2 weeks of darkness?

I stumbled on this site while trying to get an idea on how much longer my white widow needs before done.

Flowering Time: On both mediums it is suggested to flower (12 hour light) the White Widow for 8 weeks, but 10 weeks will really give you the crystals you are after. We suggest the final 2 weeks of the flowering cycle to turn the lights off altogether - or at least down to 8 hours. This keeps the flowers from regrowth and stresses the plant into giving up its last drop of goodness as crystal to protect the flower...try it!

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Now I was told by a big time grower to leave them in the dark two days before harvest but two weeks??? This seems like a bad idea as I though plants need light to live/grow. So does anybody do this or some variation of this?

i have never done the darkness thing, i just flush the nutes out with ph water and a little bit of sugar daddy during the final week, chop em down and let them hang for 2 weeks, clip the goodies and jar them for 4 weeks.

The way he decribes it...

"stresses the plant into giving up its last drop of goodness as
crystal to protect the flower"...

What?...I've never tried it, but sounds bogus.

JonnyBlunt88 said:

The way he decribes it...

"stresses the plant into giving up its last drop of goodness as
crystal to protect the flower"...

What?...I've never tried it, but sounds bogus.

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Now that's what I thought. But I have heard this darkness thing more then a few times now, I do still wonder if there is any truth to this. Maybe not for weeks but a day or two perhaps? Man the internet it filled with some terrible information. Thank god for the good sites.

Ok kids, let's first ask ourselves: Does this in any way replicate mother nature? When does our solar system go black for two weeks? I agree it will stunt the plant but on what basis does this guy prove that THC/trichomes/resin/etc increase by this method.

A big healthy plant will give you huge buds of the most narcotic weed you can smoke.

Mimic nature and you will do very well.

Killbud

KillBud said:

Ok kids, let's first ask ourselves:

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Kids? Where? Your addressing the wrong audience dude.