I leave my exhaust on? And smaller heater to get temps right?
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Can’t think of a single reason to not keep your environmental perfect when you’re doing that.
But I am curious about the whole 24-48 hours of dark thing. Doesn’t make much sense to me, what exactly does keeping them in the dark not growing accomplish? Seriously. Not being critical, just don’t understand the reason for it.
I had always heard that (for spices) to pick at the end of the day as terpines and oils are at their peak. Why would it be the opposite for MJ?
Marty
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Darkness just before harvest triggers a response in the plant to increase trichome and terpine production. I’ve usually put them in the dark for 24 to 48 hours before harvest. It doesn’t seem to hurt the plant and the aroma and taste seems more potent to me.
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Well Nacho, we’re both in the show me state, and if you say it helps I’ll give it a whirl this time around lol!
Marty
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Try it and see if it makes a difference for you. My cousin did 72 hours of darkness on a sativa strain and a couple of hits off of that plant had me awake and non functional for about 8 hours and another 4 hours of trying to walk without face planting while trying to move around.
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Well thats all the evidence i need. Plants are very interesting living beings. I also firmly believe in moon sowing and harvesting of cannabis. There are lots of plants that should only be harvested at certain times, one we call here is spekboom ( Portulacaria afra ), should be harvested early morning for a sweeter taste rather than a bitter one in the afternoon. Lets keep on learning from eachother everyday.
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I’m a believer in the 48 hours of darkness I Believe it definitely helps with the flavor and the terps as long as you chop the plants before the light hits them and the root zone is able to suck up the nasty s*** again you want to chop it within the first 20 seconds of it getting light so it cannot start drawing nutrients and whatnot back up into the plant
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and @chrisj Well that’t two of you telling me too…no actually @nacho151 also. So on this indoor run I will try that !! The better it makes them the better I like it lol.
Marty
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I think 24/h of darkness is a good thing and not really sure if more helps the terps, be cool if a study was done. also something that really helps is that dry back like the day before you harvest, ensuring thous roots get a decent dry out 12-24hrs before really seems to help the plant max out the sugar consumption.
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