Light degradation after harvest was never something I really worried about, I doubt most people can tell the difference of a couple percent THC. Makes me wonder if, and if so how much, properly stored bud degrades.Not gonna bash the notions here because the best way to learn is to try things and see for yourself
I harvest with lights on, I know the forum rhetoric says that light degrades THC, but I have actually done the test and guess what ,,,,,,, it takes a month !!! That's right I tested a bud after dry THC was 25%, I left a good sized bud sit out on my coffee table exposed to light and air, it dried to dust when touched and after a month of just sittin there it tested at 22% THC with only 1% of CBN added. Do the test yourself http://www.thctestkits.com/ and see that most of what is spread as truth in these forums is nonsense
I know my aero systems bounce back fairly quick if I forget to turn pumps on. I wouldn't want to pull a dwc plant and let it dry to wilting to see what happens. Problem is internal pressure is really low in a dehydrated plant allowing quicker fluid uptake than in a fully hydrated plant, such as we have at lights on. I'm sure there's scholarly articles about capillary transfer rates of plants out there, not interested enough to go looking
You are the forum rhetoric. Btw, he never asked about THC degradation.Not gonna bash the notions here because the best way to learn is to try things and see for yourself
I harvest with lights on, I know the forum rhetoric says that light degrades THC, but I have actually done the test and guess what ,,,,,,, it takes a month !!! That's right I tested a bud after dry THC was 25%, I left a good sized bud sit out on my coffee table exposed to light and air, it dried to dust when touched and after a month of just sittin there it tested at 22% THC with only 1% of CBN added. Do the test yourself http://www.thctestkits.com/ and see that most of what is spread as truth in these forums is nonsense
as to your question, let one go dry and droop, then time how long it takes to restore tugor after you water it
No, he said he was gonna leave em in the dark
Forgetting about root starches remobilizing upward all together, also consider that if you wait 15 minutes after lights on, the leaves will only have 15 minutes to synthesis starch and store it in their chloroplasts. The best time to cut is right before the lights come on, and the worst time to cut is right before they go off. This is because the leaves are saturated with starch when the lights turn out, which they are mostly empty in starch when the lights come on.
a pic of the actual test plate on my website
No ya didn't but you were reading about it
Ummmm...I HAVE read about it, but it was never mentioned here.
Meaning right before/at lights on. Nothing was ever said about prolonged dark periods. My initial post specifically asks about plant response at lights on.....
Ok, sorry I tried to help
the second the lights are on photosynthesis occurs which would kickstart the whole processa