Anybody tried the 5 days of darkness method?

Back when I was starting and had issues with my light's timer not doing it's job, My plants would sometime get days of darkness at a time. They turned out extremely potent. Maybe it's the strain, maybe it's a coincidence, or maybe there's something to it, you never know. I'd see what other people think.

thanks mr. g! i'm going to give it a try. in fact i just did. i went to the dinafem site and briefly looked around and didn't see any other strains with this recommendation. very confusing. i'm just wondering why if throwing your plants in a dark room 5 days before harvest increases bud size and potency why this isn't a standard practice?

Hmmm, thats a good question...
Bump, anybody else know about this?
Im popping a Female Seeds WWxBB and would like to know so i could potentially implement this.

HeadieNugz said:

Hmmm, thats a good question...
Bump, anybody else know about this?
Im popping a Female Seeds WWxBB and would like to know so i could potentially implement this.

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Yeah, im suprised there isnt more talk about it? Back before overgrow.com got shut down there was a guy i followed on there, he would let them sit in the dark at least 2 days before harvesting. There still isnt a definite argument for what the purpose of the resin is, i always hear that its to ward off animals that will eat it (which is fuckin bullshit because deer and cows love the plant as much as we do lol), but his theory was that its basically just sunscreen for the plant and i totally agree. You will notice the production of trichromes skyrocket in 2-3 days of darkness, i always did it for about 30 hours, never more and has worked wonderfully for me! Try it, there is absolutely nothing to lose!!

the only thing i do when im ready to chop is not water them for the last 3 days of light, then i simply remove the light and leave them for 48 hrs before i chop and hang.

but i would never be able to tell if there is a difference because every grow i do is totally different.

hi guys, well... i just took her out after 5 days in the dark. i wasn't sure if the buds would swell up or what but i really can't say i see any noticeable difference as far as bud size goes. maybe a little? hard to say. also hard to say if it looks a bit more frosty. however, the 5 days in dark solitary didn't do anything detrimental to it either. it basically looks the same as when i put her in there. i don't see a reason NOT to do it.

i'm going to go chop her down now.