Anyone know what method this is?

My last harvest i decided to do a full on trim on the plant about 5 days before i harvested. The last 3 days I keep my plants in full darkness. When i pulled them out after the lasr 3days, the trichomes on the plant were more swollen and
showed an obvious increase in volume. Where i had inadvertently removed trichomes when i trimmed now had new trichome growth that was clear and not milky, but very apparent. Has any one else done this or know what this method is called? Im really pleased with the results but im highly doubtful this is the first time its been done and Im curious as to the inner workings of whats going on and the how and why of it as you understand it of course.

Cream/City/Crumble said:

Has any one else done this or know what this method is called? Im really pleased with the results but im highly doubtful this is the first time its been done

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BDSM maybe?

I would think more about filling the tent up then puting 3 branches in the dark.is your electric bill higher than your yield

Cream/City/Crumble said:

My last harvest i decided to do a full on trim on the plant about 5 days before i harvested. The last 3 days I keep my plants in full darkness. When i pulled them out after the lasr 3days, the trichomes on the plant were more swollen and
showed an obvious increase in volume. Where i had inadvertently removed trichomes when i trimmed now had new trichome growth that was clear and not milky, but very apparent. Has any one else done this or know what this method is called? Im really pleased with the results but im highly doubtful this is the first time its been done and Im curious as to the inner workings of whats going on and the how and why of it as you understand it of course.View attachment 5404538

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The difficulty is you don't know the reasons the trichomes appear that way to you. For example three days in the dark is the plant dying back a little. They aren't growing in the dark. If I go three days without food my pants will look larger but they aren't. But this is how you get good, you think and experiment. It will be nice when it's legal and we can get actual university research on this.

Were almost there. About 2 years ago they started offering Cannabis Cultivation as a program here at the University of Colorado.
I agree that the darkness is a big part of the mechanism. In my layman brain i think the darkness pushes the trichome production, and trimming before hand just gives the buds new surface area for trichome production. But i also read that the darkness flushes chlorophyl which is needed for trichome production. It wont kill me to just accept the results. I guess im just a nerd for this stuff. Im about 5 weeks away from my next harvest. Ill be able to have a few control plants to compare results with this time and hopefully have some better data points to share.

I highly recommend reading up on plant senescence.

At the end of the day, if you're happy with it, that's all that matters.